Dice tower kickstarter how to#

First, mark each location that you want a magnet. This is, perhaps, one of the most complicated steps in this project, only because it requires a bit of thinking. This is the last building step on the upright part of the tower, so now you should file and sand all of the edges and corners so that they are flat, square, and smooth. However, I did not have much of a problem because I used a tiny paintbrush to do all of the inside (and I only did one layer there) and you would not want the stain to be affected by whatever you do in the next steps.ДЄfter that glue is done drying, you just have to glue one of the half 1/4' boards to the front of the thicker part. If you know what you are going to use to finish the wood, it would be much easier to do the inside of this part right now, as opposed to waiting until it is enclosed, and you could do a much better job on the stain. Note: I thought of something while I was doing this step, and didn't do it because I hadn't decided on paint or stain. I cut it to about 1/4'x1/4'x1' and rounded the edges before I glued it into the center of the opening. Be careful when doing this, because some dice might not fit through the tower if you make that part too big. I cut out a really small part from last step's scrap and glued it to that board to make the dice tumble a little bit more. The first step in step three is to glue your last 3 by 6.5 inch board to the back of the piece that you just cut. Also if you want a really nice finish, some emery cloth (I used some 2000 grit stuff and I love it). And files, and your wood of course, and sandpaper. However, since most of these edges will be glued to another board, you should not sand the outside of this part at all. I have attached a picture that points out where you should sand. To fix this, you can either file the corner a little bit, or flip the blade around on the saw, which is super dangerous and you should not do it.ДЄnyway, after you cutting this piece, you should sand the inside corners of the thicker part of the part. On my scroll saw, I can only go 45 degrees in one direction, which means that I ended up with only one sharp edge. To do this, set your saw table to the angle you decided on and used for the calculation in the last step, and cut to the second line you drew. This will redirect falling dice into the tray, and keep them from bouncing up and out. Once you have cut out the general shape, you need cut the bottom of the part at an angle (see pictures). When you are cutting, make sure you go to the first line on the thin part, not the second, and I will explain why.

Dice tower kickstarter how to#

If you don't know how to use a scroll saw or whatever type of saw you are using, find another instructable or a youtube video. Now that you have drawn out where to cut, just do it. I also drew a line at 1/4 + 5/8 to help with the angle cut. For my wood thicknesses of 1/4' and 5/8' and plan to cut an angle of 45В° right there (see later steps), I calculated the distance from the bottom to be 1/4 + 5/8 + tan(45В°) * 1/4 (45 is the angle you would set your blade to compared to the table). Next, figure out where to put the line at the bottom of the part.

I just made an angle from the edge of the hole to the wall, but if you are feeling fancy, this would be a great place for some fretwork. Draw 1/4' walls on the long sides, and connect them with the out hole in any way you want. Now, move to the thinner part of your workpiece. After you have the 1/4' walls and the exit holes drawn, all you have to do is connect the holes to the side walls with a 45В° line (I used a square for this entire thing, but if you don't have one, you can do a wee bit of arithmetic and measure out the point on the side wall to which you need to draw a line).

This worked as well as I could have hoped, but if you want to change the size, I would not suggest doing anything smaller than an inch, because dice would probably start getting stuck. I made them both about an inch and a half wide, which gave me 5/8' thickness on each side. Next, draw the lines for the entrance and exit holes according to the size that you want. This will keep the part fairly strong and durable, and make some steps easier later on.

You can do this too! Start on the thicker block of wood, and draw a 1/4' margin on each side. I took a square and measured and drew on the part itself.

I do not have a pattern that I printed for the inside parts. After gluing, it is time to cut out the inside. These pieces will be the inside of the upright part of the dice tower. The first step after cutting the wood to size is to glue one of the thicker blocks onto a 1/4' board, as shown in the pictures. I then cut the 5/8' and one of the 1/4' in half, 'hamburger style' (which means I made two 3x3.25 pieces from each). I started out by cutting three 6.5' by 3' pieces from the 1/4' wood, and one the same size, 3ењ†.5, from the 5/8' board.