thanks to guy scanning our chess set we are doing a life size chess set, the files are sized and machined with aspire, guy will be telling more of the details on the process of scanning, but this has been a bunch of fun so far!!

the other is a file james booth prepared for me to carve for our vicar who is leaving for florida.

jim

Very nice detail!

thanks, yesterday the finance man asked us to carve in 3# foam and i will post pics later why this is not a good idea, the bishop is carved in 15# hdu

the king is in the building!!!
jim

Wow, he's big! Looks like you did him out of layers of foam glued together.

Dan

1" mdf glued into 3" blanks!

jim

Jim, that is absolutely awe inspiring work that you are doing.

Any chance of scanning and cutting a 6ft buxom blonde for me?

Thanks in advance!!!!!!!

Rocket.

rocket, it is getting them to sit still that is the problem!!

jim

Jim,

As for getting them to sit still. Is that when they are finished and standing or when you are carving them? If it is during carving, use 3M spray adhesive, strategically placed to hold them to the table. You can map out the location. The adhesive is a light tack used for photos and other stuff that you do not want a permanent bond on. They will break away from the adhesive when you gently pry them away from the table using a commercial spatula from your local diner. The big wide kind. You can also slide a thin cable between the foam and the table to release them.
Vacuum tables are great, but problems arose with small pieces.

If it is the finished piece standing, the bases need to be weighted. A few circles of inch and an eight ply glued together and detailed with a router bit on the edge attached to the pieces will give you a stable base and some weight to keep them from tipping. You can cut one ring and one solid piece and fill the ring with ballast to add some more weight to the piece. Attach to the base of your chess pieces and you are all set.

Guy

i was talking about the blonde!!:nono::nono:

jim

rocket, let me introduce you to guy mathews, guy scanned the chess pieces and created the stl file, guy rocket in australia and i along with a few others got our machines within a short time of each other and have grown thru this together. rocket started the excitech thread that got us all going!!

rocket, guy can do this for you and the interest it generates is amazing!!!!!

jim

i was talking about the blonde!!:nono::nono:

jim

As Edith Bunker would say....

Ooooohhhhhh, ooooh, OOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhh! Oh Archie. :D

Call it a blonde moment for me. I sincerely thought you were talking about the chess pieces.

Yes we scan a blonde, redheads too! They can move somewhat because we attach a sensor to them to keep their position relative to the transmitter!

Problem is, my wife gets mad at me!

if a picture is a thousand words, then speak on!!

jim

Jim, is that cut in two halves, front and back?

it is 24" dia at the base when complete, we glued 1" mdf into 3" thickness 4x8

and sliced the 1/2 sections into 4 parts per side

here is back of front half

jim

So 8-3" slices, 4 from the front side, and 4 from the back side?? :)

yes and we have learned a few lessons as well!!

jim

yes and we have learned a few lessons as well!!

jim

You do realize you have to share them. ;)

oh yea i will be back with more , we are finishing the back today and this will be our first full scale proyotype

jim

some new photos!

jim

WOW!

Those are just great, they look like stone!

I don't work with MDF, is it possible to seal the material to make it weather proof?

They look like props from a theme park Disney, Carowinds, etc...

sherwin williams has provided us with an exterior urethane we will be trying!

jim

... Carowinds, etc...

Methinks you live in NC (or upstate SC)?

My first look at the rook it is cool man I am looking forward to seeing them first hand next week.

Joey

here is the store "Mann tool" we are metting in

jim

Will any of the chess pieces be available for closeup viewing at the meeting in Oct? The photos are great but I would sure like to see it closeup.

Russ

oh yea they will be there!!

jim

got some press on the chess players

http://www.thestate.com/local/story/911977.html

brian caldwell of woodshopnews has written an article on the chess players.

thanks brian

jim

http://www.woodshopnews.com/out-of-the-woodwork/498461-all-the-kings-men