This beautifully conceived and executed chess set was made using vintage Russian Nixie tubes. The tubes are illuminated without visible wires; they glow when at rest on the gameboard surface. Kudos to Tony of Lasermad for producing what, IMHO, is quite clearly a masterpiece.
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Say hello to Thing #19733 from Joseph Larson of Provo, UT, aka Thingiverse user cymon. It’s his entry in the just-closed TinkerCAD Chess Set Design Challenge. You can browse all 250+ entries….
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I like this new project from former Instructables artist-in-residence Jayefuu for a lot of reasons, but firstly, probably, because I’ve been down the same road. I’ve wanted a giant chess set for awhile, but, as he says…
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DeviantArtist “Joker-laugh” built this amazing AVP chess set which has recently been wowing the geek blogosphere. He doesn’t say much about the making of the pieces, but on the creation of the board, he writes
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A Marine’s battlefield chess set made from shells, rounds, and bottle caps.
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Imagine building a chess set 12′ on a side, with each piece its own robot. Oh yeah, and make it all out of Lego. Team Hassenplug’s Monster Chess packs 100,000 elements and 32 NXT bricks, and uses a laptop running a chess program to coordinate the robots. Want to see the game in person? It […]
Continue ReadingWe had a great talk with Chris, who was minding the store at the time. I asked about handmade chess sets, and when Chris showed us this wonderful Nuts and Bolts chess set, I knew I had to shoot some video.
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