Just 3D Printed A Chess Set

[Gizmo j]

What's the last thing you printed?

 

[sdifox]

That is such a waste. You don't 3D print stuff you can buy off the shelf.

 

[Gizmo j]

https://www.amazon.com/KIDAMI-Magnetic-Lightweight-Educational-Development/dp/B0CXSS4SYB

Here is the cheapest chess set on Amazon which cost $8, I'm going to try to sell them for that amount.

 

[sdifox]

How much did the filaments cost? Also, where is the chess board?

 

[lxskllr]

What does it cost in energy, material, maintenance and time to print a chess set?

 

[Gizmo j]

How much did the filaments cost? Also, where is the chess board?

Amazon.com

This is the black filiment I have, the white one came with my printer.


Also I plan on printing a poster from the LA downtown library of chess boards then laminate them at Staples.

 

[sdifox]

LoL what a boneheaded idea.

 

[lxskllr]

There's nice looking sets on amazon ≤$10, and quite a few <$20. Why would I want yours?

This is a nice cheap set...

https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Checkers-Tic-Tac-Toe-Set-Double-Sided/dp/B0CXQ9VB76?crid=33P022M5MAAZI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.C09LTGyANcOhZsIec5tQc0j71e4xTFEWAsPRzuVmFRYln2Ftk3o8aCB_2G-HozpjdGukgZvb4UnqaRbQaefGcJZ7I5i2Dro4CM4zJF0TwBHtTHlF9CYBmY90bVnoD20GamDPNsziVB0kFH3xPiDJ8HOb756tqf4cyKu0j7zP5cvy_4FlZaaS1thkaTh925isbHTYYBrhdgeVcx3WfwG_5g5CIhkN8GLW9r6MIWomFh8t-gq5lCP6vj0-TGFSjyphA2UZ9TKxNEhxC2KHH1vl-noRtLM-HHPWpqK9JR3Dz6Fbg-yDdbnWBoPv1hnWxS_cWlAoGxE7HSttDbh7BEfdCEKiqTazGfyD-4alooa3I9zPgEBwQfTY7BQhoF0nVxTuoaKKnQw0lrEipD52UKWFtXWWyWllrIzX-uaYb4_Q1TLiSJxDTNuHTVLW4QBUT0Ho.yrbAnEA6X70MSYSI-clstY5f4QrEgUrbJMmzkq8uY8o&dib_tag=se&sprefix=chess+set%2Caps%2C154&xpid=-gM4M8b7p7R9P

 

[lxskllr]

You know, you say you want to make video games. I'll pay you $20 for a hnefatafl game made with a libre license, *good* ai(so I can play by myself), and works on android or gnu/linux. Both would be preferable.

 

[Gizmo j]

I made a stupid comment

 

[Gizmo j]

I made a stupid comment

 

[lxskllr]

Chess boards are square. You're limited to the smallest paper dimension. For standard paper sizes, that would be tabloid, and you'd have to cut it down to 11²".

 

[Gizmo j]

Chess boards are square. You're limited to the smallest paper dimension. For standard paper sizes, that would be tabloid, and you'd have to cut it down to 11²".

OMG! For a second there I forgot how to play chess! 😮

BRAIN FART

 

[Red Squirrel]

Make the Chess board out of a full size PCB panel with RFID sensors in each square and put RFID chips in each piece. Code the game logic to track the state of the game and detect moves and determine if they are legal or not. Can also add magnets in the pieces and coils on the board so the pieces can be moved automatically, such as when setting up a new game. Can also implement a "Rage quit mode" where it flings all the pieces off the board.

I joke... but this could have been a fun computer science project back in the day.

 

[Kaido]

Make the Chess board out of a full size PCB panel with RFID sensors in each square and put RFID chips in each piece. Code the game logic to track the state of the game and detect moves and determine if they are legal or not. Can also add magnets in the pieces and coils on the board so the pieces can be moved automatically, such as when setting up a new game. Can also implement a "Rage quit mode" where it flings all the pieces off the board.

I joke... but this could have been a fun computer science project back in the day.

Automated Chess Board

Moves chess pieces around the board invisibly and seemingly magically.

projecthub.arduino.cc

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/pico-powered-chess-robot-plays-dirty-using-chatgpt/

PI Chess Board | Readymag

Automated Chess Board

readymag.website

 

[nakedfrog]

Automated Chess Board

Moves chess pieces around the board invisibly and seemingly magically.

projecthub.arduino.cc

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/pico-powered-chess-robot-plays-dirty-using-chatgpt/

PI Chess Board | Readymag

Automated Chess Board

readymag.website

Chess Board, Chess Games, Electronic Board Games Chess Set

An automated chess board which lets you play chess games against the board's AI or online players, right from your chess set.

squareoffnow.com

 

[Kaido]

That is such a waste. You don't 3D print stuff you can buy off the shelf.

The whole point of 3D printing is to spend as much money as possible replicating things in low resolution!

 

[dr1337]

Its funny to me how many people on this site are seemingly anti-3d printing, even searching around. I saw someone in a completely different thread say that 3d printing is hard to learn back in a 2022 which is extra hilarious considering the cheap ender 3 revolution was like 2019.

its a decent print for someone whos a noob. just need to tune that retraction or maybe dry the filament and you'd have some flawless pieces. also gotta ditch those rafts

don't listen to the haters. Why buy a chess set when you can spawn one in the comfort of your own home with supplies already on hand, in only a few hours? It gets even better when you're actually modeling things yourself and getting fancy with the filaments. Personally I love PETG and all its transparent possibilities.

but as for the business idea, not totally out of the question but lol OP has a lot of competition, lotsa people be trying to sell custom 3d printed chess sets.

 

[Gizmo j]

Just 3D Printed a Darth Vader helmet, it's melted because it's based on the force awakens

 

[sdifox]

You can buy better looking knockoffs

 

[Greenman]

That is such a waste. You don't 3D print stuff you can buy off the shelf.

That all depends. Often times you can print stuff for much less than buying it. You can also print things that aren't commercially available, and one offs that can't be produced any other way.
An entry level printer that produces good quality prints can be had for $250. I've been considering buying one, but I'm only interested in printing things I'll actually use. After those ten or fifteen items I don't know what I'd do with it other than making router patterns, and my laser is actually better for that.

 

[Red Squirrel]

The cool thing about printing is being able to have something right away instead of having to order it and wait days or weeks. And sometimes it's simply something you can't buy anywhere. Like say a plastic part on a product breaks, you can print a new one.

 

[Greenman]

The cool thing about printing is being able to have something right away instead of having to order it and wait days or weeks. And sometimes it's simply something you can't buy anywhere. Like say a plastic part on a product breaks, you can print a new one.

True, as long as you know fusion 3d. I don't, and have no desire to learn it. Lightburn has given me enough headaches.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Yeah I still need to figure out a decent CAD program that will work in Linux before I get into 3D printing, and I'm not a fan of cloud based stuff, I won't touch Fusion just out of principle. FreeCAD is about the only thing in Linux and it's a huge pain to use, it's like someone had a contest to design the worse UX and won and they used that.

 

[Gizmo j]

DEADPOOL!