Laser Cutting
Laser cutters are great for making board games, custom-designed items, prototypes and much more. I'm happy that my lab at the University of Waterloo has a laser cutter available for all to use.
Seen below are a set of board game pieces that I made (for the game Hive) hot off the laser cutter.
Seen below are a set of board game pieces that I made (for the game Hive) hot off the laser cutter.
Removing burn marks from cut pieces.
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Full set of white pieces.
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After cutting and engraving them, the next step was to sand them and then stain half of the pieces a darker colour. The photo below shows the pieces being stained, along with me sanding some of my other Christmas gifts for friends - coasters!
After drying, I lacquered the pieces with some gloss, and the final result can be seen below. Ready to play!
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I'm hoping to create a laser cut Risk board, as well as Tsuro or Carcassonne if I can get a hold of the drawings.