Have junior make a bunch more and sell them for $350 each online. He will have constant work, as much money he desires to make!!

Well done.

That is impressive! Kids lack those kind of skills these days. I might have missed it, but how long did it take from start to finish to do this?

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Originally posted by AZSigs:
That is impressive! Kids lack those kind of skills these days. I might have missed it, but how long did it take from start to finish to do this?

Just under three weeks working 6-8 hours on the weekends and a few hours two to four weekdays each week.

I finally got around to taking a few photos of the board with the 3D printed chess pieces. I found these files on thingiverse dot com and downloaded them, then I showed him how to 3D print them and did some trouble shooting for him a few times.

These are in raw form with the only post-processing being the removal of the support material. I'm not sure if he's going to try the vapor smoothing technique and then paint them or not. As I said earlier he is really much more interested in making a small forge to melt aluminum cans and scrap extruded aluminum to create a lost PLA aluminum casting of the skull pieces has has now.

Anyway, I think these are pretty cool and I wish I could remember who did the initial desigh=n because they did an amazing job.

Very very cool! That's something to really be proud of.

Is that the queen on D2? (Queen goes on her color!)
Bishop on G1?
What is that on G8? I don't see a corresponding white piece, unless it's also a bishop with a different design.

From what I can tell from the pictures, White Bishop on D2. White Queen on G1, black appears to have castled(?) and Black Queen is on white G8.
I think....

Very impressive

Thanks for posting

Tell him to keep the pictures handy for his resume.

If I was doing his interview I would look at that handiwork as a big plus.

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Originally posted by Keystoner:
Is that the queen on D2? (Queen goes on her color!)
Bishop on G1?
What is that on G8? I don't see a corresponding white piece, unless it's also a bishop with a different design.

I set the pieces up just to take a photo. I know very VERY little about chess.

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Originally posted by parallel:

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Originally posted by Keystoner:
Is that the queen on D2? (Queen goes on her color!)
Bishop on G1?
What is that on G8? I don't see a corresponding white piece, unless it's also a bishop with a different design.

I set the pieces up just to take a photo. I know very VERY little about chess.

Looks line black is getting his ass kicked.

Nice!

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Originally posted by bubbatime:
Have junior make a bunch more and sell them for $350 each online. He will have constant work, as much money he desires to make!!

He's already had a couple of folks say they'd buy one, price was not discussed however.

Bravo! That is a slick project!

That is a sweet looking set there.

Maybe this would be a nice summer money maker for him? I would definitely be interested in a set depending on price point.