Make A DM Screen
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2020
- What up FAM! Today we are going to learn how to Make A DM Screen! We rolled nat 20's with this one! I LOVE this screen. It is heavily influenced by Matt Mercer's DM Screen. If you have been following me for a while, you know I love me some Dungeons and Dragons, so this bad boy was an absolute pleasure to build.
Special Thanks to McKrungle Berry for the request!
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"anything worth doing is worth over doing" Is now my teams official motto at work! Thanks for the lyrical wizardry. :)
Lol. Glad you can benefit from my random nuggets of wisdom🤣
I have legit been looking for a dm screen for actual years. This looks so much better than all of the other DIY ones I've seen, and I don't have to pay premium prices! Great work!
Your enthusiasm is infectious, thanks for sharing your build.
Made a dm screen today and I had in my mind some wonky clips to hold paper but the flat stock magnet idea is hands down the best idea I could have come across. I'll be using that, Thankyou.
I definitely want to make one for myself. It is SO awesome!
Oh man that is nice. Reminds me of the one I made as a teen. We didn't have a torch so I sprayed lighter fluid on it and set the wood on fire and then stained it. Drilled some holes in some metal strap and screwed it down with round head screws. Filled the slots in with wood putty and painted the strap and screws black. Then used antique looking hinges. Everyone said it looked like an abused treasure chest. Wasn't very portable though. I wonder what ever happened to it?
abused treasure chest! awesome! new mimic monster created right there!
Great simple but badass looking DM Screen.
You sir are awesome. I'm very grateful to have found you.
I love the magnets; I keep finding ways to use them on all sorts of projects. I once built a screen with a built-in dice tower so I could drop the dice in the top and they roll out on the other side of he screen for all the players to see the roll. I would only use it when the next hit could kill a PC. Really added to the drama. ( and some funny bits too) And someone commented on being too old for D&D, never i say! I play with guys that have been playing since first edition and we still love the game. RL can get tidious AD&D is always an adventure.
Couldn't agree more. My times "at the table" have been some of the most fun and moving experiences I have ever had in a game. I am a lifer for sure.
Just found your channel yesterday while i was looking for leather armor inspiration, your work is absolutely amazing. Ive already watched all your vids and cant wait to try making my own stuff
I hope you share what you make! I would love to see what you come up with. Cheers!
That looks Great and Thanks very much for showing the wire inlay 👍 👍😊
Thank YOU very much for watching!
This video was amazing from start to finish! Thanks so much for sharing. :)
One thing I remember someone doing when inlaying wire into wood was slightly wetting the wood. The wood absorbs the water and the cuts you make kinda close up around the wire so it locks into place better.
Until it dries out again.
Really awesome video! If I still had a regular play group, I'd make this.
Top Effort Sir you are a Artisan Master of Craft
As always you are waaaaay over the top on your enthusiasm for your projects!! As always I keep coming back to see what else you get wild about...(LOL)
Love the work, looks professional. A thought about the hinges, though. With the magnets as thin as they are, I could see them getting broken off. What if you centered the magnets in the board and sanded/ routed the edges to match the magnets' profile. The magnets could still touch and would be protected by the rest of the edge.
this was super neat!
Thank you for the saw tip. I legit didn't know about the stopper.
I didn't either until my woodworker friend did it while cutting balusters for a deck. Measured once then cut 50 of them in just a few minuts. Blew my mind!🤣
genuinely impressed with the McGuyver on the inlay tools
Thanks! Necessity is the mother of invention as is an empty wallet 🤣
YES, I've been wanting to make one for my friend forever
Sweet! Let us know how it comes out!
Magnetic hinges are definitely next level. And yeah, that metal inlay logo looks amazing, it might be worth making a bunch just as art pieces to sell.
Going to make one to in a few months. But I'm doing the inside with magnetic paint. Which I can paint over with other colour's if needed
Holy Cow! That is an amazing screen! It's way better then the poster board thing my friend used to use.
Lol. I tend to go a little overboard.
@@SkillTree Only in the best of ways.
Why not go a little (crazy) with details? You are probably only going to make this once
A friend of mine made a similar one, though the front is less castle and more forrest with a few layers of veneer with different green stains to make it look like a woodland. He also took veneer with a laser etcher/cutter to make a deck of solid wood playing cards (Only thing that wasn't wood based in the end was the oil or stain and a polyeurethane coating in the end.
He also added some panels to the back so about a page length plus a bit is available for vertical and then a notch where you could slot in panels that would slope downwards to the table and a slot at the top for various things.
Unfortunately, that hit the same issue a lot of the really nice screens have in that they're only really good if you're playing at home because you need to transport them.
I've wanted one, but after seeing issues with transport, just kept on using my old customizable slot one that I'd gotten a long time ago...I think it was, originally, aimed for Savage Worlds, but it's like a heavier binder material with slots in the front and back for whatever inserts I want. 4 panel horizontal as well
Holy crap, dude, that's smokin! Between your Barbarian tome, your scroll tube, your dice bag, and now your DM screen you've got most of a Dungeons & Dragons accessory kit. ... It's like you've crafted my dreams.
🤣 Apparently we have similar dreams. I am aiming to be a D&D Willy Wonka. Just making my own world outta pure imagination.
@@SkillTree I had to come revisit this video after the Halloween project I've been working on this week. Are you familiar with shou sugi ban? 'Cause I turned a store-bought dowel into a gorgeous black and red necromancer staff.
Just found this channel from a plug by Simon Whistler, and I agree with him: you're doing a GREAT job!
Thank you for taking the time to check out the channel!😁
Ok, that is beautiful, fun and could be incredibly handy as a room divider. Scaled up, of course. Like... hiding a stack of tools when unexpected company shows up..
.(edited for spelling)
Thanks! And, true! Like those Japanese room dividers but with magnetic hinges. I love the look of those.
Great vid. Used to play D & D, Hero Quest in the nineties, would love to get back into it but think I’ve so out grown it.
You should! I don't think there is an age cap on having fun exploring complex social interactions and morally dubious situations with good friends 😁
Hey I make Mead. Can't wait to see that episode
This looks awesome, but since you have a plunge router, one neat little upgrade you could make is to make a straight groove on the top edge of the screen, and you could put cards or initiative trackers in there.
Also, one idea I wanted to try was to make one of the panels have an inset swivel panel so you can attach an image or info to it and flip it around to show the players.
That sounds AMAZING! I love the swivel idea especially!
And again, you did a great job :)
Thanks! 😁
Thank you so much for the video! I have never really done any woodworking but I am gonna try to make this! My father in law is helping me, so thanks for a way to bond with him!
Do you have a breakdown of materials you used specifically? Such as the gauge of the wire? Specs of screws? How deep the "cuts" for your wire inlay is set? Etc. That would really help me out!!! Thanks again for the video!
Wow, just wow
love it
Thanks!😁
Wow! Love your style! Just subbed
Thank you so much! Welcome to the Fam!
I like the aggressive look to this screen. Excuse me, not a screen, a DM Wall, a bulwark.
So find an online tabletop group, and have at it man. Plenty of them out there.
planning on making my own dm screen that looks like a castle with dice towers on the side. so glad that there’s a video with cool tips on here! i’m gonna use hinges instead of magnets but i’m DEFINITELY gonna give that wire inlay a try. did you use a specific wire brand? what type of metal was it?
That sounds REALLY COOL!!!!
Guy! You can even add leather to this, like a carrying case that straps together. Oh man the ideas.
I WANTED to do that, but ran out of time. I will probably still do it just for me 🤣
Might have to make this, just to make the leathers carrying case.
Nice
That's awesome. I know I'm a couple of years late, but damn, dude, this really pops. I hope you made some friends and have a use for it now. You seem like you should have lots of friends.
I subscribed once he talked about his glue issue.... I'm not alone in the world anymore lol.
I am NOT a DandD player. I know so little about it. 🤨 However, my 24 year old daughter is all about it and she's a DM. Since I love making things, I am going to make her a screen for Christmas. This was a fun and informative video. Thanks!!
Great dm screen. Started working on one today. What do you think you’d use if the dremel router wasn’t an option? Thanks!
Awesome! If you have a regular drill, put a drill bit on it smaller than the width of the space you need rabbited out. Pit a piece of tape on it to mark the depth you want. Then make swiss cheese out of the material youvwant to remove. Once you have cleared all of the material in the center of that space, clean up the edges with a chisel. Takes a bit longer but how I used to do things like that before I got the router attachment. Hope that helped!
Super glue would also force the wire into the groove completely.
Id like to see a how to diy on making hardwood dice trays, hardwood dnd dice
WOW! I need to make that. I also play online but if I ever run a game actually with people I would want something like that. I just wish I had the tools for it. The most I have is a power drill.
I think you can pull this off with just that and some chisels. Put a piece of tape on a drill bit to mark the depth you need and you can do all the bits I did with the router by just drilling out the wood to that depth like swiss cheese and cleaning it up with a chisel. Also, if you carefully snap the tip off of an X-acto knife I am pretty sure it would make a fine cutter for the inlay bit 😁
@@SkillTree I'm always amazed how you can figure out how to do things with simple, bare minimum of tools. I appreciate it too. Love your work!
Wonder what the diameter is on the heads of those upholstery tacks?
I'd add some battlements at the top to really overdo it ;) And if you wanna please lord Shad; MACHICOLATIONS!
Dude, if you are in Massachusetts, you should totally come to CT and join our group!!! Ya know, so you have real world friends 😂
I need you to build a gaming table with a recessed play area.
Suggestion: add a metal strip to the top of the middle screen for a magnetic initiative tracker.
Ooooohh! Great call!
What if you use a speed square and a clamp of some kind to get the router to cut straight on the edge by using the square as a guide
6:45 you said if we are into D& D we should hang out some time, I lived down the street from Gary Gygax back in my youth, went to school with his children and fell in love with Heidi, although she wasn't allowed to date til after she graduated HS 3 yrs after I did...
Can you give a little more information about the tool that you used to make the metal pieces flush with the wood? I found a Dremel router online, but I don’t know which kind is needed or what extra pieces are needed. This project is so cool!
Sure! If you already have a dremel, all you need is the router attachment and the some router bits. I used the dremel 3000, the router attachment made by dremel, and router bits, also made by them. Those 3 are typically sold separately.
how does it fold up?
Did you do any sanding? I'm actually trying to make this rn, and my pieces definitely need some sanding
Hi! Thanks for watching. I say it very quickly at about the 6:19 mark but yes, you definitely want to sand. That will get rid of the glue marks, shine up the inlay, and get the wood looking smooth and even. Good luck!
What kind of wire was that?
This video is so awesome I love it
I would also like to join you Cl3ver in some D&D cause I know we would need out so much
Heck yeah! Every once in a while we do a Skill Tree one shot. Jump in on the next one! Would be fun to play with you!
I’ve been using some cardboard I cut and stapled the stuff I need unto it.
That works! It's basically what the ones wizards of the coast sells are.😁
Hi. I tried to follow your instructions but I had some troubles. First, I used my 8220 cordless Dremel with 650 tip (it seems to me from 8:13 that it is the same you used) but the real problem was the glue. I've tried with Pattex Contact than with a cyanoacrylate glue but I failed. Consequentially, I've chosen to use some hinges. With these, the panels can be easily removed: I lost in aesthetic but not in practicality. I would like to retry but I'm afraid to fail another time. I feel really stupid. How much time did you wait before verifying if the glue would have had effect?
Second, it was difficult for me to control the Dremel without the guide of its 335 plunge router attachment and I had to used it slowly. Which speed did you set on your Dremel to work the wood? Thank you so much.
Hello! Hmmm I just used some basic "super glue". Did you rough up the magnets first? Also, the space should be snug for the magnets to fit through so the bond with the glue can be achieved. I agree that the dremel is difficult to control without the plunge attachment. In the video I think I said as much too. Not sure if you are on the discord, hut I would be happy to chat with you at some point to try and work it out if you like. Cheers
Don’t worry, I also use the first cut as a measurement for the other cuts
Works like a CHARM!
Have the magnets ever disconnected during game when like you hit the screen? Or they hold it pretty strong?
So far so good! There are certainly stronger magnets you could get as well if it is a worry but I have had good luck.
I am just curious to what we use this type of screen to. Never used one before, and where can I get the dremmel-atatchment?
The screen is just to keep the players from seeing what your plans are, really. As for the dremel attachment, I found that beauty at Lowes but I imagine you can find it at most big hardware stores.
Smart screen :)
Thank you for showing the dremel, and did tell where to find it.
Btw. Love your videos, keep uploading.
Looks great but I would have used a "darker/harder" furniture stain
Considering you just got the router attachment for the Dremel...serious RESPECT for how great your cuts came out! People be like oh a router, I can do that. Well maybe they can but me...not so well. :( The wire inlay was inspired!!! Overall a top notch project that came out looking like gold plated Nerd BLING! ;)
Lol! Gold plated nerd bling! Love it. Thank you so much for watching!
Sweet! Love the magnets! Oh, and you have my name spelled wrong in the credits...
DO I?!? I will fix it ASAP.
Skill Tree lol. Yeah, it’s Rockin’ R’s Woodshop, you have Rock’n R’s Woodshop.
I want to see him play D&D. If he is any good, I would play with him if I had the chance to do so.
Yeah, I don't have anyone even remotely close to play tabletop with and yet I couldn't stop myself from buying a GM screen out of pure copium. 😮💨
Are you fucking shitting me 15.k Subs? Dude. This is amazing and really intuitive. I'm definitely gonna give this a try
Thanks for watching! Let us know how it comes out!😁
It impressive screen love the inlay too did not like the metal strip used to, need a thin plate on each board for my liking curved out with a router and glue that thin plate on did cover that up with fake wood to give magic look like the sheet can behold there to use leather for the outside of the board to given the look of the old spellbook feeling for it
we had a problem with how were stored all of the books to yea the dungeons chest were made it a stand i made to hold all the books in place when we need them there is their too paper and supplies were used were keeping their to use to go to each friend place before we got our own places to play at
time i had to build my place have a large room we played this into the dungeon master has his own space overlooking the player's table have to use hexagonal grit for the table to 2 x 2 size to the table was built in that shape to different levels can be lowed or raise up too
stand un used now all of the friends moved on to better lifes and jobs to yea it still here the plan is to have everyone come and play the game again for the weekend to this time the covid had the poison potion lol
I'd probably use 5min epoxy on the magnets instead of superglue.
Excellent soyjak template material in the thumbnail.
Hey bro
Really dig this
Just wanted give you a thumbs up will definitely be liking and subbing
That is cool!
D.n.d. sign dice tray.
I have to admit, i dont like your over-exited style ... but ... god damn, you have some pretty awesome projects were i get a lot of inspiration. Actually, this wire inlay is badass and i was planing to do wooden bookclapboards with individual inlays for my RPG friends ... damn, too many projects, too little time
or an oak dungeon door from runescape
Yeah! I love that rugged look.
Do you have a list of the materials and sizes that you used in the video?
Cl3ver: Roll inshadiv.
Me: I cast Room at 4th level
Counterspell
@@SkillTree Have you seen One Piece
Careful with the ogl 1.1 in the future this will be stolen by wizards as their property 🤣🤣
meanwhile, I'm doing a DM Screen with cardboard. lol
Whatever works! Are you pinning anything up inside?
@@SkillTree Hi! I planned to pin inside 4 L-Type plastic folder (A4) or sheet protectors, for notes, etc..., and I have to figure out a good way to old track of initiative (clothespins probably will destroy my screen)
@@matteograssadonia7536 good idea! How th8ck is the cardboard? I bet clothes pins will be pretty gentile
@@SkillTree it isn't thick, just 5mm (0,19 inch?). Maybe I just gonna print and fold some cards, or I look for gentle clothes pin, or maybe the 1€ shop in my town will give me inspiration.
@@matteograssadonia7536 do you have any blue tac? Could stick it that way too.
*Spends 25 minutes in google to search what the heck is 1 by 12 inches in centimetres*
Soyjack thumbnail
Appriciate the work, irriated by the jokes. Please make more gm screen but no more jokes...please.