How To Make A Wooden Chinese Checkers Board
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In this video, we'll show you how to make a wooden Chinese Checkers Board game. This fun game is perfect for a family game night or party game, and is easy to make.
If you're a fan of Chinese checkers, then this game is perfect for you! We'll show you how to make the board, the pieces, and how to play the game. This game is a fun way to spend an evening or a weekend, and will be sure to entertained everyone in your family!
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Take it from me, definetly make a box for your playing pieces. I didn't and I lost my marbles!😁
I really appreciate that even though the video is recorded and you're doing a voiceover on it, you make it conversational. You could easily just say exactly what needs to be said to explain whats happening, but you speak your mind about your approach your thoughts. It makes a joyful watching experience. I love Chinese checkers, this was a great video!
no need to worry about using white oak, or using a japanese saw - chinese checkers is a german game :^)
I hate to be that guy, but I think isosceles triangles have 2 sides the same length. Equilateral have all 3 the same.
Might as well be pedantic, all equiangular triangles are also isosceles as the definition is at least two equal sizes.
The one great problem I have with our great country is the stupidity of not using SI units! I need a president that will make that change.
Nice build, going on my 'to-do-list'. And now I finally know what you were aiming for with that epoxy star thingy, I saw on the behind the scenes (?). I do have a question: how long did you wait between pouring the epoxy and scraping it? I've only just started using epoxy and despite my best efforts at mixing it ends up being either a bit brittle or still a bit soft. Will waiting longer make it go harder?
I love marble board games! Except I can't seem to find the marbles. They're lost. All of em!
Never played Chinese checkers but that looks like a neat project.
Love that you laid it out on the board. The standard approach would be to print it out from a computer and transfer that to the wood. Kudos for the Wright-style hands-on approach. Love the epoxy, and exploring the differences in drill bits for making the divots. You got me thinking...white oak, eh? Colored marbles are easy to come by. Winter project. Hmm.
Thats looks awesome also have to do research to make one
Did anyone catch the measurements?
Comment down below. You’re welcome 😄
I loved seeing the chisel carving.
Sir, I covet your patience!
When to checkers you're a 🌟
Really beautiful work, James! 😃
I don't even know how to play this game, but I'm going to search about it!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I wonder what a side by side would look like of this stained epoxy, paint, a thinned paint (add glossy medium instead of water to mix it and make it thin enough to still see the grain), and colored stain would look like.
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You definitely need a box , I'd hate to see you lose your Marbles. How deep are your dimples and how well do they 'hold' the marbles in place? I'm working on a similar project and need to put dimples in for marbles.
Box will be coming in a couple weeks. I used a 3/8" bit and went unrill the sides of the bit just touched. It holds about as good as I would expect. You can easily knock them out. But with a heavy board that is harder.
Wow! WOW!! The game looks awesome. You said this is a fun and simple project, and it does look like a lot of fun, but simple?! Well, I know it wouldn’t be simple for me! lol The layout and math would be the toughest part, no doubt. But one thing is for sure, James: YOU do make it look simple, even if it isn’t for some of us. Awesome job!
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I just LOVE your building videos. I don’t even care what you are building, as long as you build something. And it’s so cold in my shop, that I am better watching than building😅
Just the mention of marbles makes me want to watch Hook. God I love that movie. Good work! I’m gonna have to get one of those angle protractor things you paired with the bevel gauge. I didn’t know those were a thing.
Equilateral is what you're looking for. Isocelese is 2 equal sides with one different. Been dealing with that a ton lately trying to make a hakone yosegi zaiku version of a penguin as a cheer up gift for my sister...
Fun watching this. I made one about 30 years ago for my mom. Stained the colors in. But mine had splined joints that made it come apart in 3 sections for easier storage.
And I made exactly the same mistake as you did on my first layout. Lol 😝
Wow, this looks beautiful. I am no woodeorker, so who knows why I love this channel so much (I actually love it more than the main channel, I guess I just like to understand the process even if don't do it myself)
Fantastic work as always James! That board turned out looking terrific! 👍👍
I sure appreciate that you don’t hide you’re mistakes. Thanks for sharing reality!
I used to play this game with my mom when I was in elementary school; my mom was a teacher in that school. I haven’t played this in 30+ years.
What is the best source of marbles for those of us who don't want to buy the original game and discard the box and board?
these are the ones I used. amzn.to/3GEy2UV
@@WoodByWrightHowTo thank you.
Fun for all! Thanks James, this is one more to my list of beautiful projects to do.
Nice project. Win or lose you just need to make a board.
Another approach is to do some calculation before hand, figuring out the radius of the circle for the inner hexagon, draw a circle in the middle of the board, divide the circle to 6 equal arcs using the same compass, draw the hexagon and extend the lines out to form a 6-pt star.
The radius should be 1/3 of width of the board. I trust dividing a circle into 6 equal arcs more than the 60 or 120 degree mark on a protractor.
Normally I would go that route, but I wouldn't be able to figure out the radius of the circle because the circle continues off the sides of the board and it's the side of the board that determines the size of the hexagon.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo radius of the circumscribed circled of the inner hexagon should be 1/3 of the width of the board. Draw that circle and extend all edges to get the 6-pt star.
What a great game! Looks like a fun build.
Hi James,
I have a few countersink bits like the one you used, but they are dull. Any recommendations for how to go about sharpening these? I also have some "snailhead" style that I've struggled with too.
If it is hardened there is not much you can do. You can try to use diamond files of you can find them. If it is softer you can use a triangle file. Much like sharpening a saw.
Hey James, You should plane the bottom :). This glass You are using for epoxy, are You clean it after use, or You throw it away?
These ones I just throw away. I bought a case of 500 of them for eight bucks about 5 years ago and I'm only about a quarter of the way through the box.
Wow in 4 hours. Amazing!
Great job. Enjoy the BLO
How about the board be the lid for a shallow box to store the marbles. You could even make compartments for the different colours. Excellent video as always.
stop thinking ahead. LOL that video will be coming in a couple weeks.
Looks great. Thanks for sharing.
Fun project! Where could I source a chamfer bit for my brace? Can't find one!
I would check through the online sellers on www.handToolfinder.com You might get lucky on eBay.
looks great. love the colours.
Nice one, James!
I like John's idea of making the game board the top for the box. Another crazy idea if you get froggy, use different species of woods inlaid for the colors instead of epoxy. Not that the epoxy is bad, just a different exercise to practice technique.
I thought about possibly dying and then in laying would. But I've never liked the look of that quite as much. I wanted something a little brighter.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo I have seen a few times when those who use a lot of electrical tools would cut a million little odd shaped pieces and create the whole thing from various inlaid woods. Highly complicated and super fiddly. Like your idea much better.
Looks awesome!
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Nice!
You can just switch to metric. Its only the measureing thingies that's going to need to be changed
the problem here is that takes a lot more money and would make half my audience mad.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo understandeble
On the other hand - it makes half your audience happy! Then it just boils down to maths or a calculator.....
@@WoodByWrightHowTo I disagree: I’ve been following these conversations for years now, and nobody ever gets mad - not really: it’s just the same tired old jokes, sometimes it’s a respectful debate, and sometimes it’s a bit of trolling.
The US has been switching to metric for decades, they’re just not quite there yet: it will be like the UK, where people measure and calculate in metric, but many still converse and guesstimate in inches. It’s not a problem.
And I don’t understand the cost: do you mean for a wood shop? I bet you already own a few tape measures, rulers and calipers with metric scales on them, and if you don’t: you can switch for under 100 bucks, easily. No need to buy metric chisels or drill bits.
If you find yourself in a situation in which you have to divide “four and 5 eights” by 6, then you only have yourself to blame - you really don’t have to wait for your whole country to switch, you can do whatever you like.
Why didn't you use the trick where you lay a ruler diagonally between two lines and find a spot where the division is easy?
The problem with doing that is it then spreads out the points along the x-axis and that makes the lines less accurate over the length.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo flip the ruler around 180 and do it again, you've got 2 points.
It's a trick I forget regularly myself.
That brings back memories. We used to play Chinese Chequers when I was a kid. I really enjoy your videos and have used a lot of your techniques in my own workshop. I was interested in the way you did your layout and wondered why you didn’t use the circle and compass.
thanks man. lots of great memories here too. The problem with using the circle and compass is it works well if you know the diameter to start from but in his case I could not measure that as it was off the board.
@@WoodByWrightHowTo Thanks for the reply. It’s obvious now that you point it out. On a different note, I am always really jealous of your amazing collection of tools. I am a NZ expat living in a small city in northern Japan, and it is really difficult and expensive to get hold of western tools here. Of course, there are some amazing Japanese tools available at fairly affordable prices. I recently set up a workshop with a solid workbench in my son’s old room after he moved away. It’s great to be able to work inside with everything organized. The biggest problem is that a lot of Japanese woodworking is done with softwoods so it is difficult to find good sources of hardwoods. I found one place that sells it, but it is very expensive and they only have small pieces. Do you know anyone over here that might be able to point me at some good sources?
@@adrianpaterson9904 check out the TH-cam channel Tenons and Tenors, he lives in Japan and uses mostly Western methods so he might be able to help :)
@@RickLeijssen Thanks. I just took a quick look at it and I can see a binge watch in my near future. Much appreciated.
3:25 & 4:15 There is no need neither for fractions nor decimals when dividing distances, intercept theorem works just fine.
Re: drawing parallel lines. At school I was taught to #1 use one (any) leg of a set square to draw the first line where it needs to be, #2 put a ruler against another arm (any) and move the square along the ruler, #3 draw next line.
Isosceles triangles only have TWO sides the same length. you mean EQUILATERAL triangles
Haha, ”dumb freedom-units”. I’m swedish and I find it very complicated with inches. Soooo much easier with millimeters.
It is an equilateral triangle (three sides of equal length). An isosceles triangle has only two sides of equal length.
OK,
1. Resin isnt a glue.
2. You should ALWAYS wear gloves when working with resin.
3. Total Boat resin can easily be use for deep pours.
1. Structural epoxies make fantastic adhesives. You should look at some of the glue tests. 2. Very true if mixing decent amounts. Gloves are a wise thing to go but not required. They're in the nice to have category. 3. total boat makes a thick pour that can be used for deeper pores but using high performance epoxy any deeper than about a half inch and it will overheat and run away on you.
You could have done the division of the distance geometrically. You basically steps out the number of divisions along a line at an angle to the first line and then make a bunch of similar triangles to transfer the division to the original line.
Also, please be a bit more careful when handling epoxy resin and hardener, you should be wearing nitrile gloves at the very least. Even modern, safer ones can cause nasty allergies if you get then on your skin one time too many.