Roger Feeley
02-25-2014, 2:26 PM
The idea is to build a cylindrical checkerboard. Imagine rings of 9 segments. 8 of them alternate cherry and mapleand the 9th segment is ebony (or some other combination). Imagine 10 rings. 8 are as just described and there is a bottom and top ring of ebony.
Now imagine drilling each segment from the inside and embedding a rare-earth magnet in each one.
If we turn this into a cylindrical vessel, we should have a round checker/chess board.
-- Gotta keep north/south straight
-- The magnet has to be spaced back far enough so we don't accidentally turn down to it. It has to be close enough that the pieces will stick.
-- I would put the whole thing on a rotating base
It seems to me that I am creating an interesting twist on checkers in that you can't see the whole board.
I'm considering this for next years Christmas presents.
Anybody see any big problems?
Now imagine drilling each segment from the inside and embedding a rare-earth magnet in each one.
If we turn this into a cylindrical vessel, we should have a round checker/chess board.
-- Gotta keep north/south straight
-- The magnet has to be spaced back far enough so we don't accidentally turn down to it. It has to be close enough that the pieces will stick.
-- I would put the whole thing on a rotating base
It seems to me that I am creating an interesting twist on checkers in that you can't see the whole board.
I'm considering this for next years Christmas presents.
Anybody see any big problems?