Making Wooden Chess Sets

Making Wooden Chess Sets
Author: Jim Kape
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Chess sets
ISBN: 9781565234574

Chess pieces and their boards are a thing of beauty that serious players often like to display around their homes. These 15 one-of-a-kind designs and projects for the scroll saw are sure to become conversation pieces.

Wooden Chess Sets You Can Make

Wooden Chess Sets You Can Make
Author: Diana Thompson
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2003
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781565231887

Handcraft a classic or contemporary chess set that will be cherished for years to come. You will learn to create each piece by using compound cuts on the scroll saw. Patterns and full-color photographs for each of the playing pieces (king, queen, bishop, knight, rook, pawn) are included. Instructions and pattern for a beautiful inlay playing board also included.

Paper Chess

Paper Chess
Author: Kell Black
Publisher: Running Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780762437443

Chess is more than just a game; it is the ultimate test of strategy. Its chessboard is iconic, and its evocative pieces have appeared in everything from Alice in Wonderland to Harry Potter. But at its heart, chess remains an engrossing game of mental agility that continues to be passed down from generation to generation. Paper Chess celebrates all of these elements, while adding a brilliant move of its own. It contains everything chess fans need to create their own collectible paper chess sets—64 pages of punch-out illustrated templates, and a back cover that converts into a chessboard. Elegantly designed to appeal to the most discerning chess player, Paper Chess is also the perfect way to introduce the next generation to a magnificent game.

Woodturning Chessmen

Woodturning Chessmen
Author: Mike Darlow
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2008
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781565233737

An invaluable resource for craftsmen, collectors and chess enthusiasts! Includes a history of chess pieces, the importance of the symbols used by chessmen, how to design and add carved details to chess pieces.

Make Your Own Board Game

Make Your Own Board Game
Author: Jesse Terrance Daniels
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2022-08-30
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1635863422

Tabletop board games are having a comeback, and especially within a younger, tech-y audience who enjoys the challenge and opportunity to work in an analog sphere. Game design expert Jesse Terrance Daniels teaches all the fundamentals of game design, from rule-setting to physical construction, along with original illustrations that capture the ethos and energy of the young, contemporary gaming community. Readers will learn the “building blocks” of game design, including game components, rules, and gameplay mechanics, and then how to craft a game, with a variety of examples and design prompts. After completing Make Your Own Board Game, readers are equipped with a broad understanding of game construction and flow and ready to create games that are playable and satisfying, while also expressing the makers’ unique creativity and passions.

Boys' Life

Boys' Life
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Total Pages: 56
Release: 1953-08
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Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.

Creating with Laser Cutters and Engravers

Creating with Laser Cutters and Engravers
Author: Mary-Lane Kamberg
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1499465041

This text provides readers with an exploratory lens into the general world of the Fab Lab with an in-depth focus on two specific types of machinery: laser cutters and engravers. These machines give users the unique opportunity to create through the removal of material from its source. Included for readers are hands-on tips and tricks for operating laser cutters and engravers, providing a variety of projects for every experience level, all the while connecting these skills to real-world business models and careers. This title tackles the arts and design element of STEAM more than any other Fab Lab machines do.

Minecraft for Makers

Minecraft for Makers
Author: John Baichtal
Publisher: Maker Media, Inc.
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2017-08-10
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1680453122

Minecraft has sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide (about 25 million of those units for the PC and Mac). According to Mojang, since the beginning of 2016 Minecraft continues to average 53,000 copies sold per day. Microsoft bought Minecraft (and Mojang) in 2014 for $2.5 billion. In 2016, Microsoft released a version of Minecraft specifically for educators called MinecraftEdu that is used by thousands of teachers around the world. Minecraft for Makers explores the intersection of this creative and beloved electronic game with the real world. It gives readers the opportunity to take familiar objects from the game - such as blocks, jack o'lanterns, and mobs - and make real-world versions of them. Begin with simple crafting projects using wood, paint, and LEGOs. Then move up to projects that involve basic electronics with LEDs. And, finally, advance to Arduino microcontroller projects that teach programming skills and basic robotics. The skills build progressively on one another, from chapter to chapter, and the emphasis is on fun all the way! Chapters include: Basic Projects (Item Frame with Diamond Sword, LEGO Minecraft Block, Minecraft Chess Pieces) LED Projects (Glowing Minecraft Block, Glowstone Chandelier, Minecraft Chess Board) Arduino Projects (Minecraft Jack O'Lantern, Night and Day Clock, Robot Creeper)

Learn to Burn

Learn to Burn
Author: Simon Easton
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2016-12-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607651327

This easy-to-learn introduction to the art of pyrography offers fourteen step-by-step projects for making decorative gifts--from coasters and picture frames to bangles, decorative plates, and door hangers--illustrated with clear how-to photographs. Each pyro project can be completed using ready-made materials that are easy to find at your local craft store. Fifty bonus patterns will allow you to unleash your creativity on hundreds of additional woodburning projects.

Boys' Life

Boys' Life
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Total Pages: 80
Release: 1980-10
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Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.