Conic – Art Deco Chess Set

Art Deco style chess set, Conic shapes, easy piece handling.

Each piece size and weight is detailed in table in pictures section.

Each piece has a cutout for a mutter (nut) to be inserted for weighting. 2 different mutter sizes are used for the chess pieces.

• Pawns: DIN 934 -M8
• Back rank: DIN 934 -M10

The dimensions of the M8 are appx. 14.5 x13x 6.4 mm. The depth of each cutout is appx. 6.5 mm to accommodate the 6.4 mm depth of the nut.

The dimensions of the M10 are appx. 19x17x8 mm. The depth of each cutout is appx. 8.4 mm to accommodate the 8mm depth of the nut.

The chart in pictures area lists the appx. weights of each piece with the nut inserted and glued with a 3mm thick Felt (filz) base for easy movement.

The pieces fit well with a Square Size of 40 to 45 mm

Chess Piece Box

The box has a slide top and is sized to accommodate this set.

Details

• Square Size 40 to 45
• Total Weight of Chess Pieces 480 gm
• Weight of Box 252 gm
• Box Dimensions 180x120x80
• Total Weight of Chess Pieces and Box 732 gm
• Chess Pieces 32

Printing
Each piece can be printed standing straight up with no supports required.

Make sure your machine is well calibrated (leveled) for printing the box and you may want to run the bed a little on the hot side to prevent warping on the bottom and/or lid. Not a problem with a well-tuned MK3S+.The box was printed using

• Filament PLA Prusament (Galaxy Silver)
• Infill 30%
• Layer Height .30

The chess pieces were printed using

• Black PLA Prusament (Galaxy Black)
• White PLA Prusament (Vanilla White)
• Infill 15%
• Layer Height .15 Quality

Weighting the Pieces and attaching felt

• Insert the nut into the base of the piece
• Apply some glue (model glue works well) to the base and nut
• Put the glued surface lightly on the felt piece, don't press too hard
• Allow to dry
• Trim excess felt