<![CDATA[Your Sussex drafting website - Blog]]>Thu, 09 Apr 2020 10:13:43 +0100Weebly<![CDATA[Workshop Progress.  Solitaire Board]]>Wed, 20 Apr 2016 20:41:08 GMThttp://www.afcadsolutions.co.uk/blog/workshop-progress-solitaire-boardSolitaire Board all finished and delivered. It took me loner than anticipated as I had to change the way in which I made the playing piece's, but a lesson learnt.
20/2/2016.
I have been commissioned to make a rather special and un-usual Solitaire Board.
It will be 700 mm round in solid Wenge with an inlay of English Oak, the playing pieces will also be special as they will be made of two timbers solid Wenge and solid Maple.
Each playing piece will have 4 facets to every side two of each timber, making a total of 24 facet's with each facet having opposing timber's.
Below are some SolidWorks picture's of proposed drawing, board & piece's.

Andy
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17/11/2015


Hello again, just a quick post regarding a project I finished recently. A very exciting round backgammon table for a London client, made initially for a very important London design show 'Decorex' specifically designed to impress everyone who laid eye's on it.

Outstanding in it's simplicity, outstanding in design, and most important outstanding in materials. Made in 'Tabu' grey stained veneers with laser cut Sycamore Fern inlays with inlaid triangles of Stainless Steel, along with Stainless steel inset rims on both sides, the centre dish, designed for throwing the dice into,  has been veneered in 24 pieces of 'Tabu' and set with Stainless Steel to the outer edge.

The playing pieces have their own designer box also round to compliment the tables and when not in use sits on the bottom stretcher rails. It has been made with two independent lid's to access both sides of the circle, to accommodate the lid's using the same space for hinging they work on the same principle as a gate leg knuckle joint, so the hinge itself is wooden, the box is a delight in it's own right.

Andy

You can see the table on the website below.
http://www.alexandralldesign.com/bespoke-backgammon.php?board=palm_table
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