On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:43:51 -0500, Leon Fisk
wrote:

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:18:29 -0500, Brian Lawson
wrote:

Hey All,

Anybody got a suggestion or sample/drawing/pix of a Knight chess-piece
that I can make by turning and minor milling? I don't want a "3-D
horse head impression" or casting, or even a "real-looking" (a la
Staunton), but something I can make with MY shop tools. I think I'm OK
on the other 5 pieces, but can't figure out how to "create" a
definitive knight.

So far, my best thought is to turn a 90 cone in the end of the
upright, mill through it to leave enough material to create two
"ears", poke a hole on a downward angle thru the upright just below
the "ears", jam in a shortish piece of round with the lower end of
that rounded off to make the "mouth" and the upper end on the opposite
side of the upright cut at angle and knurled to look like a stylized
"mane".

Plan is to make 1/2 the set from brass, and the opposition from soft
stainless, or maybe hard aluminum. Probably the latter, since I have
lots of that.

I've looked on the web for some made from common hardware like nuts &
bolts, but never saw anything that appealed to me. But I'm open to
all suggestions.


Take care.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.

cross posted to: modeleng-list

How about threading the top of your common base, clip one
ear off a wing-nut in a size you like and then thread it on
top of the base upside down (shrug).
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Send me a good email and I will send plan in pdf format with a
generic cnc lathe program. Let me know if you want the other
pieces also.


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