Bauhaus Chess Set

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Bauhaus Chess Set Designed by Josef Hartwig in 1923, Revealing Movement Through Design The design itself reveals how each chess piece moves - thus the L-shaped knights, etc. These chess pieces can also be used to calibrate 3D printers as most of the pieces are simple cubes. All of the pieces have negative areas cut out from the bottom for accommodating round magnets or weights. Adjust the orientation in your slicer for best results. Update: An alternative knight design was added that does not have a magnetic base but is more in line with the original design, which features an L-shaped structure on all six sides. Unfortunately, this won't work with a center magnet in the base, but it's a more robust design worth considering. Update: A set of pieces without cut-outs for magnets was created, and STL files were named with "_02" as an addendum. Update: Frame parts for the chess board were added. Update: Hollow versions of all the pieces that can be printed without supports were created, except for the knight, king, and top part of the queen. You'll need to flip things around in your slicer to create the proper orientation with the open side facing up. Printing this set and filling the empty space with epoxy could add lots of weight. Update: The frame parts are being redesigned for better fit and to lock together like puzzle pieces. It's suggested not to print the frame (red border) parts until new designs are ready. Update: Locking border parts were added. Update: The NE corner was corrected, and Version 4 is recommended over Version 3. Update: A new version of the empty queen was added with a wider "neck" allowing for filling the piece with epoxy.