Chess Set

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<p>A sculptural chess set.</p><p>Can be printed without supports. The trays will need support for the underside for the piece clearances to allow the trays to stack. The trays need to be rotated 180° to each other to stack.</p><p>This is the first time I have printed the entire set, to give as a gift, and decided to create trays to store the pieces in, as well as weight the pieces for a quality playing experience. The loaded trays are placed in a box I found on Amazon: <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08SJM8ZS5?psc=1&amp;ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details">AmazonSmile: OBMMIRAO Upgrade 1PCS 13x9x4 Inch Black Hard Large Gift Box with Lid, Foldable Magnetic Gift Boxes,Groomsman Box bridesmaid proposal box, Reusable Gift Boxes for Clothes : Everything Else</a></p><p>Bolts are from McMaster Carr: <a href="https://www.mcmaster.com/91292A209">https://www.mcmaster.com/91292A209</a> (M8 x 60); <a href="https://www.mcmaster.com/91292A219">https://www.mcmaster.com/91292A219</a> (M10 x 60); and <a href="https://www.mcmaster.com/91292A216">https://www.mcmaster.com/91292A216</a> (M10 x 40).</p><h3>Print instructions</h3><p>Can be printed without supports. As modelled the original 3MF upload are large pieces, but of course can be scaled in your slicer to your desired size. The additional 3MF's are scaled to 90% of the originals and one set includes bolt holes and threads for adding bolts for weight.</p><p>The other set is just scaled to the 90% and includes the modified Rook with an improved transition form the base to the head and has the extra internal height needed for the addition of the bolt.&nbsp;</p><p>I had thought about adding pauses in my g-code to allow adding other kinds of weight such as washers or lead shot, but took the lazyman's approach and went for the bolts (which cost more than the filament to print the set (ordered in stainless steel from McMaster Carr)). The ones with bolts I printed with 40% infill and three perimeters. The bolt head landings are designed for printing without support.</p><p>For the trays, I used a 15% adaptive cubic infill with no final top or bottom layers for the look. You will see the modifiers and layer height modifiers in the 3MF files if you open the files in Prusa Slicer.&nbsp;</p>