Munitions Chess Set

Munitions Chess Set

Chess is War ..

The Munitions chess set is an original design using current weapon designs (as the basis for individual pieces. It is sized for an average size board and for ease of piece identification.

This chess pieces have been designed to be easier to print on a 3D Printer with no supports.

Each piece size and weight is detailed in table pictured above.

The back rank pieces have a cutout for an M10 mutter (nut) to be inserted for weighting. . 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 pawns (hand grenades) have a cutout for an M8 mutter (nut) to be inserted for weighting. The dimensions of the M8 are appx. 14.5 x13x 6.4 mm. The depth of each cutout is appx. 6.42 mm to accommodate the 6.35 mm depth of the mutter.

The chart below lists the appx. weights of each piece with the nut inserted and glued with a 1,5 mm thick Felt (filz) base for easy movement.

The pieces fit well with a Square Size of 40 to 55 m

Chess Piece Box

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

Details

• Square Size ..................................................40 to 50
• Total Weight of Chess Pieces .......................488 gm
• Weight of Box ................................................319,30 gm
• Box Dimensions .............................................200x140x90
• Total Weight of Chess Pieces and Box ..........807,30 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 Black)
• Infill 30%
• Layer Height .20

The chess pieces were printed using
• Black PLA Prusament (Galaxy Black)
• White PLA Prusament (Vanilla White)
• Infill 15 %
• Layer Height .15 Quality
• .90 extrusion multiplier
• 200 2nd layer+ filament temperatures

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