Pawn Replacement

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Spare pawn piece for my chess board that is missing a pawn. Print Settings Printer Brand: MakerBot Printer: MakerBot Replicator 2 Rafts: Doesn't Matter Supports: Yes Resolution: standard Infill: 10% Notes: This project challenge was to leverage 3D printing to replace the lost piece(s) of a game. This is a follow-up to a hackathon we did a year ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaEsNvijt8k (:30) where Matthew was originally exposed to 3D printing and we could not find self-guided instructions for 3D printing. Twitter: @printpiece To encourage engagement the project was also documented on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pieceprint/ How I Designed This TinkerCAD Creation I designed this simple pawn piece with TinkerCAD by dragging and dropping various dimensional objects such as cylinders, cones, spheres, etc. and overlapping them to create a chess piece. Project Pawn Replacement By completing this project, you will have learned how to replace a lost pawn so you can keep playing with your chess board. Download Instructions: https://cdn.thingiverse.com/assets/64/d2/ff/95/4d/Replacement_Pawnfinal.pdf First, open Tinkercad and start designing your pawn using the various three-dimensional objects located on the side of the screen. Next, press Design-Download for 3D Printing and wait for it to download. Select “.stl.” When you finish downloading and open the file in the MakerBot software, prepare the “.stl” file for printing. Lastly, connect to a 3D printer or export your file to a flash drive and print your new 3D pawn.