7 Penny Staunton (Modified) Chess Set
The Staunton chess set is composed of a style of chess pieces used or competitions. The journalist Nathaniel Cooke is credited with the design, and they are named after the English chess master Howard Staunton. This is a modified design of the Staunton chess style adapted to be easier to print on a 3D Printer with no supports.
The Staunton chess set is composed of a style of chess pieces used or competitions. The journalist Nathaniel Cooke is credited with the design, and they are named after the English chess master Howard Staunton.
This is a modified design of the Staunton chess style adapted to be easier to print on a 3D Printer with no supports.
Each piece size and weight is detailed in table below.
The Staunton chess set is the standard tournament style of chess pieces.
This is a modified design of the Staunton chess style adapted to be easier to print on a 3D Printer with no supports.
Each piece has a hole in the bottom into which you can put 7 pennies for weighting, after inserting the pennies, it is a tight space, a felt bottom piece is then glued in place to facilitate smooth movement on the board.
The pieces fit well with a Square Size of 50 to 55 mm
Printing
Each piece can be printed standing straight up with no supports required.
Felt
A 1.5 mm thick felt is used here.
Amazon link
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNRZP3W8?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
How It's Made
Printing
Each piece can be printed standing straight up with no supports required. There 2 .3MF files provided here
- Front Row (pawns)
- Back Row (rooks, bknights, bishops, queen and king)
- The chess pieces were printed using
• Black Overture Matte Black PLA+
• White Sunlu Meta PLA (Cream White)
• Infill 15 %
• Layer Height .15 Quality
Weighting the Pieces and attaching felt
• Insert the pennies into the base of the piece
• Apply some glue (model glue works well) to the base and pennies
• Put the glued surface lightly on the felt piece, don't press too hard
• Allow to dry
• Trim excess felt
