Now I remember why it’s a kit.
Wound a few coils for the baseboard last night to test the final PCB design which works great BTW, and remembered what the worst part of building the original board…
Kit contents – Board case
Placeholder for what will become the assembly instructions for the chess board case. 400x400mm Baseboard and side strips. Note the holes cut into the top parts of the vertical…
Kit contents – Pieces
Placeholder for what will become the assembly instructions for the chess pieces. Case and PCB components from top left: 34x Piece base cases 34x PCBs 34x Coil spacers 17x…
Chessboard top
I'll soon be ready to start engraving the board top panels, these have to be made individually and can't just be stacked and cut. While this does take a…
Display bases
Sheet of display bases being machined. Total time for a sheet about 5 hours, produces enough bases for about 2 1/2 sets depending on waste. A couple more days…
Preliminary kit contents
I've compiled a list of what the full kit will contain, there may be some changes to the exact case parts but this is just about complete. IN-7 Display pieces:…
Progress update
Cutting the coil formers just now, the piece PCBs are done and I've just had a message from 'Border Force' to say they have a parcel and want me to…
Base PCB
Still working on the new modular base PCB, should have one built in the next couple of days.
The feature creep is back……
Watch out, I've had a new idea for the chessboard top. No, I promise I'll just make one to try it and it won't delay kits for the design as…
Quick update
Just a quick post updating the parts that have arrived: Electronic components - Almost all bought, just the film tuning capacitors left and no availabilty problems. Laminates - Available, buying…