Project:TAC: Difference between revisions

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ProjectInfoBox "TAC" Boardgame

Status:	final tweaks & documentation
Release Date:	(mainly) summer 2018
Initiator:	Flo
Team:	Daniel, Lukas
Materials Used:	glued laminated timber (Eucalyptus diversicolor/"Karri" for 4 players, spruce/fir for 6); TAC cards & marbles, (optional) felt, olive oil
Tools Used:	CNC router, table saw, router table, rotary tool, sandpaper
Software Used:	Fusion 360
Approx. Cost:	40 €

One of Lukas' colleagues kept talking about the game TAC whose inventors offered really nice & expensive deluxe boards but also sets of everything except the board, so they started to make some boards of their own.

intended mainly as a rough inspiration page for now, but please ask if you have any questions!

preparing to cut a practice piece from one of our stock boards
design of the practice piece with all the needed shapes in Fusion 360
(partially) failed practice piece: one of the tool changes caused the CNC router to move along the X axis - always home after a tool change!
on to the full game - design in Fusion 360
partially routed 6-player board on the WorkBee
we took care to remove the sawdust in between routing passes to avoid overheating the end mill (dust extraction was still a work in progress at the time)
back to pictures of the 4-player game: undecorated version completely routed
the decorated version required some manual corrections with a rotary tool because the warped board was not engraved evenly by the CNC router
since our end mills were too short to cut all the way through the workpiece at the edges, the rough shape was cut out on the table saw...
...and trimmed to the partial-depth outline with a flush-cut router bit
after the outline was finished, the edges of the 4-player board were prettified with a roundover router bit
4-player board ready to leave the workshop with only minor steps left
a chamfer bit was used to finalize the edges of the 6-player board on the router table
chamfering the edges of the 6-player board on the router table
chamfered edge of the 6-player board (before sanding)
some steps still missing here!
finished 6-player board in use

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 File:TAC 06.JPG|back to pictures of the 4-player game: undecorated version completely [[routing|routed]]
 File:TAC 07.JPG|the decorated version required some manual corrections with a [[Rotary Tool|rotary tool]] because the warped board was not engraved evenly by the [[CNC Router|CNC router]]
+File:TAC 08.JPG|since our [[End Mills|end mills]] were too short to cut all the way through the workpiece at the edges, the rough shape was cut out on the [[Table Saw|table saw]]...
+File:TAC 09.JPG|...and trimmed to the partial-depth outline with a flush-cut [[router]] bit
+File:TAC 10.JPG|after the outline was finished, the edges of the 4-player board were prettified with a roundover [[Router Bit|router bit]]
+File:TAC 11.JPG|4-player board ready to leave the [[Wood Workshop|workshop]] with only minor steps left
+File:TAC 12.JPG|a chamfer bit was used to finalize the edges of the 6-player board on the [[Router Table|router table]]
+File:TAC 13.JPG|chamfering the edges of the 6-player board on the [[Router Table|router table]]
+File:TAC 14.JPG|chamfered edge of the 6-player board (before sanding)
+File:coming soon.svg|some steps still missing here!
+File:TAC 00.JPG|finished 6-player board in use
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