20 Sided Die Box - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

BobmanScroller · 07-08-2012, 02:11 PM

This is my first box. I wanted a fun and geeky box to hold my dice. I knew people had done 6-sided dice so I wanted something different. I cut the pieces to the box on my scroll saw (though any bevel-capable saw would do), then glued together the halves. The two sides are held together by pairs of strong magnets. The numbers are engraved and painted. The box itself is oak.

wood-n-things · 07-08-2012, 02:21 PM

Ah D&D fan. Nicely done.

SteveK · 07-08-2012, 02:22 PM

WOW, nice work Bobman

Greenfield_Bob · 07-08-2012, 07:06 PM

I like

Bob

DWSudekum · 07-08-2012, 08:32 PM

What a very neat idea. I really like that box. Thanks for sharing it with us.

DW

PatteM · 07-08-2012, 11:11 PM

Totally cool!!! How did you apply the numbers? They look perfect!

tdub4ever · 07-08-2012, 11:33 PM

Very cool! whats the bevel on something like that, 15 or 20 degrees?

scrolling_grandma · 07-09-2012, 12:52 AM

Super neat idea!

BobmanScroller · 07-09-2012, 01:54 AM

I tried to set the bevel between 20 and 21 degrees. I think the correct angle for a perfectly flush cut would be 20.9-ish, but that's hard to get on my saw, so I did have a little bit of an internal gap for glue to fill.

I applied the numbers by applying a pattern to each triangle with the correct number on it. After cutting, I just used a dremel to cut through the pattern where the ink was for the numbers. I have a terribly unsteady hand so I couldn't have free-handed it and have it turn out half so nice.

Thanks you all for your responses. I sure had fun making it

WGR · 07-12-2012, 07:14 AM

great Idea! Any gamer would love that!

07-08-2012, 02:21 PM	#2
wood-n-things Staying Positive Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hamilton, Montana Posts: 18,753 Thanks: 58 Thanked 397 Times in 296 Posts	Ah D&D fan. Nicely done. __________________ "Montana MIKE" There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.” As You Slide Down the Banister of Life, Pray That All The Splinters Are Pointed The Other Way... "Don't worry about old age--it doesn't last that long." Mike's Wood-n-Things

07-08-2012, 02:22 PM	#3
SteveK Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 773 Thanks: 36 Thanked 56 Times in 55 Posts	WOW, nice work Bobman __________________ Steve Richmond, VA It's curved when I want straight, and straight when I want curved. DW-788

07-08-2012, 07:06 PM	#4
Greenfield_Bob Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Greenfield Indiana Posts: 2,860 Thanks: 0 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	I like Bob __________________ Delta P-20 & Q-3 Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

07-08-2012, 11:33 PM	#7
tdub4ever Tdub "The End Of An Era" Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: O.P. Kansas Posts: 567 Thanks: 1 Thanked 11 Times in 10 Posts	Very cool! whats the bevel on something like that, 15 or 20 degrees? __________________ Don

07-09-2012, 12:52 AM	#8
scrolling_grandma Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northeast Ohio Posts: 1,249 Thanks: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Super neat idea! __________________ Tammy Pressure makes diamonds

07-08-2012, 08:32 PM	#5
DWSudekum Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mentor, Ohio Posts: 1,926 Thanks: 4 Thanked 43 Times in 33 Posts	What a very neat idea. I really like that box. Thanks for sharing it with us. DW

07-08-2012, 11:11 PM	#6
PatteM Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Canoga Park, CA Posts: 932 Thanks: 57 Thanked 32 Times in 32 Posts	Totally cool!!! How did you apply the numbers? They look perfect!

07-09-2012, 01:54 AM	#9
BobmanScroller Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: CO Posts: 46 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I tried to set the bevel between 20 and 21 degrees. I think the correct angle for a perfectly flush cut would be 20.9-ish, but that's hard to get on my saw, so I did have a little bit of an internal gap for glue to fill. I applied the numbers by applying a pattern to each triangle with the correct number on it. After cutting, I just used a dremel to cut through the pattern where the ink was for the numbers. I have a terribly unsteady hand so I couldn't have free-handed it and have it turn out half so nice. Thanks you all for your responses. I sure had fun making it

07-12-2012, 07:14 AM	#10
WGR Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Spokane, Washington Posts: 74 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	great Idea! Any gamer would love that! __________________ WGR To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable. Oscar Wilde

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