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I was asked by a special young man to make a Cathedral game. This is a game that has been around for a long time and played by millions. To play the game the walnut Cathedral piece is placed first and then the cherry player tries to place his pieces and gain more land than the maple player.
I did some googling and found out the number and sizes of the pieces. I then milled up some sticks around an inch square. I took a couple of each wood type and beveled the top to a 30 degree angle to make the roofs. Then onto the table saw with stop blocks to crosscut them into 1, 2, and 3 segment lengths. I did a dry fit on the bench to make sure I had enough of each type to make all of the pieces. Then I sanded, glued them together, and buffed and waxed them.
I made the playing board out of solid cherry with maple inlays. I made the grooves for the inlays with a thin kerf blade on the table saw. The frame is out of tiger maple. This was finished with several coats of wipe on poly.
Thanks for looking,
Steve
I did some googling and found out the number and sizes of the pieces. I then milled up some sticks around an inch square. I took a couple of each wood type and beveled the top to a 30 degree angle to make the roofs. Then onto the table saw with stop blocks to crosscut them into 1, 2, and 3 segment lengths. I did a dry fit on the bench to make sure I had enough of each type to make all of the pieces. Then I sanded, glued them together, and buffed and waxed them.
I made the playing board out of solid cherry with maple inlays. I made the grooves for the inlays with a thin kerf blade on the table saw. The frame is out of tiger maple. This was finished with several coats of wipe on poly.
Thanks for looking,
Steve