The Luxury Chess Collection for 3D Printing
A project in Melbourne, AU by Conor O'Kane000days
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Four high-quality chess sets for filament and resin printers.
Backers: 71
Average Pledge Per Backer: $61 AUD
Funded: $4,316 AUD of $500 AUD
Dates: Apr 7th -> Apr 27th (20 days)
Project By: Conor O'Kane
Backers: 71
Average Pledge Per Backer: $61 AUD
Funded: $4,316 AUD of $500 AUD
Dates: Apr 7th -> Apr 27th (20 days)
Project By: Conor O'Kane
$4,316 AUD
current pledge level
Last Updated: April 27 @ 05:08 -0400 GMT
863%
of goal
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Latest News
Just One Day Left! 
April 26th - via: kickstarter.com
This is the final day of the campaign. Thank you to all the backers. If you haven't already got an account with Gumroad, sign up here: https://gumroad.com/ After all payments have been processed the files will be delivered via Gumroad, so if you make... (Read More)
Chessboards
April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Once you have some luxury chess pieces printed you'll want a nice board to play on. Here are some boards I've collected over the years. While it's possible to 3D print a chessboard I've yet to see one that has a smooth playing surface and looks... (Read More)
Commercial backers - where to find buyers for your sets.
April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
As commercial backers you probably already have an Etsy store and Instagram page where you sell and promote your prints to buyers, and you may have regular customers for your cosplay props and miniatures. But selling chess pieces is a different... (Read More)
Resin Recommendations
April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Here are the resins I used for printing my chess pieces. Jamghe water washable resin and Anycubic eco resin For the painted pieces I used Jamghe water washable resins. Their 'silver' color is actually transparent resin with tiny metallic flakes which... (Read More)
PLA Filament Comparison
April 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Pawns printed in a variety of PLA filaments. You can view a high-resolution version of this image here: http://www.3dprintedchess.com/gallery/filament_comparison.jpg The filaments used for these pawns are, from left to right: Blueprinted bamboo... (Read More)
And we're funded in under 24 hours!
April 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you everyone for supporting the campaign. We're fully funded in the first day 😍 I hope you will all enjoy playing with these chess sets as much as I have. Here are some of the test prints I made over the past few months for this project...... (Read More)
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