Quarto! board game

A handsome output.

thanks. this is my first “commissioned” piece. my mother in law wanted me to make one for my nephews birthday present. hope he likes it

Hey Mike, thanks for the idea! I have never heard of this game before but yours inspired me to make one for this week’s video project. http://lumberjocks.com/Stevinmarin/blog/33087

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Mike what a great game and project

I missed it first time around but got the link

from Steve Ramsay’s wood working for mere

mortals.

Thanks 4 sharing
Jamie

-- Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

hey steve nice board! glad i could give you some inspiration, its a fun game. its neat seeing someone else come up with a way to make the game. also extra points for pronouncing my last name right haha!

Hey Mike

I really like it! I’m would like to make one as well (you know; xmas gift!) :) and I’m struggling on how you made the round pieces…without a lathe. How did you do? (or you just happen to be a wood turner as well?) :)

sam

well i dont have a lathe so i bought 1” maple dowels from the lumber yard. youll notice that the maple squares and round pieces have a difference in color, i suspect this is because i used hard maple for the squares and the dowels were probably soft maple. they looked the same until i put the finish on. hope that helps!

Yes, thanks Mike. I think I’ll try to create mine using a 1/2” roundover bit. We’ll see where this takes me! :)

How did you do the line on the dowel?

with the table saw, i made a jig to hold the dowel and just rotated it to make the cut

[facepalm]. Off course. Thanks Mike! :) I’ll send you a post to mine once completed! ;)

FANTASTIC! I love the simplicity of the pieces!

-- Matt--Proud LJ since 2007

Could you post some dimensions that you used?

-Jim

total box size is 12.5”x12.5” and about 3.5” tall the board circles are 1.5” and the pieces are 1” square and 1” round (dowels) they are 3” and 1.5” tall

let me know if you want any other dimensions