The game of backgammon is one of the oldest board games and requires luck and skill to win. Each player has 15 checker pieces and there are two standard dice plus a special numbered dice thrown from a cup.
I thought making a backgammon board would be a challenging and interesting project. The case hinges and catches can be bought online, as can the dice that are required to play the game. You can also find a lot of information about game play and strategies for backgammon on the web.
Construction Overview / OVERALL DIMENSIONS: 340mm x 197.5mm x 58mm
Making the boards
1 Start by copying the dimensioned drawing onto matte drafting film and tape it down, centred on a birch ply baseboard blank 400mm square. You only need one quarter of the pattern drawn out.
I used the Trend inlay kit because the spiral cutter is just 3.2mm diameter and comes with an equally small 7.93mm guide bush. The triangle shapes were too slender to use
