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第二碁盤 - 2nd Goban (Go Board) Build - Part One

 I like making things and I also enjoy taking skills or experience to improve the quality of made things so have decided to make a second Go board. This time targeted at Japanese size stones. My previous attempt was adequate but suffered from some smoothness issues on the board itself and a lot more around the sides. So I have moved to the planning stages. It will broadly follow the same sizing structure as before with the one exception of the star points being increased from 4mm to 5mm. I found the (correctly sized) 4 looks wrong and this might be the dowels used shrinking to fit the hole or the glue/other impacting appearance but am going for a larger size this time around.  First steps involve planning out the sizing structure in CAD I have also drawn out the side pieces and individual blown up plans. For any who want I will attach the relevant CAD files to a final blog post when done. Next up I have started considering wood choice. I rather likes the maple used for the majority of

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