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Altoids tins are amazing things and here is yet another fun use for them. While this instructable includes a checker/chess board, tic-tac-toe, and backgammon the possibilities are really endless so feel free to add your own ideas.
Materials Needed:
Altoids 50g Tin (Rectangular)
Printer
Glue (Spray adhesive works well but a gluestick will also work)
Crazy Glue
Scissors
Fimo (for making your own game pieces)
Rare Earth Magnets
Hammer (optional, you'll see why in step 5)
Safety Glasses (if you need to bust up your magnets into smaller pieces)
Remember to vote if you like it!
*Important Warnings:
Magnets: Though this game is pocket size you should take care what you already have in your pocket when placing this game inside as it makes use of some very strong magnets. Some things like sensitive electronics, cameras, and especially credit cards with magnetic stripes do not play well with rare-earth magnets.
Choking Hazard: If you're making this for your kids (or with them) keep in mind that the game pieces are small and could pose a choking hazard to small children.
Materials Needed:
Altoids 50g Tin (Rectangular)
Printer
Glue (Spray adhesive works well but a gluestick will also work)
Crazy Glue
Scissors
Fimo (for making your own game pieces)
Rare Earth Magnets
Hammer (optional, you'll see why in step 5)
Safety Glasses (if you need to bust up your magnets into smaller pieces)
Remember to vote if you like it!
*Important Warnings:
Magnets: Though this game is pocket size you should take care what you already have in your pocket when placing this game inside as it makes use of some very strong magnets. Some things like sensitive electronics, cameras, and especially credit cards with magnetic stripes do not play well with rare-earth magnets.
Choking Hazard: If you're making this for your kids (or with them) keep in mind that the game pieces are small and could pose a choking hazard to small children.
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Signing UpStep 1Cleaning The Tin
Eat all the mints or dump them into a ziplock bag for consumption later, it never hurts to have a bag of mints in your car or desk at work.
Mint dust, while tasty, can impede the glueing portion later on. Run the tin under a tap and then dry thoroughly with paper towel. If you have a can of compressed air it wouldn't hurt to give it a quick blast just to make sure its all gone.
Mint dust, while tasty, can impede the glueing portion later on. Run the tin under a tap and then dry thoroughly with paper towel. If you have a can of compressed air it wouldn't hurt to give it a quick blast just to make sure its all gone.
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Seriously though, is this a double post gone terribly wrong, or did you intend to make four separate consecutive posts? :P
Now, if you want a real challenge, try Quantum tic-tac-toe. It was a game designed to help students understand quantum mechanics, so you can pretty much guess the level of strategy involved.
-Y
Thank you good sir.
Care to elaborate?
i used the kiln oven in my school to make the pieces for chess out of clay.
but i didnt want to make the actual figures (i tried the first time and the cracked in me pocket), i just made black and white checkers with K, Q, B, H (horse), R, and P, and i play every weekend on the train to the nyc with my friends.
Cheers
You can also try googling Polymer Clay and see if anything else comes up.
At $6 for 50 of these http://www.magnet4less.com/product_info.php?products_id=95 (which are plenty strong and should be small enough, and more than enough for this project!) I'd go with rare-earth.
It's rather dangerous work breaking the larger ones. Magnetic shards can travel FAST... so if you do, wear goggles!