How to make a Chinese Checkers Board

This instructable will show you how to make a wooden Chinese checkers board that can be used with marbles to play the game. I have a wooden board and marble set and when my brother-in-law and his wife saw it they wanted one but couldn't find one to buy. So I made it.

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Step 1: Tools and Materials

Tools
Automatic center punch
Plunge Router
Round nose router bit (I used 12.7mm)
Round over router bit
Pillar Drill

Materials
300x300x18mm piece of wood
60 x 14mm marbles 10 of 6 colours
Board template (attached as pdf)
Varnish, Oil or stain to finish the wood

chinese checkers.pdf(1191x842) 27 KB

dkorwood says: Nov 5, 2012. 6:11 AM

why can't I print the templet? I so want to make this.

pudtiny (author) says: Nov 5, 2012. 7:08 AM

Sorry not sure I just tested it and its working. It does print onto A3 paper could that be a problem for you?

bgartman says: Oct 3, 2011. 3:55 AM

Hi pudtiny
I just wanted to let you know that I used your Instructable for this Chinese Checkers board tutorial as a reference in my "Edible Chinese Checkers" Instructable. I hope this will bring even more views to your Instructabe, and thanks so much for the inspiration!

SWV1787 says: Mar 17, 2010. 5:35 PM

My fiance's grandfather made some wooden game boards for a game they called simply "Marbles" because marbles were used as game pieces. It was played kinda like "Trouble" made by Milton Bradley. I like the idea of using the router bit for the indentations a drill bit works but looks nowhere near as nice...

luvit says: Mar 17, 2010. 5:54 PM

i played this with my great grandparents. they said it was called "aggravation".
the bottom side had chinese checkers

pudtiny (author) says: Mar 18, 2010. 1:05 AM

I have found plans on the web referring to that board as aggravation which I believe is alternative name for trouble which later got turned into the plastic version called frustration.