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.

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

Comments

[bgartman]

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]

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]

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

[pudtiny]

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.

[Learndy]

Just a comment regarding the name of the game. "Chinese checkers"? Here in Germany we call it  "Halma". Oh, this site is so enlightening! :-D

[pudtiny]

Chinese Checkers is a variation of Halma. I have always know Halma  as a four player game on a square board.

[kissiltur]

Good idea using the router bit in the drill! That inspires me to work more on my own game board.