Silent Dice Tray
Introduction: Silent Dice Tray
My wife and I are big fans of board games with more than 10 years of experience :)
Several years ago, the first baby appeared in our family. A couple of months after his birth, we started meeting friends to play board games. And there was always a very acute issue of noise when throwing dice.Most often we tried to throw them on the playing field (as a rule, cardboard, but in different games in different ways), it partially dampens sounds, but this is not very convenient: sometimes the dices dropp figures or move some tokens, and sometimes the cubes ran off to the table or even fell to the floor. And so you sit and listen with bated breath to the sounds behind the closed door, because there is a child sleeping in the next room ...
And now a couple of months ago we had another baby :)
This time, we decided to thoroughly prepare for the gaming tabletop season. So that the dices no longer rattle, do not run away anywhere, so that you do not have to worry about every unsuccessful loud throw in a small apartment, we came up with a way out!
It was decided to make small beautiful trays specially for throwing dicess into them. A soft, stable base will dampen unnecessary sounds, the sides will help the cubes not to run away to the floor or far to the table. In general, adult life requires new solutions, and I believe that we have coped successfully :)
You can choose any shape, we took a couple of different ones for an example to show how it will look in different versions. Leather as a material is also not important, if you liked the idea, but you have never worked with leather, you can use felt or some kind of very dense fabric.
You can simply take this idea as a basis and successfully transform it for yourself and your reality, as it is more convenient for you :)
Good luck with your dice experiments and success!
Step 1: Tools & Materials
First, it is worth deciding which of the proposed options you will do :)
We will need:
1. printed pattern
2. duct tape
3. sharp knife
4. awl
5. punch round 2mm
6. 622
creaser
7. glue for leather
8. thin foam approximately 1.5mm thick. You can take EVA foam.
9. rivets with a head 4-5mm
10. finish for leather edges (Tokonole or edge paint). I used Kenda Edge Paint
11. thin lining leather
12. leather 1.5-2mm thick
13. threads
14. sewing machine, although you can sew by hand, but this will turn out to be a very long seam.
An important clarification: if you decide to sew on a typewriter, do not use waxed thread.
Step 2: Making a Pattern
Print, glue and carefully cut the desired pattern. The pattern has stripes for easy alignment of parts.
In this case, A4 sheets are used. If you have an A3 printer, then you don't have to glue anything.
Step 3: Transferring the Pattern to Leather
When transferring a pattern to the skin, it is very important to transfer the following parts:
* outer loop
* centers of all rivet holes
* corners of the central gray area
The corners of the gray area need to be pierced through! You can even mark them additionally on the inside of the leather for convenience in the next steps.
Step 4: We Leave Only the Blank
Trim off any excess skin, but leave a margin on each side.
You don't need to be too greedy, my experience suggests that you should leave at least 10mm on each side. This will make life much easier during the bonding phase.
Step 5: We Repeat
If you are making a bat, then repeat the previous two steps for the second pattern.
Step 6: Soft Base
Mark only the gray inner areas of the patterns on thin foam.
These will be the inner bottoms, which will dampen the clatter of the cubes, and also add stability to our dices trays.
Step 7: Cut Out
With a sharp knife or scissors, cut out these soft, quiet bases.
Step 8: Marking the Indent
With the help of the creaser (I have 2mm) mark the indent on each side of the base.
Step 9: Reducing the Soft Base
We cut off the soft bases along the lines marked in the previous step.
This will help to avoid problems when sewing the bottom and will allow the walls to bend more easily and evenly.
Step 10: Glue the Indoor Soft Base
If you've marked the corners of the gray area on the inside of your skin, it will be much easier for you! 421