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Newb here with some homemade gobans
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 8:30 am
by dracflamloc
Hey all, new here to the forums and to go. I love random woodworking projects and thats why I originally was attracted to go. However I started reading up on the game and playing some online and really enjoyed it. I am trying to start a club in my area so I made a few boards and figured I'd share. I made a pine 19x19, and 13x13 as well as a red oak 19x19 and 9x9
Gallery:
http://imgur.com/a/ATkgb
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 1:15 pm
by EdLee
Welcome!
I see you have constructed a new light goban.
Your skills are now complete. Indeed, you are powerful!
Re: Newb here with some homemade gobans
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 1:18 pm
by Bonobo
Hello, those are some beautiful boards!
Greetings, Tom
Re: Newb here with some homemade gobans
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 1:20 pm
by dracflamloc
Thanks! Now I just have to find some people to play on them with me
Re: Newb here with some homemade gobans
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 6:25 pm
by Inkwolf
Hope you find your players! If beautiful boards like that don't lure them in, what will?
I envy your woodworking skill.
Re: Newb here with some homemade gobans
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 7:28 pm
by dracflamloc
Realized I left out my 9x9 red oak.
Re: Newb here with some homemade gobans
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 5:35 am
by bengozen
Your boards look incredible. And a warm welcome as well from me to this incredible game. Love your work! Let me know if you ever have any questions about the game or related material and I'll be happy to help!
Re: Newb here with some homemade gobans
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 5:56 am
by Claint
Would you like to share the way you did them? I am thinking of making some boards myself, would be interesting to read the methods you used.
Re: Newb here with some homemade gobans
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 9:23 am
by dracflamloc
Sure, here is a write-up I did on the baduk subreddit:
I used the measurements here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_equipment#BoardBought a pine "stair tread" at home depot for about $11. Then I cut, sanded and coated it with polyurethane. I drew in the lines with permanent marker and T-sqaure after the first coat dried and gave it another coat of poly. I used the inside of a washer to make consistent star points. Routed in some inset for a hinge to attach the two halves (though this isn't necessary, its perfectly playable to just push the two halves together). Lightly sand the top to smooth out the poly coat.
All things said and done I could have spent about the same amount on a cheap beginner set at a store or online, but I really hate that most of them in the $30 price range are done on particle board and have plastic pieces. This let me have two size boards of solid wood and these stones for under $30 total:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Y9 ... UTF8&psc=1There are also red oak stair treads available for about $28 that I may use for my next one.
Re: Newb here with some homemade gobans
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 9:25 am
by dracflamloc
I'm also tempted to use old pallet wood and make a 'reclaimed' board from that. It would require a bit more work and some wood glue, but would probably yield a pretty cool looking board.
Re: Newb here with some homemade gobans
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 11:56 am
by Suspiria
Nice boards, good work.
Re: Newb here with some homemade gobans
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 2:02 pm
by Abyssinica
Is there a reason the 9x9 doesn't have the Tengen spot?
Re: Newb here with some homemade gobans
Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 9:27 am
by dracflamloc
Actually the flip side of the 9x9 has one with the tengen. Having never seen a real-life 9x9 board I just didn't see the point as its pretty obvious where the center is. Easy to add though
Re: Newb here with some homemade gobans
Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 10:50 am
by moyoaji
dracflamloc wrote:Actually the flip side of the 9x9 has one with the tengen. Having never seen a real-life 9x9 board I just didn't see the point as its pretty obvious where the center is. Easy to add though
9x9 boards don't really have a single standard. I have seen 9x9 boards that lack tengen like yours. Ones that
only have tengen. And ones that have all 5 points.
The only standard go board star points are for the 19x19 boards. 13x13, 9x9, and other sizes vary from maker to maker.
Re: Newb here with some homemade gobans
Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 11:04 am
by dracflamloc
Cool, thanks for the info!