Wooden Clue Board
I remember playing clue with my grandma, and every time I see the game, I think of her. So decided to make a wooden clue board that has all of the same spaces so that you can actually play using the board and it can also double as a decoration for in her house!
Supplies
What I used:
- 16"x16"x0.75" DXF wood
- Autodesk Fusion 360
- CNC router
- Paint/ Paint brushes
Creating and Tracing Your Image
I started off making a 20x20 square and extruding it to 0.75" (and yes I ended up scaling my entire project done to 16x16 so make sure you choose your wood first!) I then put This picture into my file so that I could trace where all the rooms are.
Creating All the Tiles and Rooms
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I then traced one of the tiles and mirrored it onto all of the other ones so that they were the same size and space between them. I also traced all of the room's outlines and extruded them down to the desired depth (I didn't want to go over 0.375" down because that is the halfway point. After all of the rooms are traced and extruded down I used the chamfer tool to make them go down at an angle so that they show the depth from the top angle. Also in this step, you'll want to engrave the names of the rooms in them if you want them 3D but I ended up panting them on
Creating Center Logo
This step was what thought would be the easiest. It is creating the center spot where the cards and the weapons usually go also where it says "Clue." I decided to make the stairs go done progressively so that they look like real stairs. Also in this step, I made an outline for the whole thing which was important when I was making the tool paths.
Creating Tool Paths
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Next, I went into the manufacturing tab on Fusion 360 and made all of my tool paths which included a 1" 90° tapered bit, a 1/4" flat bit, and a 1/8"flat bit. I used a mixture of Pockets, contours, and adaptive to make them but it's really what worked best for your design and what you understand the most.
Painting
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Lastly, I finished everything by cutting out my design on the CNC machine and then painting all of the rooms and outsides of the rooms. I went off of the picture by you can do any color scheme that you want.