light chess set

[McDowell Crook]

Today I whipped up a little 19 gram chess set from a scrap of Tyvek, a dollar-store magnet set (magnets removed), and about 15 minutes of time. Now I can sit on my sleeping pad and get beat at the same time. Life is good once again.

The set:

Light enough:

Evidence of ass-whooping:

[Peter Boysen]

Hey, that's great. My wife would love to have something like this along (assuming our son isn't with us; he likes to hide the pawns, or try feeding them to the dog).

[Anthony Huhn]

That' super light.
I've been meaning to make a chess set out of some thin plastic on the laser cutter at school but that sounds way easier and potentially lighter.

Anthony

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