For tabletop games and game night
Build a tray, tower, or holder for your dice. Start with a real project and adapt the stock, size, and finish to your table.
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Start from a blank workpiece
Watch a dice tray designed from scratch in Easel: draw the outline, pocket the rolling area and dice slots, set the depths, then cut the outside profile.
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Real builds from the Easel gallery
Compare open landing trays, fitted storage cases, removable tower halves and layered dice paths. Each example links to its maker's project and a shared Easel preview; the cards explain what to copy and what to build separately.
DIY Gamer's Dice Tower and Trayby Paul J. BennettBennett pairs a painted tower with a felt-lined tray. Copy the inner-channel design for the tower halves, then use his gallery instructions to build the separate tray from an 8 × 12-inch piece of 1/4-inch underlayment plywood.
Gaming table trays for dice and drinksby KunadisoRemovable side trays and a separate cup holder are built into a gaming table. The Easel preview uses a 29 × 5.5 × 0.5-inch birch-plywood blank; check the table edge and player clearance before adapting it.
dice holderby Javier OchoaThis carved birch-plywood holder has two layout options in the gallery project. Its Easel preview uses an 11 × 5 × 3/4-inch blank on a Carve King.
dice trayby HenryHenry's birch-plywood case opens into dice storage and a felt-lined rolling area. The shared file has two workpieces with different stock settings. Follow his comment about hidden barrel hinges: measure the spacing between hinge holes and match the pockets to your hardware before cutting.
RPG Dice Boxby Ken HowardHoward's box stores dice and miniatures in separate pockets, with corner magnets holding the halves together. His gallery describes 3/4-inch stock, while the current preview uses 1.1-inch walnut with deeper pockets. Adjust stock and depths together before cutting; this is storage, not a roomy rolling tray.
RPG Dice Holderby Sherrell RhodesA narrow hard-maple case keeps a standard seven-die set in a row. Rhodes used four 6 mm magnets to hold the halves together. The shared layout includes the pocketed and recessed halves on a 4 × 7 × 3/4-inch blank.
Dice Tower with hidden compartmentby Brian HoffmanHoffman's maple tower separates to reveal its channel and hidden compartment. The file includes both halves and decorative workpieces. His instructions call for 1.5-inch laminated stock, 1.25-inch pockets and magnets; he cut the outer edges on a table saw rather than making those deep cuts on the CNC.
Dice Tumblerby Elliot Got BoredThis layered tower leaves the dice path visible through plexiglass sides. The preview separates reference geometry, 3/4-inch red-oak middle parts and 1/4-inch acrylic outside parts. Use those workpieces to plan the layers and their assembly, rather than carving a deep channel into one block.
DnD Puzzle Box - The Ultimate Dice Vault!by Jay and Jaimie GrenierThe Greniers made a Bocote vault that locks when closed and opens with a magnetic puzzle mechanism. The shared file contains two narrow pocketed parts using walnut stock settings. Pair the carve with their gallery build walkthrough for the lock, leather lining and assembly.
LED Dicebox V1by John WallinWallin adds lighting beneath the dice pockets. Seven shared workpieces cover alignment, interior cuts, LED and circuit-board recesses, and the backside cover. Copy the wooden carve in Easel; his gallery comment links the separate Arduino, circuit-board and 3D-printed-frame files needed for the electronics.
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From the makers’ comments and project notes
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Ken Howard explains that his original box has a half-inch recess in each half, giving an inch of space when it closes. The lid contributes to the clearance as well as the base. Compare that combined space with your dice and any lining before changing the pocket depths in your own version.
Comment by Ken Howard: read the source.
From RPG Dice Box by Ken Howard.
Ask a questionPaul J. Bennett paints the inside edges of the dice path while the tower halves are still separate. He then glues the halves together and finishes the outside. Do the inside work while the channel is easy to reach, rather than trying to paint through the assembled tower.
Project notes by Paul J. Bennett: read the source.
From DIY Gamer's Dice Tower and Tray by Paul J. Bennett.
Ask a questionOpen a project preview, check its stock and toolpaths, then adapt the layout in Easel. Create a free Easel account when you are ready to save a copy and prepare your own cut. No credit card is required.
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