Play with carved X and O tiles, wooden pegs or painted seasonal pieces. Find real maker builds and shared designs, then watch a board take shape in Easel.
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Start from a blank workpiece
Start with a new blank workpiece in the real Easel editor. Resize a square to a six-inch board and set an outside outline cut. Add nine 1½-inch squares in three rows and give them shallow 1/8-inch pocket cuts. Draw a separate 1.3-inch round token, smaller than its playing pocket. The native 3D preview shows the board and token outline. This unsaved design uses half-inch stock and demonstrates the layout, not a tested carve or a complete game set. For your playing pieces, choose thinner stock that leaves enough height above the pockets to lift them out. Make two distinct groups of tokens, and check the fit before carving all of them.
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A board can stay on the table or pack away with its pieces. These makers use different sizes, materials and storage arrangements. Shared designs supply the carved shapes; fitting, painting, resin work and bought hardware vary by build. These are maker examples, not age-graded or safety-tested toy plans.
A compact board with shaped piecesby Ender MotionA small wooden board has a recessed square for each move, with separate X and O pieces and a narrow rack alongside it. The shared plywood and MDF layouts include the board and playing-piece shapes. Match the stock thickness and piece fit to your version before carving.
A skull-and-bones game with a lidby Javier OchoaSkulls and crossed bones replace the usual letters in this painted plywood game. A lift-off lid covers the board between games. The shared layouts supply the board, lid and decorative pieces. Paint and final fitting happen after carving; the gallery notes describe the separate lid hardware.
Large square tiles for a tabletopby Tim Kipp SrWide square tiles make this game easy to see across a table. Kipp shows natural-wood and painted versions of the plywood board. The shared workpieces include board variations and separate X and O tile operations. Choose one matching board and tile set rather than carving every alternative in the file.
Maple tiles with colored resinby Doug WatkinsWatkins fills carved X and O grooves with colored resin and gives the maple game a glossy finish. The shared file supplies the board and tile shapes; resin filling and finishing are separate steps. This is a remake of Rex Hickey’s design, so fit the tiles to their pockets before adding the resin.
A peg board for quick gamesby kenneth smithBought pegs replace loose letter tiles on this small maple board. The shared design has the playing holes and carved grid; smith specifies 3/8-inch pegs. Choose two visibly different peg groups and check their fit in a sample hole before making the full board.
Change the pieces for the seasonby Katie ClevelandUse pumpkins and turkeys in autumn, then trees and sleighs in winter. Cleveland’s photographs show the colored seasonal pieces on a white board. The shared layouts contain the board and different piece sets. The file uses thicker stock for the board and thin stock for the pieces, so treat those as separate carving jobs.
Store the pieces under a wooden lidby jasonThis pine remake pairs a painted playing board with a wooden lid and rows for keeping the pieces together. The shared project includes several board and piece layouts, not a step-by-step box assembly plan. Start from the matching shapes, then decide how your lid and storage rows will be assembled.
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From makers’ notes and discussion
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Javier Ochoa specifies 6 mm rare-earth magnets as an alternative to latches and hinges. This keeps the lid separate from the board rather than swinging it open. Plan matching magnet positions in both parts, and keep the magnets securely enclosed in the finished piece. Measure your actual magnets before choosing the recess diameter and depth.
Project notes by Javier Ochoa: read the source.
From Cross Bone Tic Tac Toe 8in by Javier Ochoa.
Ask a questionA round cutter leaves rounded inside corners. In his project discussion, Rex Hickey explains that the points of his X pieces need sanding to fit those pockets, and that tight tolerances can require a little more fitting. Make one pocket and one piece first, then check the fit before cutting the whole set or applying the final finish.
Comment by Rex Hickey: read the source.
From Tic tac toe on the go by Rex Hickey.
Ask a questionPair an X with a sample pocket before laying out the full board. For a travel set, leave storage room for all the loose pieces beneath the lid.
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