Choose colored dots, wild symbols or a personalized train hub for your next game night. Explore real maker projects and see how to draw your first domino tile in Easel.
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Start from a blank workpiece
Start with a blank workpiece. Turn a square into a 1½-by-3-inch rectangle and give it an outside outline cut. Add a narrow divider and three small circles to make a one-two domino, then give those details a shallow pocket cut. Watch the real Easel editor and 3D preview update as each shape is added. This recording draws one tile. Draw each type of domino then select all elements, right click, and use the replicate feature to make the number of copies needed to maximize yield on your piece of material
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These makers use different woods, finishes and game layouts. Each project links to its shared design and explains which parts you can make from the file.
Spinner Dominoesby Alex BatesAdd wild spinner symbols to a wooden set for family game night. Bates made his pieces from wenge; the gallery lists hard maple as another material. Seven numbered layouts supply the carved faces, with a separate outline-cutting workpiece. Follow his two-stage cutting instructions for each layout.
Dominoes Set with Boxby Mo StychBlack MDF and gold-colored dots make an easy-to-read set. Stych pairs the tiles with a Baltic birch storage box. The instructions link separate native files for the tiles and finger-jointed box parts, so you can personalize the lid as well as choose the tile colors.
Mexican Train Dominoesby Sarah MilneMilne shows maple and walnut sets with a different color for each number. Her shared design carves the faces in a large board; the instructions explain how to separate the tiles afterward with a saw. Make the tiles from this file and choose a storage box separately.
Big set 100pcs of domino with boxby Frantisek MacaMaca adds hearts and other symbols to a larger wooden set for up to eight players. His notes specify 6 mm stock, while the preview uses hard-maple stock settings. Nine workpieces offer several tile layouts and box-panel shapes. Use the photographed pieces as inspiration and adapt the chosen layout to your material.
Mexican Train Hubby Kenneth D TormaschyAdd a personalized starting hub to a set you already own. Tormaschy carves a central recess, edge notches and family lettering into maple. Five native workpieces separate the decoration and cutting shapes. Size the recess and notches around your own dominoes.
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From the makers’ instructions
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Milne found that a small round-over on all four sides made her dominoes harder to stand on edge. She would soften the edges lightly with a sander next time. If you like to stand your tiles upright, try the edge treatment on a spare piece before finishing the whole set.
Project notes by Sarah Milne: read the source.
From Mexican Train Dominoes by Sarah Milne.
Ask a questionBates carves the small details with a 1/16-inch bit, then changes to a 1/8-inch bit for the outline pass. His instructions warn against moving the spindle in X or Y between those stages. Keeping the same starting position lets the second pass line up with the dots already carved.
Project notes by Alex Bates: read the source.
From Spinner Dominoes by Alex Bates.
Ask a questionStych applies adhesive paint mask before carving the MDF faces. She leaves it on while clipping the tabs, paints the recessed dots and divider lines, then peels it away once the paint is dry. That order keeps the surrounding dark face covered while you add color to the recesses.
Project notes by Mo Stych: read the source.
From Dominoes Set with Box by Mo Stych.
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