Using the below PDF, print on the 3 sheets of PVC the plans for the tower. On the 3rd page, the schematics is used for both the base and the upper slide. Will mention it later. After printing, roughly cut the PVC paper around the templates, so the paper templates will fit better on the board. The answer to this destructive threat is the dice tower, a game accessory that allows your rolls to land within a safe, fenced-in area. A dice tower is a very simple device. It’s basically a long rectangular tube that you toss the dice into and a landing tray at the bottom, with walls, to constrain and display the resulting roll.
You will need an open work area and a surface you can use to cut the foamboard on. I used a large cutting mat but one or two layers of cardboard would be fine. Wyrmwood
The vector file ‘ Dice Tower’ is a CorelDRAW CDR (.cdr ) Download file Corel F0001018.this is the vector files for the CNC machine or Laser machine. You can use this graphic design for commercial with attribution to ameede.com. Please buy a commercial licence for commercial use without attribution. Dice Tower Materials Needed - 3/16” FoamCore Board o Get the kind that has a paper backing on both sides since the glue will stick best to this. Do not get the plastic backing - paper glue - cutting knife - metal ruler - printer - it may be easier if you have some kind of a small clamp or even some large elastics to help hold the. Foamcore Dice Tower Assembly Instructions Designs by InfinityMax Materials: 1 Sheet of foamcore Box of straight pins (usually used for sewing) Hot glue gun and plenty of glue sticks Spray Mount or Rubber Cement Craft Knife (I used an Exacto) Metal Ruler or other metal-edged straight edge Scotch tape Disclaimer - Don’t be stupid.
TOOLS:- Metal ruler/straight edge - when cutting foamboard you have the knife riding the edge and it would dig in and cut the edge of plastic or wood rulers.
- Sharp Knife - A utility knife, a xacto knife, a box cutter style knife, whatever you have will work, just put in a new virgin blade because foamboard wants a sharp edge and dulls it quickly.
- Blue/non marking masking tape & pen to write on it
- Wire cutters or large toenail clippers to cut toothpicks with
- 10 pushpins
- scrap piece of 2x4 or something solid about that size.
- small hobby paint brush & cup of water to dunk it in. Cheap brushes are good - you are using this to spread the glue evenly.
- rag/clean cloth
Dice Tower Pattern
MATERIALS:- printout of the foamboard dice tower.pdf file included with this instructable. 4 pages, just plain ol' regular paper. IMPORTANT: when printing, make sure that the pages are not resized in anyway - pdf viewers always seem to want to shrink the page to fit. It should fit already, there are at least 1/2' margins all around. It needs to print at 100% size to make the templates work.
- Standard 20' x 30' sheet of foamboard AKA foamcore. In this instructable I'm using the term foamboard but it's also known as foamcore in some areas. Foamboard is basically a thin sheet of foam sandwiched between two layers of thick paper. Total thickness is around 3/16'. I had a nice sheet of white laying around and used that. If I did it again, I would pay the extra few $$ and get the black paper and black foam version, so priming it black before painting didn't take so much primer.
- A box of rounded toothpicks. Make sure it's the rounded version, the flats won't work as well.
- White glue - I had a bottle of the classic Elmer's
- Sheet of felt (color of your choice) with adhesive on one side. A 9' x 12' sheet costs under $1 at craft stores/Walmart
- Carpenter's Glue
- Spray Paint and/or Primer
Hey there! I needed a dice tower, to be assembled and taken apart at any moment, and to be able to transport it in the boxes of the games. Also I needed a simple tower, but designed to increase randomness. So I came up with and designed this double slanted model.
Dice Tower Pdf
This is a very simple to make, totally collapsible/transportable dice tower. Material used is 3mm thick Hobby Board, that is PVC board, modellable with household cutter, and bendable. It allows the creation of the dual slanted middle board, which gives a lateral motion for the dice and increases randomness.
Model scale is for a 10cmx20cm interior dice tray size, with 16.5cm of height. Attached there is the .pdf export from layout, for printing the model. More on that later!
Dice Tower Plans
Printable Dice Tower
Sorry for the metric system my American friends, I am sure you can convert it if needed!
The model can also be found on SketchUp 3D Warehouse for resizing/ modifying. If you do so and publish it, or distribute this model in any form, please credit me as original author. Thanks!
UPDATE: Since posting, I have entered 2 contests with this Instructable, First time Author and Flat Pack! If you think this instructable deserves it, please vote for me! Thanks a lot!