martinje23 wrote:
Thank you for that website. the one without gutters has great pictures to help me out. Now I just have to find out where I get the chipboard. I do not have enough vises for it but I"ll have to see what kind of weight I can use for it. Thanks so much for that site. I am wondering the best way to go around laminating the board. I see how they used an iron but the heat says it should be really hot so I am new to the laminating system. Thanks for your help. This will be an adventure to figure out how to do the board without cutting it into more pieces than they advised I am a little confused about what is scored and what is cut on the
http://www.bgdf.com/tiki-index.php?page=Making+Game+Boards+W...Maybe I just need to read through it again.
Thanks again for your help. I would love to see how others have made their boards.
You're welcome!
You can get various kinds of boards at Michael's or ACMoore (craft stores). If you want to do it real cheap-like and portable, you could simply use cardstock although that won't be nearly as nice.
A relatively nice (and simple) alternative to what's shown there: make 4 different pages, one for each quarter of the board; easier to work with. If you'll be doing this (or other crafty stuff for games or other uses) a lot, consider buying a Xyron -- they are
fantastic. They have easily exchangeable cartridges that do all kinds of stuff. The relevant cartridge here is the lamination/adhesive one: one side gets laminated, the other is turned into a sticker. So you make your 4 pages, run them through the machine, trim them down to size, then just stick onto your board (taped as shown at the bgdf site) -- voila!
Re: scored vs. cut. Look at a game board if you need to; should help figure out where the backing is cut apart.