Project Idea - Dice Tower

[Kent Reisdorph]

My daughter and her husband play D&D. I guess a common accessory is a dice tower. The dice tower is nothing more than a fancy way to roll dice.

I want to make them a dice tower. This post is mostly me thinking aloud. Feel free to jump in with suggestions.

Here's the most basic tower:


And some fancier ones:



I haven't done any piercing work but it looks like I'll be headed down that road.

I'm still in the pondering stage on this. One idea I had was to make a tower that looks like the first pic. Then I could turn a cylinder that fits over the tower. Finally, make a staircase out of the cylinder. The tower would have a hole through it so players can drop the dice in the hole or take the staircase route.

I'll post progress along the way, I'm sure there will be a few prototypes headed for the fireplace.

 

[Darryn Achall]

Looks like a fun project. I may experiment with a design for this. Could be a real opportunity to make something simple into something complicated!

 

[David Wyke]

I think the first one would be the way to go to start with. Turn the tower and turn a base for it to sit in. You could do a lot of the tower on the lathe and the flat sides could be done with a sander, router fixture, or possibly done on a bandsaw. And, I see a power carver in your future😁. Looks like a great project with several processes to complete. Post pictures with your progress so if I decide to make one I won’t have to figure it all out😁!

 

[Mark Fairchild]

If you copy the main tower, Do the main tower round. Burning tool for the bricks. Embellish as you wish. Should not be too hard. The other two would try my dedication!

 

[Kent Reisdorph]

If you copy the main tower, Do the main tower round. Burning tool for the bricks. Embellish as you wish. Should not be too hard. The other two would try my dedication!

Agree. I will leave the main tower round.