Man Don't Fret

On the internet I saw a ludo made of wood. I liked that very much. We built one with my daughter.

Since I wanted to make the playing field with my self-made Lowrider 2 CNC milling machine, I first had to create the CAD in DXF format. The playing field is 350mm x 350mm. The circles for the figures are 12mm in diameter

To create the milling program, the DXF file must be edited with Estlcam. The width, depth, etc. of the milling paths are defined here

After the program has been created, milling can begin. The whole thing takes about 20 minutes.

It is milled with an 8mm shadow cutter.

So that you can recognize the start and finish of the four colors, I painted them. Mask off everything except for the respective fields with adhesive tape.

Then use the spray can (paint for toys) to paint the 8 fields with one color each.

I bought the 12 mm wooden play figures in nature. These are also painted with the respective four colors

After the paint was completely dry I sanded the playing field with 240 grit. Until all paint residues are removed from the surface. Now only the 3mm deep holes are marked in color.

Finally, the whole thing is treated with linseed oil. In this way, the entire game board is protected against water, grease, etc.

I applied the linseed oil in two passes with a brush