Ares Games

Travelling Range Stick

How to pack a Range Stick in a small case, when on a road trip. Made from bamboo chop sticks.
  1. 9. Painted Stick in the box
  2. 8. Painted Stick Separated
  3. 7. Painted Stick compared to box, card range stick for comparison
  4. 6. Card Range Ruler and Painted Traveling Stick Compared.  Much better with colour, and I did my best to match the look.  My favorite colour is blue,...
  5. 5. Card Range Ruler and Unpainted Traveling Stick Compared.  This won't work.  It needs markings.  Maybe even some colour.
  6. 4. Unpainted joint.  You can barely see the attempt at a pressure fit, with the vaguely apparent sawtooth on one side of the joint.  If this had...
  7. 3. Another view of the joint, showing how it was supposed to line up.  Again, you can just make out the attempt at a sawtooth on the two keys.  If...
  8. 2. Unpainted sticks, showing the puzzle cut.  The brass rod was used to straighten the joint and tighten it up, as my carving was much less than...
  9. 1. Unpainted sticks.  I measured the center point of the joint wrong, and after cutting one end, the joint wasn't in the center (exactly). ...
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