DIY Wooden Dice Tower (WIP)

[DnDPaladin]

you do, for those giant dices of yours !!!

[voodoo]

Nice all painted up. I like it as is! Super!!!

[sgtslag]

I worked with a professional carpenter in designing/building Dice Towers, since this topic was posted 4+ years ago... I would strongly suggest you use simple paddle baffles, as they will allow more dice to flow through. I would also suggest using hard wood only. Oak and Hickory are similarly priced, and both are quite hard: Janka Scale hardness of 1335 and 1820, respectively.

Take a look at these videos of dice tumbling through a Bloodwood tower (Janka hardness of 2900 -- the harder the wood, the more bounce the dice will have, and the higher the pitch as they bounce through), made by the pro carpenter, for demo purposes. The first clearly shows individual dice tumbling, and spinning, in slow-motion, through the paddle baffles. The second video demonstrates how well the paddle baffles handle a massive handful of dice being dumped into it -- they still bounce and spin, like crazy, ensuring truly random results.

Slow Motion, d4-d20 video (this is how d4's should be rolled!)

Slow Motion Handful of Dice at Once video

If interested, check out his web site. Note that his Towers are only clear-coated, not stained.  Stained wood cannot be glued with Wood Glue.  These are assembled with Wood Glue, then sanded, and clear-coated.  If you want to stain your wood, do it only after you glue it!  Wood Glue joins are stronger than the wood, itself.  The glued joins will not come apart for many years, if ever.  Cheers!

[erho]

Sexy!