#Floor goban windows#

#Floor goban windows#

Either way you'll enjoy it's natural beauty and traditional elegance. In Japanese the word indicates a go board of any shape or form. The second-floor addition was constructed using structural insulated panels (SIPs) and used higher performance doors and windows to maximize energy. This shin-kaya goban is 4.7' high, making it convenient for floor or table play.

It also makes it easier to slide the goban around while playing. Playing Go on a quality wood floor board bring connects one with the hundreds of generations of Go players who have played this way since ancient times. They can be purchased from the hardware store and are self-adhesive, so no time is spent placing them each game. I assume the process would be something like stain > lacquer > lines > lacquer but I'm no woodworker so I'm not sure what exactly would be preferred as far as certain types of product etc.Īny advice on these issues as well as anything else regarding the process of making this goban would be greatly appreciated. If your goban is single-sided, a permanent solution is to use thick felt pads designed to stop furniture from scratching hardwood floors. They can come in two different varieties: floor boards and table boards. Once all that's said and done though I still don't know exactly what needs to be done as far as varnish etc. People who viewed this item also viewed Hon-kaya Floor Goban + Hinata Special Grade Clam And Nachi Go Stones (size 34) Go Game YUNZI Stones with Grass Knitted. A Go board (called goban in Japan) is what people use to play the game of Go on. I'm also aware of the top of the board itself having a lip that needs to be sanded down but that shouldn't be too difficult, not as difficult as trying to sand the two halves to be flush. When titular protagonist Kaiji is forced into indentured servitude, the entertainment options available to him and his fellow workers include go. The problem is that the cuttings have a slight warp to them making joining uneven, and sanding them down has proven to be a rather imprecise process (the top and bottom halves are currently not glued together so I can continue sanding if that's the only solution). At one point in Naruto (anime only, I think) when there's a scene of Shikamaru waking up, there's a floor goban in his room. So my dad and I have been working on a floor goban for some time now, and I had a few questions I would like to pose for anyone who's done woodworking or preferably has made their own goban at some point.Īs you can see in the pictures there's a gap in between the top half and the bottom half, I was shooting for a 6' depth of the board itself before adding feet so we took four basswood cuttings and joined them up to make the board.