3D printed chess sets for McLaren

Matching chess sets in McLaren grey and orange, made as one batch: each set's pieces sit in a 3D printed tray lined with laser-cut foam.

Client: McLaren
Service: Industrial 3D Printing
Also used: Laser cutting & stickers, Custom boxes
Each set holds: 32 pieces, grey facing orange, in one tray
Branding: The McLaren name built into the rim of every tray
Packed in: Laser-cut foam with a pocket for each piece
Chess sets made and packed: 135

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What we brought

What we can do
The brand built into every tray
The McLaren name is part of the tray model, so it comes out crisp on all 135 trays.
How we look after you
One team for the whole kit
We modelled the set from the reference, made the pieces, cut the foam and packed every set ourselves.
What you get
Sets that arrive complete
Every tray is filled and checked by hand, its 32 pieces held firm in their own foam pockets.

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The finished piece
The McLaren name sits in the rim.
ProductionA chessboard prints on the build plate.
Foam inserts are laser-cut in sheets.
Printed jigs hold the pieces for finishing.
Finished pieces wait in grey and orange.
Checks and packingFoam inserts are glued into each tray.
Pieces are sorted by type before packing.
The team fills the trays by hand.
Each piece is pressed into its pocket.

The build

How we built it

5 steps, from the brief to the finished piece. Pick a step to jump to it.

The brief

Step 1 of 5 · 17/09/2025

Quantity: 135 sets
Colours: Grey and orange pieces, black trays

At Additive Inn, our 3D printing studio in Singapore, we made chess sets for McLaren. McLaren needed 135 matching sets built from a reference design, in grey and orange, with its name on every tray and a pocket for every piece.

Modelling the set

Step 2 of 5 · 19/09/2025

We modelled every part from the client's reference: flat pieces in two sizes for each colour, a tray with the McLaren name built into its rim, and a foam layout with a pocket for each of the 32 pieces.

Production

Step 3 of 5

We 3D printed the black trays and the boards, and made the pieces in grey and orange with the McLaren mark engraved on each. Printed jigs held the pieces in rows for finishing, and we laser-cut the foam inserts in sheets.

A chessboard of light and dark squares being 3D printed on the build plate, seen through the printer window — A chessboard prints on the build plate.

A sheet of black foam on the laser cutter bed, cut into tray inserts with rows of rectangular pockets — Foam inserts are laser-cut in sheets.

Grey chess pieces sitting in rows in two black 3D printed jigs on a workbench — Printed jigs hold the pieces for finishing.

A tub full of grey chess pieces, with orange pieces beside it — Finished pieces wait in grey and orange.

Checks and packing

Step 4 of 5 · 06/10/2025

We glued a foam insert into every tray, sorted the pieces by type, and filled each tray by hand, grey on one side and orange on the other, checking that every set was complete.

A team member gluing a laser-cut foam insert into a black tray, a stack of finished trays and foam sheets behind — Foam inserts are glued into each tray.

Two tubs of grey chess pieces, one labelled King and one labelled Queen — Pieces are sorted by type before packing.

The team filling trays from tubs of orange pieces on a long workbench — The team fills the trays by hand.

Hands pressing grey pieces into the foam pockets of a black tray — Each piece is pressed into its pocket.

The final build

Step 5 of 5 · 10/10/2025

All 135 sets were packed and checked, each tray carrying the McLaren name in its rim and holding its 32 pieces firm in their foam pockets.

The McLaren name sits in the rim.

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3D printed chess sets for McLaren

What we brought

The brand built into every tray

One team for the whole kit

Sets that arrive complete

Gallery