making the wobble chess board
For anyone interested in how the board was formed. the pictures of the jig tells most of the story.I sanded the tops one by one with an abrasive wheel. If I had to do it again I wouldn’t do any sanding til I had the whole board glued up. Even though I had the tops pretty smooth, after it was glued up, I still had to sand again to make sure the seams and corners were all flushed up. I made a couple of sanding discs out of a plywood disc and different grit paper which actually worked much better than the abrasive wheel….. Precision is very critical with the square stock. I ripped down 8/4 boards and then ran them through the planer making sure they were all 1.73” sq...
