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Project by Straightpiped posted 328 days ago 438 views 0 times favorited 6 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Here is a chess box that I just finished for my father for Christmas…This would conclude the second item that I have ever made (not including Jr. High many years ago). He has always wanted one. 90% of it was cut with my circular saw prior to buying my table saw. I am pretty happy with the result. Now I just need to get a Lathe to make the peices.

It is made of BloodWood, Red Oak, and Roak(I believe).

-- T. Nelson


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Branlon

20 posts in 350 days


posted 328 days ago

2nd piece ever? Wow, you’re on a fast track to becoming a pro. Nice selection of colors.

(Go to Wikipedia and look-up Cocobolo for an excellent photo of chess pieces.)

-- Branlon, Board Director, South Central Indiana

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mtnwild

1979 posts in 406 days


posted 328 days ago

That is super nice. Great craftsmanship, beautiful wood selection, really a “one of” , piece.

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

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CharlieM1958

7467 posts in 1097 days


posted 328 days ago

Nice job!

While you are waiting for the lathe, Lee Valley sells a set of wooden chess pieces very cheap.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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moshel

466 posts in 562 days


posted 327 days ago

circular saw???? boy, you have one good hand. did you glue it one square at a time or did you glue strips and crosscut?
I am also making a chess board for a friend (this is my second try – the first one had 7 rows so it was not that usable). mine is very thing (less than 1 cm).
I found that gluing the endgrain is really hard (ended up using biscuits), and i am now contemplating how to frame it so it will not break the frame or twist (I am sending it from dry Christchurch to humid Tel aviv).

fantastic piece. the finish is also excellent. i with my 2nd (or 10th) piece were that good.

-- The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep...

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treeman

149 posts in 328 days


posted 327 days ago

Nice looking finish. How did you do it?

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Straightpiped

70 posts in 370 days


posted 327 days ago

I glued it up in strips than crosscut. I used a guide fence for my circular saw, which helped. After gluing I used a router and a jig to flaten, than alot of sanding. It is about 3/4” thick.

The finish is a MinWax wipe on poly. Real easy to apply.

-- T. Nelson

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