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This is a project in progress. The board is curly Koa, Maple and Black Walnut. I am hoping to finish the finish sometime this weekend. As some of you know, I travel a lot…if it doesn’t get done this weekend, who knows when the “final” pix will get posted :)
Squares are 2 3/16…borders are 2 X 2
Woodcraft used to have kits for the pieces which seem to have been discontinued. Anyone have a source?
-- Thank God for sawdust... Ron. Gilroy, CA
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Kate
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posted 275 days ago
nice board
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jm82435
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posted 275 days ago
purty.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 275 days ago
That koa sure is beautiful.
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SteveKorz
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posted 275 days ago
Very cool…. the wood combination looks great…
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noknot
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posted 275 days ago
Theres a book on making the pieces at woodcraft it had neat ideas, sorry I cant recall the name great looking board.
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Zac
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posted 275 days ago
Looks fantastic… wow is it sharp!
Here is a link to Rockler where you can get your chess board pieces…. $14.99 and made from hard maple. Not bad at all – I think they’d match pretty well too.
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=4972&filter=Chess
Zac
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JohnVV
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posted 275 days ago
That looks really nice. How are you handling the expansion of the board within the frame?
I have a little chess table I need to make a top for, because the original builder didn’t take the expansion into consideration.
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Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 275 days ago
Hi Bigguy;
That’s a pretty piece, for sure. I hope the knights don’t leave hoof prints. If they do, they’ll probably pawn it off on someone else. LOL
Nice workmanship!
Lee
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GaryK
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posted 274 days ago
Great job. Koa is a great wood for chessboards..
That’s what I used in this one.
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Karson
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posted 274 days ago
Beautiful looking set. how thick is the Koa pieces/
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bigguy
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posted 272 days ago
Thanks for the comments, and the sources for the pieces! I used what I remember from what I believe was a woodsmith article assembling the board leaving about .010 (thickness of a playing card) for expansion. I live in CA so I’m trusting this shouldn’t be much of a problem…boring weather and all… Squares are about 1/4” thick.
Love your work Gary…
Ron
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