| Project by Stephen Fox | posted 278 days ago | 436 views | 0 times favorited | 8 comments |  |
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This was a fairly straight forward plan, the plans and hardware came from rockler as i recall. The plans called for doweling all the squares together and i found this not to be possible. No matter how I tried i could not get the precision to get the thing to fit together so they were just glued to the base. One thing I learned is that when a piece has repeating elements like 8X8 squares any error gets magnified – 1/32 per square ends up being 8/32 when added up. I have found that a dial indicator, Calipers? is a must for getting good results.
-- Stephen NYS
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firecaster
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posted 278 days ago
Great looking project.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 278 days ago
Building a chess board is a learning experience for sure!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Spuds
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posted 278 days ago
Nice job and very good point on the cumulative error when making something like this, with that many squares it adds up quick!
-- Steve, http://www.robsonranchwoodworkers.org
TomFran
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posted 278 days ago
Beautiful job!
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LocalMac
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posted 278 days ago
I couldn’t imagine trying to dowel all those squares together. it came out looking great. I’m currently working on a chess board I can’t begin to tell you how much I’m learning. Mostly the what not to dos of woodworking. Frustrating but much needed education for me.
-- Don't tell her I'm in the shop!
SteveKorz
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posted 278 days ago
Gorgeous… really nice… well done.
-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †
Brad_Nailor
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posted 277 days ago
Nice looking board! I like the design.
Dial caliper is a MUST! I live and die by mine. I bought a real nice one from Highland that reads in inches not decimels. Forget tape measures for anything but rough measure while your at it as well. Get a good set of metal rules.
-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"
Dennis Zongker
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posted 277 days ago
Very nice! I like how the squares are above the playing field.
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