Chessboard

Nice board Josh. I like the contrast of the woods used.

Did you make the board float between the borders, or just glued together? Also, did you re-enforce the corners of the border?

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Very nice, I like how the playing board is above the borders. Unique. Great job!

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Bill,

The board was made seperate from the border. the board and the border both sit on a 1/2” base of birch w/ a 1/2” cherry border (which i guess reinforces the border a little). The board cannot come out of the frame if thats what u mean by “floating” its all glued together. The border frame was joined with biscuits.

Yes, I agree, I really like the raised playing field! Had you seen this elsewhere or was this an inspiration?

-- John

Very nice chess board. How thick are the separate board pieces that you glued together?

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

I kinda just winged the project without a plan in mind. I made the board and knew i wanted a border and was going to use maple or walnut but wanted some kind of buffer inbetween the board and the border. I found some cherry i had and decided it would look cool if the board was raised with a cherry border.

The board peices were made using 4/4 which eventually wound up a little over 1/2” after flattening after each glueup.

I was a little confused by the second picture. There’s an optical illusion. If you look at it and think of the border as a box sitting under the chess-board – well anyway – it’s a very nice project and and well executed.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/