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So I decided to make another Chess Set. This one I am going to try to sell. The dark side is walnut while the light side is hard maple. I changed the design a little bit from the original. I rounded the sides a bit and added the feet. I also completely redesigned the Knight. The board is also a complete redesign. I tried to mimic the design characteristics of the pieces them selves. It is also made of walnut and maple. The tiles are Walnut and White Marble. I used 4 coats of bar top epoxy for the surface. This gives the board a depth to its appearance that is hard to capture in the photos. The pieces and the sides of the boards have 3 coats of high gloss urethane. All in all this set only took me 3 months to complete. A far cry shorter amount of time than the 4 years for the first set.
The pieces and the corners of the board are made entirely on my scroll saw using a compound cutting technique. And each piece is made from a solid piece of wood, no glue or seems. The white marble I had to borrow my neighbors wet saw again to get them to the right size. This is the first time I used bar top epoxy and am very pleased with the results. I was nervous about it because i read a lot on how easy it is to mess it up and not get a good hard surface. I found that as long as you mix it 50/50 as close as you possibly can it is pretty easy to use. A propane torch works wonders for getting the tiny air bubble out.
Wish me luck on selling it and thanks for looking.

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Holy moly, that's a smart looking chess set.
 

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I'm pretty sure you won't need luck to sell it. If you have an art gallery nearby I believe that would be the first option for marketing - although it might be too classy for an average art gallery
I wish you could hear my applause on your chess set and board
 

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I agree with the first comment, but I think it came out "Holy crap!"
That is beautiful work. Very intricate.
 

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The detail is amazing. You have a great skill with the scroll saw. Hour many man hours to produce this?
 

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The detail is amazing. You have a great skill with the scroll saw. Hour many man hours to produce this?

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Thanks socrbent. I think it is somewhere between 100 and 110 hours. The king and queen took me about 3 -3.5 hours each to cut out and then there is about an hour of sanding and finishing work. The pawns only took about an hour each to cut but still have the hour of sanding and finishing. The Scroll Saw is my form of Meditation.
 

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Clayton - you must be one really mellow guy with all that meditation :)
 

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That is a real original set!
With all that detail those pieces must have taken a long time.
Really nice work and I am sure some one will buy this set.
 

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Beautiful craftsmanship Great job
 

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Those are the coolest chees figurines I've ever seen. You realy done lot of srolling here. You must have lot of patience here.
 

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Wow! That is some detail and work. Great job. Hope it sells big for you, you deserve it
 

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Wow, simply stunning!

Thanks for sharing.
 

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I would love to just sit and watch you scroll. That is an excellent demonstration of craftsmanship
 

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good luck selling? the only luck you are going to need is that people aren't knocking your door down to buy it! those are way cool pieces, very unique, you must be a pro scroller by now.
 

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That is an awesome idea and terrific execution, Clayton! Good luck!

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wow. Having used my scroll saw for all of 3, I am super impressed to see these. Gotta agree with LukeR above-I would love to just sit and watch you working.
 

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beautiful! do you have the plans available for sale?
 
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