Chessboard

Dave,

Did you make the chess pieces?

Just kidding!!!

Really nice board! That’s cool that all the pieces are stored under the board. This must have been quite a project.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

I like it, I’ll have to look up the plan and make one for my Son.

-- Dan in Central Oklahoma, Able to turn good wood into saw dust in the blink of an eye!

Nice looking chessboard Dave!

-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net

Really nice! I love the divided storage compartments for the pieces.

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

magnificent board and storage. Well done.

so, since it is a pet peeve, have you started carving?

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

SUBERB DESIGN.

-- Jesus is Lord!

MsDebbieP asked “so, since it is a pet peeve, have you started carving?”

Nope. Here’s the way I figure it. I can work with straight lines, angles, and curves, both drawing them and working them in wood. I can’t draw people, animals, or even fruit above the Pictionary level, so I won’t be carving them either. I do other things (more or less) well, and there are marvelous carvers out there (including some LJocks). The world remains in balance. Life is good.

-- Dave J. Oakdale, MN

Really nice chessboard. I’d love to make one. It’s on the list.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Very nice project Dave!

I’ve got the same plan, & plan on making one for my Grandson who is turning 13 quite soon.

It’s funny I can’t draw very well, or I even have a hard time writing my own name, but I can carve.

Maybe you could do the same, just try it sometime. LOL

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Great looking Chess Board.

The storage also looks great.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Great job! I like that.

-- Chantal L., Montreal

Dave, have you had any trouble with the wood movement pushing the miters apart? I made one from the woodsmith plans also, the xmas issue with the pull out drawer and the raised playing field. I made it maybe 5 years ago, and its never shown movement at the miters, i was wondering if yours had at all either. i think its a good design, before i make another one i thought ild ask around in case mine was a fluke.

-- "Democracy is by far the worst system of government. Except all the others that have been tried." ~ Winston Churchill

Sean,

No problem with the miters at all. The top has cupped somewhat, but not too bad.

Go for it!

Dave

-- Dave J. Oakdale, MN