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This is a set of chess pieces I made as a gift to my brother. The pieces were made of aspen and stained maple and walnut. They were finished with butcher block finish. I ripped some 1x aspen to 1 1/2 inches. then glued to pieces together leaving a thickness of 1 and 1/2 inches. The patterns for the pieces were taken from Diana Thompson`s “Chess Pieces for the Scrollsaw.” These patterns were glued to the aspen blocks and compound cut to form the pieces.
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Napaman
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posted 422 days ago
wow…how long did the whole set take…and how about each piece? Amazing job…
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jembo
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posted 422 days ago
Wow, wonderful detail, how much time did it take to make all the pieces. Really like it.
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herbr
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posted 422 days ago
without taking a break it would take about an hour to scroll out each piece. I would usually scroll one side and then take a break. It probably took about 40 hours to make the set-including replacing a few faulty pieces and one bishop that my dog took a likeing to.
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DAN
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posted 422 days ago
beautiful work HERB
your brother will enjoy this set forever
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TomFran
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posted 422 days ago
Wow, that had to take a whole lot of patience!
Nice work!
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IowaWoodcrafter
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posted 422 days ago
Nice work! I also have that book. I am planning on making a chess board/table with drawers to hold the chess pieces. Perhaps I’ll get to work on it some time next year. Lot’s of projects on the books already.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 422 days ago
Herb, you are a more patient man than I! Nice work!
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cajunpen
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posted 421 days ago
Great looking set. I’ve seen her patterns in a Scrollsaw magazine and thought the 3D pieces were interesting. One of these days I will have to give one of them a try.
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Branden
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posted 420 days ago
A lot of patience went a long way here!
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mot
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posted 419 days ago
Wow! What a job!
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Kerux
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posted 413 days ago
I’ve been wanting to get that book! I perused through it and would like to do the ‘tool’ chess pieces. You did a great job on those. Congrats!
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