Firefighter Chess Board

Lovely board – I especially like the chess pieces – wonderful idea and gift

-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)

Now that is a beautiful board. Nice work!

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

Sweet quilt on that Maple. Very nice.

-- All donations should be made out to me and in the form of wood or tools ~Chris

That is fantastic! The quilts in the maple just have so much depth and the stark contrast of the dark straight grained wood right next to it makes the maple jump out even more. That board is too beautiful to ruin with chess pieces! i think I am stealing this idea and material selection!

-- Women love me.....trees fear me

I really like this board. I love the contrast. I also love the quilted maple. Very Awesome!!!!

This is a great set. The board is beautiful anfd functional. I love the pieces. I make chess set on my lathe, and this set is worthy of anyone’s collection.

-- Mike, Massachusetts

Handplane, what kind of finish did you apply and how high a grit did you sand to?

-- Mike, Airdrie Alberta

I missed this one! That is a great looking board. I love the quilted maple.
The chess pieces are cool also.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

What a great gift for a smoke-eater.

-- Maplewood, MN

cool pieces, GORGEOUS board

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Chessnut,

It (the board that is) was sanded to about 300 grit and finished with Deft high gloss spray lacquer in an aerosol can. The frame was sprayed with satin finish aerosol lacquer with the board itself masked off. I am now the owner of an HVLP sprayer so I’m switching to waterbased finishes and hopefully going to become proficient with those.

-- - Scott "handplane"

So, Handplane… Did I ever tell you that I’m a volunteer firefighter and EMT?

My hat’s off to you!

-- There's no tool like an old tool...

Looks awesome