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Last year my father got me an Isle of Lewis chess set for Christmas. It needed a board but I couldn't find any that really went with the set so I decided to make one. This was my first carving project. I did it the hard way by cutting 64 individual squares out of red oak, carving the pattern, and then gluing them all together on a sheet of ply, the border is attached using biscuits. I liked the end effect, by doing the 64 squares individually everything isn't 100% square so makes the board look old and used. The carving was done using a Dremel and small craft store carving tool. It took a long time but I'm very pleased with the end product.