| Project by Jewell Hardwoods - Tim Layzell | posted 424 days ago | 1453 views | 6 times favorited | 18 comments |  |
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A fun project made as a wedding present for my close friend. He saw one that I made for my dad and asked for one for himself.
Took more hours than I ever expected, he had no idea how much this was really worth! The base is carved out of a single piece of maple burl. The squares & tips of the feet are made out of Ebony & King Wood. Took over 30 hours to make.
I have added a couple more pictures in production.
-- JEWELL HARDWOODS Produces High Quality Hardwood Slabs & Lumber for Custom Live-Edge Furniture. http://jewellhardwoods.com
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Drew
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#1 posted 424 days ago
Awesome piece. I love the base. Very unique and gorgeous execution.
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stefang
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#2 posted 424 days ago
Great looking chess board. Very original and beautiful.
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BTimmons
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#3 posted 424 days ago
Wow, that’s (expletive deleted)-ing amazing.
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#4 posted 423 days ago
Very Nice board.
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Dusty56
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#5 posted 423 days ago
And now , on to the chess pieces !
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#6 posted 423 days ago
what a beautiful gift. love the game, love the board.
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deon
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#7 posted 423 days ago
Great work, love the maple grain
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eddie
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#8 posted 423 days ago
beautiful board
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Woodbridge
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#9 posted 423 days ago
that is a beautiful chess board. The wood is great looking as is the design and quality of construction.
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#10 posted 423 days ago
Really, really stunning.
Well done.
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BTKS
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#11 posted 423 days ago
STUNNING is an inadequate description. Thanks for posting, projects like this constantly keep pushing me to do higher quality work.
BTKS
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whitedog
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#12 posted 423 days ago
You are wright it is STUNNING .
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#13 posted 423 days ago
Absolutely beautiful.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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Philip
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#14 posted 423 days ago
That is amazing, the carved burl is unbelievable.
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bigguy
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#15 posted 423 days ago
Amazing work on the Burl…
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