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I made this for my father in law who is a chess fan for Christmas. It is made of 90% recycled materials. Thank goodness I found them all. Lol. The base of the board is from a broken mahogany desk. The board itself is all maple from book ends donated from a library. And the boarder is pressed maple and poplar that was the only part I bought. I just really wanted to accent the board. Then I painted a black acrylic stripe on the top of the boarder for some more aesthetic features.

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Turning discarded wood into a treasure makes this extra special! It's Grand! Love it!
 

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Looks great. We need more photos!
 

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Absolutely incredible! Would love to see some more detailed pictures of the individual pieces.
 

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I will try and put some more pics up soon guys. Thanks for the feed back. This is the second chess board I have ever made.
 

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Everything I get is usually a donation or found thru Craigslist. Some people ya know, they just seem to throw things away cause they don't know what to do with them. :)
 

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That is extremely eye popping and tremendous job! Very striking skills!
 

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Fine looking chess board ,extra nice work.
 

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Nice work, well made. Did you make the pieces?

I am amazed at what wood gets throw away these days. More of my projects are made from such scraps, (smaller ones usually) but the cost involved to buy such pieces is enough to melt a credit card.
 

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Trash to Treasure :)

Good job!
 

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Beautiful
 

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You do great work and by repurposing wood, you are doing a great deed. Thanks for sharing.
 
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