Just finnished. This was made from old beat up craftsman blanket chest (Fine Pine)Mom made the ceramic chess pcs.. I have app. 100 squares left over, U woulnt believe how hard it was to cut 64 pcs.the same exact size. Played with different setups for hours to get them right. Finally made a sliding table with stops.
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A little late for you but this will help anyone else making a chess board.
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the classic way of making a chssboard is to rip 8 lengths of alternating light and dark; the same consistent width should be achievable with a good table saw and featherboards.
Then join (edge glue) them in into a board with alternating light and dark strips 8 wide.
Then rip the cross direction to get strips of light/dark squares the same rip setting used before.
Then flip every other strip end for end arriving at a checkerboard pattern. Join them edge to edge (glue-up again) and you get a perfect chessboard matching squares fits perfectly.
If you want small contrast strips between the squares then you can picture ripping them and laminating them between the L&D strips.
P.S. Oh, shudda looked at the video Klefow posted first... that's the exact same method i described.Last edited by LCHIEN; 07-04-2009, 11:19 AM.
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That's a lovely board, reddog! how did you get the dark colors?
And did you say your mom made the pieces? How does she do that
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The stains were Golden oak & Black walnut. Mom made the pieces In ceramics then fired them red & blackThe bitterness of poor quality lingers long after the sweetness of low cost is forgotten!Comment
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Very, very nice. A chess board is still one of "someday projects" for me.Larry R. Rogers
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Great work reddog. Really nice board. Your Mom did a great job also.
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Very nice Reddog... wouldn't be interested in coming over and installing a parquet floor in my entrance-way would you....?
Your mom did good on the ceramic chess set also. Although I don't find time to play anymore.. an old girl-friend from down in Austrailia made me a cerarmic set back in the early 70's which is quite nice. The bad news is none of my downfall lumber would fit in her kiln. 
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Great work.ClaudioComment
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Very nice.John HunterComment
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Great looking board and chess set. Chessboard has been on my to do list for years. Still haven't gotten around to doing it!!Joe
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If you have a band saw and you're short on wood, you can use my shortcut: Rip 2 lengths, edge glue them, resaw into 4, edge-glue again, then cross-cut. It comes out beautifully every time! (Lots of details and photos here: http://plans.thefrankes.com/Tutorial...d/Default.aspx)
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looks real nice. the ceramic pieces are very beautiful as well._________________________
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