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Thread: Another Chessboard
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22nd February 2012, 09:23 AM #1
Another Chessboard
My last chessboard build was a table this build is for a chessboard that folds up for storage
Here is what it will look like using sketchup
Just ordered some of these brass hinges for it.
As soon as the hinges arrive I'll start making it.
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Well the hinges arrived this morning, and I've searched about for some wood, Black Walnut and Beech
Here's the stock or should I say offcut left overs I've got to make the chess board with.... I'm going have to be very careful not to waste any, as I don't have much to play with
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22nd February 2012, 11:25 AM #2
Watching this one.
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23rd February 2012, 03:21 AM #3
So day two comes and goes
The four pieces on the left are for the frame. The four shorter pieces on the right are for the squares they were all put through the sander to size them and to remove any traces of snipe. The four shorter pieces have yet to be cut again to make eight thin boards.
Beech Backing Boards.
Two pieces started off as four and glued together, they have been sanded to thickness then cut here to the finished size.
Every thing thicknessed sized and ready for a little glue up.
First glue up of what will become the squares.
No work tomorrow my old vans got to have an MOT
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23rd February 2012, 12:45 PM #4
What is a MOT?
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23rd February 2012, 01:01 PM #5
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23rd February 2012, 04:56 PM #6
LN where ya been hiding have missed the WiP's
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23rd February 2012, 09:14 PM #7
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23rd February 2012, 10:55 PM #8
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23rd February 2012, 11:55 PM #9
All four pieces of rail routed out to take the inlay strips or banding of Ebony and Boxwood. You can see the rough markings of where the rail will be mitred, I only added that to make sure I was adding the banding on the correct edge.
Here the last lot of banding of Ebony and Boxwood gets glued into the rebate. I was running out of small clamps for this last piece.
Another of the rails and gluing the two halves of what will become the Squares.
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26th February 2012, 01:56 AM #10
Using my homemade board cutter or sliding square as I like to call it, I cut off a thin slice just to get the edge true.
using the fence this time I cut the strips exactly the same width as when I first cut them into strips.
The glue up of the chequered boards, making sure black square to the left white square to the right. these will be left as two boards.
Gluing the face piece in the centre of the board half on the edge where it will be hinged. It won't be seen on the chequered side, although not clearly seen in this pic the edging piece is two millimeters wider than the board, as is the edge frame. This is being done so I can lay lamb skin over the beech much the same as a leathered desk top.
Cutting biscuit slots to one of the edge frame pieces. Next will be mitering the one end then I can glue this piece on to the boards.
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26th February 2012, 11:01 PM #11
The squares have been glued to the base pieces, and here the first parts of the frame have been glued in to place using several biscuits in each piece. Care was taken to match the correct pair of sides so the grain matches.
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26th February 2012, 11:16 PM #12
Really nice work. Look forward to seeing how this finishes up.
TravSome days we are the flies; some days we are the windscreen
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28th February 2012, 03:40 AM #13
The two longest parts of the frame biscuited glued and fitted.
The final piece gets fitted.
Glue up complete, next a good sanding using an orbital sander, then the hinges to be fitted, and finally the finish to be applied. Lambs leather ordered that should be here in a couple of days.
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28th February 2012, 01:45 PM #14
Thank you for the update. Looking very easy the way you are setting this out.
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29th February 2012, 05:24 AM #15
Well all the woodworking is finished, today I fitted the hinges.
Close up of the hinges fitted with the board folded.
A full view of the board folded.
Well nearly finished, just three or four coats of Danish oil then apply the lambs skin leather and it will be finished.
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