my first project - chessboard

[colbaby]

hi all

just wanted to share some photos of my first project! The board is made of recycled jarrah decking which had a few hundred layers of mission brown paint, silicone and astro turf stuck to it and some tas oak from bunnnies. i used my triton workcentre (xmas present recieved a couple of weeks early) to machine up all the pieces and finished it with 2 coats of danish oil. Overall really happy with the finish but the mitre cuts and glue up was a big learning curve as the joins around the edges weren't completley up to scratch. it will only make my next project better.
cheers
col

[Doughboy]

Nice board. Now you need to carve the peices and you can even have a game....

Well done.

Pete

[colbaby]

Cheers doughboy

i have to admit im cheating on the pieces for now (one thing at a time) i ordered some rosewood staunton pieces that should look nice

col

[RufflyRustic]

Very Nice Chessboard!! - It looks like it needs the cheese platter next to it, some glasses of wine.....:H

cheers
Wendy

[BobL]

Pretty darned good for a first project CB. Thumbs up for recycling the jarrah too.

Cheers
BobL

[Peter36]

Looks kike a pretty good effort Colbaby . Did you laminate the legs for the base too http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon14.gif

[colbaby]

no i didn't laminate the legs too, sorry for the lack of info. I have just attached the board (temporarily) to a small table i had.

btw cheers for the feedback everyone

[Iain]

Carbatec have a chess set, solid brass, you just turn the bit in the middle between the base and the top that identifies the piece.

[Simomatra]

Nice job Col good to see the use of the re cycled timber

Like your idea Wendy with the wine and cheese