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5th March 2007, 03:11 PM #1
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Chess set
Looking at chess pieces carved by a much better carver made me feel nostalgic about my first carving. I started this hobby when in high school, with a Stanley knife (with the result that since then I can not fully extend my left middle finger - it reduces my range of expression in an Anglo-Saxon setting
) and a Japanese linoleum cutting set worth a few cents.
The theme is 15th century Guelph v. Ghibelline. The rooks' merlons, the armour and the dress should be pretty much right. It will soon be an antique in its own right...
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6th March 2007, 11:42 AM #2
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hi yu franky
mate they look good ,you see sets like that sometimes around the traps thats why l started makeing my own set they cost to much to buy
love to see some more of your carving please
thank for the compliment if that was me you were refering to
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6th March 2007, 05:07 PM #3
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Timber?
Size?
Finish?
How did you make the black one black?
Top job, it is good to see more carving on this BB.
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6th March 2007, 07:06 PM #4
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No bloody compliment, Arty, I have no artistic education but "I know what I like"...
The timber is a variety of pine (Pinus Cembra) that grows in the central European Alps. It was loved by pattern makers because it can be cut well in any direction and has 'live' knots. Does not take a very good finish, though.
Size: K 110, Q 100, B 85, N and R 70 high, base 50x45. Pawns 60x35x25.
I had all the blanks cut for me, no spares so I had no margin of error. That's why I had to keep the good with the bad
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The board is African Obece and a dark veneer that I forgot, laid in alternate grain pattern on chipboard.
Can't be precise about the finish (it's more than 40 @#$%^ years!) but I remember that the black was just a wood dye. I started with the idea of obtaining a dark walnut colour but the timber absorbed too much in certain areas, so I ended up soaking the lot to get an even "ebony-ish" finish. All coated with some sort of poliurethane gloss, I think.
Here is the lot.
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6th March 2007, 08:53 PM #5
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did you do the whole set with a knife
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6th March 2007, 09:30 PM #6
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... and a Japanese linoleum cutting set worth a few cents.
I think they were still selling them recently for a dollar or two.
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6th March 2007, 09:34 PM #7
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o sorry about that chief
what next thensmile and the world will smile with you
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6th March 2007, 09:44 PM #8
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don't start that again
Originally Posted by Frank&Earnest
, Arty, I have no artistic education but "I know what I like"...
smile and the world will smile with you
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6th March 2007, 11:09 PM #9
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So you made them when you were 9 or less????? Originally Posted by Frank&Earnest
Cliff.
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6th March 2007, 11:19 PM #10
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I've started building a TARDIS several times over the years, but every time I turned around they'd disappear. Worse then $%&# workshop pencils, they are!
Still, 9 or 19... they'd still look good on my chessboard.
- Andy Mc
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7th March 2007, 12:02 AM #11
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Love your maths, Cliff... I have had my 49th birthday 13 times already, now some people are starting to doubt my age... Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
So you made them when you were 9 or less?????
Aha, now I understand: you got the number of my posts for my age...
You look really young for your 5670 years!
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7th March 2007, 08:44 AM #12
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Originally Posted by Frank&Earnest
...Aha, now I understand: you got the number of my posts for my age...
You look really young for your 5670 years!
Cliff.
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