chess / coffee table i made

**Bryan1982** · 5th August 2007, 08:25 PM

Hi im new to the forum and just wanted to share somthing i finished last year. just got me thinking when i read that veneer craft may have burnt down. thats where i got these veneers from.

the project was my finishing piece or my apprenticeship.i got the lord of the rings chess set made of pewter for my birthday (weighs a tone). veneers are mardrona burl and rock maple with box wood stringing and brizilian mahogany for legs and drawers plywood top and side but that had to happen...took about 300 hours to make in my spare time.veneer was all hand laid with animal glue including all the squares they expanded about 3 to 4 mm each one i laid. all joint where hand cut. there were a lot of technical aspects to this project it was really challenging and fun to make and the end result was awesome i thought.

**Big Shed** · 5th August 2007, 08:36 PM

Awesome indeed Bryan.

Great workmanship, you should be very proud of that.

Shame you are so far away, otherwise I'd give you a game, would be great to play on such a nice table and with such a nice looking chess set.

Have a greenie

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**Bryan1982** · 5th August 2007, 09:02 PM

cheers the table is in sydney at the moment and so far im underfeated i took the table into work and was playing with my boss at smoko break and lunch he still hasnt beaten me...

then i moved to alice

**JDarvall** · 5th August 2007, 10:05 PM

Good looking piece Bryan. Definetly something to be proud of.

**Bryan1982** · 6th August 2007, 12:34 AM

here is a few more pics of the pieces

**Bryan1982** · 6th August 2007, 12:37 AM

pic of drawer

**zenwood** · 6th August 2007, 03:22 PM

Must be up there with the best pieces of work on the forum. The design is great, and a lovely choice of timbers. Those leg joints must have been interesting to cut. The tightness of the hand-cut joinery looks very impressive all-round.

Thanks for posting. Look forward to seeing more of your work.

**Bryan1982** · 6th August 2007, 04:03 PM

yeah it was a challenging piece to make but with sharp tools everything becomes a lot easyer.all the solid was out of one big piece and i only just had enough there was no room for error with cutting joints but that made it more fun...

**Wild Dingo** · 6th August 2007, 04:31 PM

Well done Bryan! Seriously well done!

**mikm** · 7th August 2007, 09:49 AM

mate, in the great aussie tradition of calling a redhead 'bluey'...

thats bl00dy terrible. you should be ashamed of yourself!

its nice to see the pre-finish pics as well. the quality of construction is as impressive as the final result.

keep up the good work, literally.

**munruben** · 7th August 2007, 10:23 AM

Absolutely lovely work. I don't play chess these days but wouldn't mind a piece like that just for show.

**Bryan1982** · 7th August 2007, 08:40 PM

cheers thanks for the positive coments i cant wait to start making my next project but i dont know when that will be i will be making a work bench that can be the next project just working on the design of it

**Scally** · 7th August 2007, 09:55 PM

Spectacular Bryan.

I cant wait to see your workbench.

**Bryan1982** · 9th August 2007, 05:36 PM

trying to decide on what timber to use for my bench any sugestions....

**Toolin Around** · 9th August 2007, 06:12 PM

You have created one of the best pieces I've seen in a long time. The design, proportions and choice of veneers make it a true collectors piece

You say this was part of your apprenticeship. Can I ask how old are you.

Hope you don't mind I've saved your pics to my database of pictures for inspiration - right along side such names as Chippendale and William & Mary

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