quick present - chess board

[journeyman Mick]

Knocked this up quickly as a present for a chess playing friend. As I was rushed I glued the squares onto the 3mm backing ply and added the border at the same time, then pulled it all together with some duct tape and left it overnight. I must have applied too much tension with the tape and it developed a slight bow, or a dish really which opened up one mitred corner. Glued in a tiny sliver to hide it. white squares are Silver Ash, dark squares are Brown Salwood and frame is Northern Silky Oak. Finished in two coats of lacquer.

Mick

[zenwood]

Beautiful. Admirable precision. How'd you get all the squares so exact?

[Keith J]

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[journeyman Mick]

Zenwood,
pretty quick and simple:
used sliding panel saw to straighten edge of timber, then rip to width. Flipped up on edge and ripped to 6mm thick.
Run through thicknesser and then drum sander.
Lay out on sheet of colourbond and glue together (dark light dark lght etc) using cross linking PVA. Didn't clamp, just liberally applied glue and rubbed the joints together till the suction held them together.
Once dry, docked one end square then ran through rip fence on same setting as before, ending up with 8 strips of dark light etc squares.
Repeated glue up process, but on top of ply, which also had a liberal application of glue.

I should've stopped here and thrown it through the sander again when dry but opted to glue the frame on as well (rush job). try doing all that with dark side techniques in under 2 hours

Mick

[speedy]

Looks a lot better than when I last saw it, or did you make a second one.

Well done, looks great.

[Wood Borer]

Very good Mick. I hope the fine craftmanship doesn't put him off the chess game.

[RufflyRustic]

What a great idea Mick, Looks fantastic!


cheers
RufflyRustic

[junkboy999]

Very nice

I love the trim. Now all you need are some turned chest peices.

[zenwood]

Zenwood,
pretty quick and simple:
...try doing all that with dark side techniques in under 2 hours

Mick

Thanks for that good description, Mick. I think I get the steps involved. What do you mean by colourbond? Is it the powdercoated sheet metal that sheds are made from? I assume it has something to do with glue not sticking to it.

How did you set the checkerboard into the frame? Butted or rebated? If rebated, did you make the outer squares bigger to compensate for the overlap of the frame?

On darkside methods: I once went to an inlay/marquetry demonstration, where a guy using two shades of veneer, a veneer saw, plastic triangle, a sanding block, and some tape, cut and assembled three lozenges into a perfectly-formed cube-illusion pattern in about five minutes. Awesome to watch his speed and skill. (Though he did already have the veneer.)

[JDarvall]

Looks fine.

I should've stopped here and thrown it through the sander again when dry but opted to glue the frame on as well (rush job). try doing all that with dark side techniques in under 2 hours

Mick

And, good point. But I still like the dark side better

[AlexS]

Nice job Mick

[Peter36]

Looks really good Mick . Never have known about the patched mitre if you had'nt fessed up.

Peter

[dai sensei]

Very nice job Mick. I'll have to show my son, he wants to make one.

[boban]

May the force be with you Mick, 240V and 415V force that is.

Is that a drum sander youre talking about Mick?

[Auld Bassoon]

Knocked this up quickly as a present for a chess playing friend. As I was rushed I glued the squares onto the 3mm backing ply and added the border at the same time, then pulled it all together with some duct tape and left it overnight. I must have applied too much tension with the tape and it developed a slight bow, or a dish really which opened up one mitred corner. Glued in a tiny sliver to hide it. white squares are Silver Ash, dark squares are Brown Salwood and frame is Northern Silky Oak. Finished in two coats of lacquer.

Mick

G'Day Mick!

I reckon that you've nipped into my place and purloined by home-made butcher-block (style) kitchen work stand

The was attached was one of the pics I used on a post about an old #7 that I'd picked up - but note the table...

Cheers!