Wooden Chess Board With Drawer Plans

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Wooden chess board with drawer plans.

Select the contrasting wood species you desire gather up some glue and a few other tools and materials and you re ready to start building. According to the world chess federation the dimensions of a chessboard square should be between 5 and 6 5 centimeters 2 to 2 5 inches. You can certainly buy 1x2 boards and skip. This is a birthday gift i made for someone this year.

Posted on october 27 2011 june 29 2018 author gina categories games tags chess chess boards chessboards do it yourself drawings free woodworking plans games projects post navigation previous previous post. Place the wood in the planer and make a trim cut. Use a t square to make sure the chess board is perfectly square. Make a chess set and playing board with a storage drawer.

Some of the key features on this chess set are. Plan is a reprint from issue 48 of today s woodworker magazine. On the table saw. This can be done by making a couple of passes on your table saw with the blade set up to 1 4.

Use a tape measure to make sure the chess board is 17 1 8 in each direction. It is my first time doing any kind of wood turning but with little practice you can get it down pretty quickly. Outside of spending time in the shop there s nothing better than a game of chess with a friend or a couple rounds of checkers with the grandkids. This chessboard gives you the best of both worlds a few interesting woodworking challenges and a great excuse to play a few matches when you re finished with the project.

Now cut the groove around the edges of the chessboard for the splines that secure the board in the lid. For my own board i went with 2 inches. Turn the chess board over and continue to take trim cuts until the chess board is 3 4 thick. Rip boards to 1 1 2 in.

And it s easy to do. Then plane a light chamfer around the outside top surface of the board and sand in stages up to its final grit i go to 600 grit. You ll love playing chess on this custom built board. See more ideas about chess board chess domino.

Trim all four edges to be sure they are smooth and flush. The uniquely designed chessboard top works with natural wood movement to keep the top stable. This heirloom chess board was inspired by a james krenov design that ingeniously tackles the wood movement problems inherent in using two wood species. Jan 26 2017 game board plans including chess boards checker boards and dominos.