My brother wants me to make him a chess set. The board is no problem. I was looking for info on chess pieces. Have any of you made your own? Just looking for some different plans on chess pieces or maybe a book that has plans.
Two books by Mike Darlow are a great place to start. One was published in 2004 and the other in 2008; so the used book markets should have these.
Wood Turning magazine had a series of articles by Michael O'Donnell a few years back on a set based on ancient set.
There are others. If you are a decent carver, the choices are even wider.
My brother wants me to make him a chess set. The board is no problem. I was looking for info on chess pieces. Have any of you made your own? Just looking for some different plans on chess pieces or maybe a book that has plans.
Two books by Mike Darlow are a great place to start. One was published in 2004 and the other in 2008; so the used book markets should have these.
Wood Turning magazine had a series of articles by Michael O'Donnell a few years back on a set based on ancient set.
There are others. If you are a decent carver, the choices are even wider.
No carving here. Mainly looking for something I can turn and use a scroll saw possibly for detail work. The knight seems like it might be the worst of them to make
My brother wants me to make him a chess set. The board is no problem. I was looking for info on chess pieces. Have any of you made your own? Just looking for some different plans on chess pieces or maybe a book that has plans.
I've done this one... haven't actually finished it as I have a small box to fit under the board like a pedestal that I need to flock and attach to the board. The box will hold the pieces.
The paws are about 1 1/2 inch high with the noblemen being about 2 to 2.5 and the queen is about 3" with a 4" king. I used walnut and maple for the pieces, the board is bubinga and maple and is about 14" square.
I drilled the pieces with a forstner bit the depth of cutter head on the forstner, then a 3/8" above that so the piece would fit on my pen chuck... then filled the bottom with bird shot, sealed in with wood putty and then glued felt to the bottom...
Made me think of this video:
https://youtu.be/wnv0DAR_gWA
Chuck, that's a nice set! My plan was to use walnut and maple for the pieces. I found a few designs I like. I think i'll get started on the pawns this weekend. I'm not using a duplicator, so hopefully I can get them looking uniform.