A week ago my brother asked me to make him a chess board. So I did alot of googling and found a design I like. So here is a pic of the first piece, the took. Also a picture of my jig to make sure the base is the same size on every piece.
Very nice.
What the knight going to look like?
I'd be very interested to see what you have done on Saturday at the meeting, if you don't mind bringing it up. This is one of my bucket list projects, and I planned on making a duplicator for it, ut if it can be done without...
What woods are you planning on using?
That is beautiful work. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress.
Did you glue up the blanks at once and them cut them apart, or are you doing them one-by-one?
Cory
Interesting jig you have there... I may have to "borrow" the idea on my next set of chess pieces... what did you use for the screw chuck?...
I used a pen chuck (home made) and just eye-balled the bases for size... mine may vary by a MM or so one way or the other...
I have several blocks of poplar and hickory that has been tapped to fit my spindle... 1" x 8 tpi.... may need to figure out a way to center the screw chuck...
I wouldn't worry about pieces being identical... after all it is a hand made set and pieces will have some slight variables.... as long as they are close and identifiable, you're good to go... I have some blocks set aside to do a second set myself... may have to try your jig to see if it works better than the pen chuck.
I had an hour to kill after dialysis tonight. So I went in the shop and turned a pawn. I still need to do some finish sanding on it. But I like the size.
Pic 1 is my diagram i'm somewhat following.
Pic 2 and 3 are the pawn
I had an hour to kill after dialysis tonight. So I went in the shop and turned a pawn. I still need to do some finish sanding on it. But I like the size.
Pic 1 is my diagram i'm somewhat following.
Pic 2 and 3 are the pawn
Pictures look like the bishops to me, not the pawns.. :biggrin:
You're on a roll though, keep at it, only 28 pieces to go and looking good.
When you get to the pawns you might want to consider a cheap duplicator. I was trying to to find the old article I read on how to create jigs to help you duplicate but I can't seem to find it now. It seems like creating all those identical pawns will be tedious.
You work so far looks really good. I like the shapes and design.