Popular Post heppnerguy Posted September 29, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 I am in the middle of a new project I am making for my son for Christmas. I have the white pieces cut and looking for wood for the black ones. I choose to put this photo up to show you how I made the decision to go ahead and try to make this chess set. You can see that one of the Knights is smaller then the other one. I cut it first to see if I could do it with all the turns and in and outs on the different ones. I know that bigger is easier and found I could handle it OK and proceeded. The taller one is the size I am making for him. The pieces were designed by John A. Flaig and are obviously compound cuts. I am using a piece of wood I have had for several years and never got around to using it. Not sure of the tree it came from but I believe it was retrieved from a saw mill that cut the trees for paper making. I have found the project to be easier to cut then I anticipated. The smaller piece is just under 2 inches Dick heppnerguy frankorona, butch1008, namunolie and 15 others 17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted September 29, 2021 Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 (edited) That is awesome!! Great cutting. Dick, you are always one step ahead me. Another one of the projects I want to try this year... In fact this past week end I took Patti and a quilting friend of hers to a street Quilt and woodworking show... Of course I wanted to see the woodworking part. Plus a great friend was taking part in the show with the local turners club. We had a great talk and decided that sometime in the near future, we would make chess sets.... He would turn his pieces, I will do the 3D pieces for mine.. We will make the chess boards together, because he does segmented turning and knows how to cut little pieces, safely. He has the jigs for it. I just do not know why you had to go and move..... Edited September 29, 2021 by Scrappile heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak0ta52 Posted September 29, 2021 Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 Nice job on the knight. Looking forward to seeing the completed set. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfold Posted September 29, 2021 Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 That's going to be brilliant, can't wait to see the whole thing when you've finished ! heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted September 29, 2021 Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 Should be another excellent project when you are done. I know your son will love it when he gets it at Christmas. I look forward to seeing the final completed project. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted September 29, 2021 Report Share Posted September 29, 2021 Awesome job on both!! Love the game. Just don't have no one to play anymore. Looking forward to seeing the finished set. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr42 Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 Looks nice, would like to see them all when you finish. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 Looks good. Will be awesome when it's finished. Marg heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomanydogs Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 This will be a stunning chess set, I can see it already. You are off to a great start. How is the misses doing? heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 very nice job heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted September 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 23 hours ago, Scrappile said: That is awesome!! Great cutting. Dick, you are always one step ahead me. Another one of the projects I want to try this year... In fact this past week end I took Patti and a quilting friend of hers to a street Quilt and woodworking show... Of course I wanted to see the woodworking part. Plus a great friend was taking part in the show with the local turners club. We had a great talk and decided that sometime in the near future, we would make chess sets.... He would turn his pieces, I will do the 3D pieces for mine.. We will make the chess boards together, because he does segmented turning and knows how to cut little pieces, safely. He has the jigs for it. I just do not know why you had to go and move..... Paul, Sounds like a good plan to me. Glad to hear that Patti is getting out a little more. I would have loved to go to the wood show with you, that would have been interesting to me too. I know your chess pieces will be a lot better then mine but it is a rather fun cut and not near as challenging as I imagined they would be. Hey, any ideas where I might find some 1 3/4 wood by 6 X 12 ? Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted September 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 22 hours ago, Dak0ta52 said: Nice job on the knight. Looking forward to seeing the completed set. I will post them when I finish. I have other items I will also be cutting along the way, as I think I have plenty of time to get this one finished in time. Dick heppnerguy Dak0ta52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted September 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 20 hours ago, Foxfold said: That's going to be brilliant, can't wait to see the whole thing when you've finished ! Not sure how I am going to finish them yet, I guess I need to get them all cut first. Looking at finding another wood for the dark pieces. Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted September 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 19 hours ago, meflick said: Should be another excellent project when you are done. I know your son will love it when he gets it at Christmas. I look forward to seeing the final completed project. I just hope they turn out well enough for both my son and myself to be happy with them. If not, my son will probably use them on occasion, after I have left this world and say, " my dad made them for me". That would make it all worthwhile. Dick heppnerguy meflick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted September 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 19 hours ago, lawson56 said: Awesome job on both!! Love the game. Just don't have no one to play anymore. Looking forward to seeing the finished set. I love the game also but I was never really good at it. I loose a lot of the time but if I play a game that I felt was a good one for me, I am a happy camper and a good looser anyway Dick heppnerguy lawson56 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted September 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 18 hours ago, Buzz1953 said: Very nice, I always wonder how they will would look . My too. I have done some compound cuts before but it seemed they were always somewhat of a problem. now I am able to make them without much problem, so far, I think it has to do with the blades I am using now. Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted September 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 8 hours ago, Tomanydogs said: This will be a stunning chess set, I can see it already. You are off to a great start. How is the misses doing? Thank you for your comments and especially for the question on Sharon. She is still recovering but starting to push herself a little more than I want her to. Progress, never the less, that is all good. Dick heppnerguy Tomanydogs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namunolie Posted September 30, 2021 Report Share Posted September 30, 2021 Awesome love to see whole Chess heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted October 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 6 hours ago, namunolie said: Awesome love to see whole Chess Thank you. I need to find some wood for the rest of the set first, so I can start the other side of the board pieces Dick heppnerguy namunolie and Greatgrandpawrichard 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted October 1, 2021 Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 Wow, Dick, that is a great start. I like compound cutting, but I have not tries Chess pieces. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted October 1, 2021 Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 7 hours ago, heppnerguy said: Paul, Sounds like a good plan to me. Glad to hear that Patti is getting out a little more. I would have loved to go to the wood show with you, that would have been interesting to me too. I know your chess pieces will be a lot better then mine but it is a rather fun cut and not near as challenging as I imagined they would be. Hey, any ideas where I might find some 1 3/4 wood by 6 X 12 ? Dick heppnerguy I went to my local Windsor plywood today just to look at what was available and prices.... beautiful wood available in 8/4 thickness... but you will pay for it... all was like $9+ a bf.. in 6" width.. that gets expensive fast.. but maybe doable for chest pieces... darn they had some beautiful stuff... I leaned towards rose woods.. I have always loved that stuff... Several years ago,,, when I was pen turning, I purchase a bunch of pool cue stick making pieces of rose wood... Turned a enough handles for a complete set of screw driver and many pen... I'd like to find that deal again.. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted October 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 31 minutes ago, Scrappile said: I went to my local Windsor plywood today just to look at what was available and prices.... beautiful wood available in 8/4 thickness... but you will pay for it... all was like $9+ a bf.. in 6" width.. that gets expensive fast.. but maybe doable for chest pieces... darn they had some beautiful stuff... I leaned towards rose woods.. I have always loved that stuff... Several years ago,,, when I was pen turning, I purchase a bunch of pool cue stick making pieces of rose wood... Turned a enough handles for a complete set of screw driver and many pen... I'd like to find that deal again.. Thanks Paul. I might go to the wood store tomorrow and check it out in this location. I was thinking about a 2 X 6 Redwood board. Do you think that would work? Dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted October 1, 2021 Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 Looking great so far! Wouldn't it be nice if we could know how many years from now things we make will still be around. This will be an heirloom for sure. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSull Posted October 1, 2021 Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 Cant wait to see all the pieces, will look great! heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted October 1, 2021 Report Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, heppnerguy said: Thanks Paul. I might go to the wood store tomorrow and check it out in this location. I was thinking about a 2 X 6 Redwood board. Do you think that would work? Dick I don't see why redwood wouldn't work... I have a lot of redwood that I got when I to the stairs off my deck....Come over, I'll give you some!! The pipes in my street organ are salvaged redwood from my deck.. Edited October 1, 2021 by Scrappile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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