In this video, I make a chess table made from padauk and curly maple. The chess table is 30" x 30" x 30" high. The squares are 2 3/8" and they have a 1/8" brass border around the playing field. The client's surname is Aldridge which is engraved with gold leaf on the frame. The table has the letter "A" for the feet that are 4" high. The legs (without the feet) are approximately 24.75" long and I tapered them using a jointer, which is a pretty cool way to get precise and repeatable tapers. The chess board and the frame around the table top is 1 1/4" thick. The chess board is removable to make it easy to play elsewhere. When inset in the table, the frame around the chess board and the frame around the table leaves approximately 5 1/2" for a clock, notepad, and pieces that are out of play. There is a drawer on each player side. The drawer boxes are assembled with box joints that have alternating colors of red (padauk) and white (ash) to simulate chess squares. Each drawer has a different colored drawer pull (maple and wenge). The chess board frame has algebraic notation in upper case that is inlaid with maple.
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Items I used in this project include:
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00:00 Intro
00:17 Cutting and Gluing the Squares
08:11 Making the Chessboard Frame
10:26 Inlaying the Brass Border
11:43 Inlaying the Algebraic Notation
14:04 Mortise and Tenon Joinery
15:48 Legs: Cutting
18:11 Legs: Mortises
19:27 Legs: Tapering
22:00 Making the "A" Feet
29:00 Making the Table Top Frame
29:37 Cutting the Finger Slots
31:16 Making the Table Aprons
40:17 Table Assembly
41:31 Making the Drawers
47:53 Finishing Touches
55:03 Finished Product
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Music is from Epidemic Sound
00:17 Summertime Daydream -- Peter Sandberg
04:31 Midnight Serenade -- Bladverk Band
07:41 All I Could Ask For -- Almost Here
11:42 Stop The Show -- Table Etiquette
13;29 Ever Blessed -- The Flax
15:46 Meline -- Cornelio
19:27 My New Home -- Rupert Sachs
21:56 Bhyana -- Bladverk Band
25:54 For Once -- Almost Here
29:01 There's Always Tomorrow -- Jackie Martin
31;16 One Last Dance With You -- The Flax
36:59 The Good Things in Life -- The Flax
39:15 For All We Know -- More Than Family
41:11 SEGLA -- Jerry McHoy
45:47 Jumping to Conclusions -- More Than Family
47:52 As Soon as You Entered -- Golden Age
51:59 Virga -- Bladverk Band
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