As much as I enjoy your videos, I find myself falling asleep or getting sleepy from how relaxing it is to watch you work 😂

My daughter falls asleep watching your videos with me. I absolutely love your channel, and I am SOOO jealous of your bandsaw 😍

That's a GREAT project. Not only the history of the board, but the family can watch this video and see how the "heritage" trees were transformed into a generational keepsake! !! !!!

My son and I will be building a board based on your work. Keep up the great work

LOVED the piece the spalted maple did wonders to change what would be a blander area. I never dreamed of using a core of plywood I bet it does prevent warping.

Woodworking at its best.

Really nice work, the spalted maple gave an extra touch.

Love the entire build, Using logs was amazing.

Just amazing as usual, congratulations! Your work is my company since I've found my way back to the chess world.

Excellent work, I made my first chess board after watching some of your videos, very inspiring!

Very nice chess board. I will definitely make this in my schools woodworking club.

proud to say i just finished building my own chess board thanks to your videos! I used walnut with curly maple and it turnout out amazing!

I Love the Maple...Very Nice! Great Video!!!

The spalted maple really stands out. I was surprised that the walnut rotted so much in just a few years. I guess the insect damage had been working on the interior of the log for a lot longer. Beautiful board even with the challenging material.

As always, a joy to watch.

Beautiful

What a beautiful and special piece

Beautiful piece. The spalted maple is awesome. It's always fun when the value of what you make extends beyond its intended function .

Love your videos. Helped me build my first chess board.

So thrilled to see a new build. Currently builing one inspired by one of your others

Great project Mike! I love how these “imperfect” woods turned out.

As always you don’t disappoint. We’ll done

loving your videos. I'm preparing to make my first chessboard in a couple of weeks and your videos have really been helpful.

Great videos! I always enjoy watching you work. Thanks for all you do!

As always, your work is astounding! Being a chess enthusiast myself, these videos are always a joy to watch.

Beautiful chessboard, ... it always continues like this

New subscriber here,love the finished product,and yes I wood make it,the spalted maple adds more beauty to the board!

I enjoy watching your chess board videos. I was recently thinking about making a wood project video with firewood.

It was 100% worth waiting for new video! As always!

Thanks for the video, nice to see your process. Lately all the wood I’ve tried milling on my sawmill has the bug problem also.

A moisture meter would be a welcomed tool to my growing arsenal lol

Yes, I'm gonna make one!

Beautiful. It truly is amazing, when milling logs, how quickly one goes from seemingly too much wood, down to not enough…

Beautiful work! I especially love that the wood came from trees the client's grandma planted -- I couldn't think of a better use for the wood.

Wish I had all those tools. Very nice job

Awesome give away opportunity. Love your builds been watching for years... Just getting enough confidence to tackle my own chessboard... I dont have a thicknesser and thats been holding me back... I did just get a Festool RO 125, and think I can do a good enough job to attempt it. Thanks for the inspiration!

I am still getting a kick from watching you make these beautiful chess boards. Just amazing how beautiful they turn out to be. That maple is reminiscence of marble.

Beautiful board

I so admire your work😊

I love your editing.

Très beau travail Mike, j’aime beaucoup tes vidéos. Merci.

Just hope that we can get as good as you one day. Well done sir!

Thanks. Great video!

I’ve been following your channel over 2 years now and always find your work very relaxing and informative as well! Thank you!!

I love your work, it is inspiring. Thank you for sharing.

Beautiful work as always

this is a beautiful piece. thanks for sharing!

love the spalting

Wish I could craft fine wok like this. I'm going to look through more of your videos to see if you ever make items from the perspective of those of us that don't have bandsaws and belt sanders. I've got a good table saw, miter saw, planer, hand held sander, hand held router, and jig saw. My shop has no room for joiner, belt sander, or bandsaw unfortunately. This the first video I've watched and I will be looking at more of your work. Keep up the great work and content.

I enjoy watching all of your "Wood You Make It" videos. This one especially, as the sentimental value makes this piece priceless. I look forward to seeing more of your creative creations :)

An amazing dedication to the owners family. Congrats sir on another fine build.

I'm a big fan of spalted wood. But I'm not a fan of it in this project. It is a beautiful piece.

I love watching your process and the finished results, too. This one with the sparring turned out particularly striking. Bravo! 🙌🏻

Beautiful board!

Way to go Mike!

I always enjoy your chess board videos. Great video work as well.

I really like that the wood has a sentimental value. What a beautiful heirloom to pass down ❤

You've did such a wonderful job building the chess board!!

Great video, just commissioned my first chess board so will be watching more thanks!!

Love the process.

I would love a shot at the moisture meter! As you know I’m already a fan so I’m subscribed and just need that reminder to hit the like button :)

Beutiful,awesome craftsmanship

Mike, you are truly a craftsman. The chessboard is fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

Very nice

Very nice work as always!

This is my favorite chess board from all the others you have made. A very unique way to keep the memory of a family member.

A method that I’ve found really helpful. Quarter the fresh logs and let them dry in quarters before milling them up. You get smaller widths, but they are all quarter or rift sawn and doing it this way minimizes checking.

Thanks for sharing your skill on these videos. The history and milling of the logs was so interesting and will make this a priceless piece of craftsmanship for this family. Love how the Spalted Maple turned out.

Such a beautiful project! Impressive what masterpiece you made out of this challenge. Lots of character in the grain. Your Client will love it! 👍

The spalting on that maple is beautiful

Beautiful! I think that these spalted maple inlays are my favorite so far. And as always, a pleasure to watch.

Beautiful work.

Another great video, thanks for the motivation.

Love your work! I'm going to make one soon!

looks great. going to start one tomorrow. 👍

I always enjoy your videos and look forward to seeing what is coming out next. So this one, wow, what a unique approach to start with the log. So enlightening. Especially love the sentimental value of the wood. I find that to be the most rewarding when you know your project will be cherished for some time. Love it. Great job, Mike!

Fantasic work! I've been working with spalted maple recently as well.

ALL of yours boards are beautiful but I especially love the use of Spalted Maple for the light colored squares and border strip. I have a shed with 15 year old dried Walnut and some Maple that my neighbor and I milled from storm damaged trees; this would be an excellent project.. Thanks for the inspiration.

Thanks for posting these instructional videos. I made my first chessboard just a few weeks ago and it turned out well. I like how detailed you are.

Really enjoy your videos. Would I make it? Yes, if I had the tools!

Absolutely gorgeous piece once again!!! I love the spalted maple with walnut.

Beautiful wood You were my inspire to make my own chessboard I hope i will be as good as you at some point

As always a truly wonderful and inspirational video of you making an heirloom of the future. Absolutely beautiful. thanks for sharing. Danny.

Always like your chess board projects

Always nice to see you make a board again. Such a treat cutting into a log with some nice spalting. Happy Easter.

I love the spalted maple. It made for a very beautiful board. As always your boards are spectacular.

The spalted maple looks amazing. I might have to try something similar in my next board. Thanks for sharing!

Nothing like spalted wood, great work Mike.

That was a lot of tree for one chess board! Beautiful.

Very good video, as always!

That is beautiful! 😀🛫

I have watched most of your videos. I will now like and subscribe and hopefully one day be able to afford one of your signature Master, craftsmanship chess boards. I really liked your table chess video. And the SalesX one was totally awesome! Praying 🙏 the random generator picks me.

Nice job. Liked video presentation. Thanks!

Mike, you’re up to a 100k subscribers!!! 🎉

beautiful work!

Excellent job thanks for sharing. Love the spalted maple.

Very nice! I’ll try to build it.

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Honestly, you never cease to amazing with the top quality, very inspirational.

Just saw the video of you four years ago making a similar looking chessboard. I would love to have a professional chessboard like this so I would be so damn glad having such a wonderful art of handwork for my future chessgames instead of cardboard which I use now because of financial reasons. Would definitely be a generation overloving chessboard in my family and I would hold it in honor. Thank you for the nice video and keep up the awesome work!