your second pipe clam looked like it was on the luan, not on the board as you intended.

Sweet. That's going to really pop once you get some varnish/sealer on it. The colors will really stand out with the contrasting wood. Awesome project

Hello Ken, watching you make this chess board reminds me of my high school days. We had three projects for the year in the introduction to woodworking class in the early seventies. We made a mahogany stool, a paper towel holder, and a chess board in our freshman year. Thanks for sharing and bringing up good memories

We were fortunate in high school wood shop. The planer could go up to 44 inches wide and 16 inches thick. It was 1/16 inch per turn of the thickness handwheel. I went down 1/8 of a turn a pass. Very smooth results.

Hi Ken, I made a dining table and used a belt sander to sand the top. I held the sander in line with the grain and tried like crazy to avoid digging in. I noticed that at times you unevenly moved the sander sideways, that will put a fine notch into the piece. It’s a nuisance but those orbital sanders do a great job don’t they.

I can't believe I missed this video. We have a white pine slab kitchen island with boards of about 1 1/2 inch. Some one had used a band sander on it and you could feel all the ups and downs on it that I really didn't like. A few years ago we sanded it by hand with sand blocks and we got it fairly flat. It was so much better. It took a long time but it was well worth it. We did three different grades of sandpaper and we started with 80. It was great putting the butcher block oil down on it when we were finished sanding. I was very happy we did that. Those chicks are so great to hear. Kia is a good puppy! I like the backer board and the idea of trays to each side to hold the pieces. The gluing up was nice to see. Thanks for this video Ken!

Much nicer than the one I made out of a pizza box and contact paper. Lol

Looking forward to seeing the next episode.

I love this project! The trim around the board is a beautiful finishing touch. Are you going to frame the trays? These woods look so good together! This is going to be absolutely stunning when it is finished.

Quite involved. One wouldn't think it would take so many steps. Looks good, of course.

Nice. I'm probably going to build one after watching you. I didn't catch what kind of glue you used with the sawdust to fill the gap in the top. A luthiers trick is to use crazy glue. It dries clear so it doesn't tint the build up like yellow glue would. Also, t dries quickly. Even if the saw dust doesn't fill the hole to the top since the glue is crystal clear, the eye sees right through it and the hole visually disappear. Actually, luthiers chasing pinholes in built-up purfling (glued up multi-colored thin strips on the edge of the guitar body) just use glue without sawdust to fill the hole.

Dang… what happened to your right pinky finger?

Sweet chess board. Thanks Ken!

Our shop teacher in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan used to say it had to be "smooth like a baby's bottom". There you go. 😬

Impressive! Can't wait to see the finished product!

Beautiful work, Ken. Thanks for sharing with us!

Love yalls dog he's a hoot 😅

Very unique build. A breadboard would be another to build more skills.

I’m guessing that you and I not from Finland! We’re not Finnish carpenters! 😅 LOL!

Hi Ken. The board is looking Good Will be Amazing when finished.

Hey Ken you should make an assembly table to build on

Looking great

Did you move the chickens outside yet?? Didn't hear them !!

My grandpa was a carpenter cabinet maker, and whenever I had the opportunity, while growing up, I spent time with him in the shop. And I picked up more than a few pointers and tricks on nicely finished woodwork. He insisted that a rotary sander was good only for rough sanding. But for the finishing sanding to a smooth finish you used a belt sander. And you make damn sure that the belt sander is absolutely aligned with the wood grain, with very slow lateral movement. Thus preventing the cross-scuffing (diagonal or perpendicular to the grain) that you noticed after you ran the belt sander diagonally across the grain. A rotary sander by its very nature will scuff and cross-cut the wood grain. There are also vibratory sanders out there. Some have a two axis (or circular) movement and are good only for prefinishing. While the better ones have a single axis movement, and can be used for fine finishing work along the wood grain. These vibratory sanders might be better suited for final finishing than a belt sander (with fine grit belts), because the movement is a bit less aggressive. He would finish sanding the wood with grit in the 300-400 range, especially between coats of thin varnish (a minimum of three coats, but as many as six to eight coats) for a super smooth and high endurance finish.

I use to mix saw dust and glue My shop teacher in school wouldn't let us use filler till the second half of the year. To teach and show us how it works. Glue and saw dust always looks better on high buck jobs

I would put glue in first, then wood dust. Let dry, then sand.

Tolle Arbeit

Hi Ken, have you considered applying a piece of felt underneath the board to protect against surface scratching when finishing it? Enjoying watching your work😁

Crokinole table next?? 👍🏼

Of course my OCD brain was shouting, "turn the board, white square on the right, turn the board." But you could be putting your graveyards at top and bottom instead of on the sides. And most people don't even know, white square to the right, they just play. And that's okay by me, after all, does it REALLY matter?

I also made a chess board back in the day thanks for reminding me how much I enjoyed it .

When youre using the orbital sander on something like that esp against a slick surface like the metal table saw top, I always use an old towel under it so you dont pick up marks from the backside vibrating as you sand, also seems like it doesnt move around as much?

Good day.

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Спасибо было очень интересно смотреть Пожалуйста, продолжайте, я слежу за каждым Вашим видео!

Beautiful work, Ken! Who are you going to play the first game with? 😁♟️

Looking great

For what it is worth, I would have gone with a third color for the trim, perhaps walnut. Three colors are always good.