I've tried making a Knight. Rather than make it out of one piece, I cut the horse head out of a rectangular blank on the scroll saw. I first cut out the profile of the horse head, and reattached the two slices of wood that I removed using double sided scotch tape. I then cut out the obverse image, and removed the excess wood. This left a rough carving of the horse head, and then i finished carving it with both hand tools and a Dremel. I then turned the base of the piece and glued the two together with a dowel in the joint.

So glad I found your videos. I have been looking for someone who turned an entire chess set. Thank you so much.. Your work is beautiful.

Great project and great tutorial!

Grat video, Mathieu. You have the same scroll saw I do but you are more adept at using!

Seu torneamento é otimo, obrigado por passar sua sabedoria e experiência!

Hi Mat - been away but getting caught up with everyone's videos! Very nice work, and fun to watch! (Scott Joplin will be stuck in my head for a while...lol)

wow!

Thank you for your video. I am getting ready to make my Knights. I will be using a lot of your techniques in making them.

great masterclass sir! thanks very much. Can I ask you what wood did you use?

hey there! you made a great figure, but I'm interested in how the head with the drill is fixed.. I have the same small lathe and everything is very similar to yours, but I want to make a drill head like the one you used when drilling the hole.. I saw that the part that goes in is in a cone.. but how is it secured so that it does not rotate while drilling the hole?

nicely done did you copy a set or did you get the profiles for your set from anywhere?

Hi !

hi bro ) how does call this machine?

What type of wood are you using. Looks like maple.

Hello Mat I'm still interested in buying this set of chessmen. Let me know with a private email message. Thanks...Jorge.

I used to love that music ( The entertainer) but now I’m sick of hearing it :(