[Bob Adams]

50yrs ago my girl friend gave me a chess set for Christmas. She bought the set while visiting Malaysia. That set followed me, then us, around the world and I now I finally got around to building a table.
The wood is walnut and ash. Drawers are mitered with dovetail splines. Finish is Osmo Polyx satin. The chess pieces are hand carved bone by an unknown artist.

 

[marecat3]

very nice table also the chess set is cool too

 

[sreilly]

Beautiful chess set and board which complement each other very well. While I haven't played chess in years I can certainly appreciate the work.

 

[Biagio]

Gosh Bob, that is pretty. May I ask how you did the dovetails?
Th guy who carved the pieces also knew what he was doing.

 

[old55]

Very nice.

 

[Bob Adams]

Gosh Bob, that is pretty. May I ask how you did the dovetails?
Th guy who carved the pieces also knew what he was doing.

I used this dovetail jig. It makes the process very easy and I like easy!

 

[TenGees]

Very nicely done, Bob. I can appreciate all of the steps involved in something like that. The finish looks great.

I wonder what a drawer pull in the light colored wood would be like.

 

[DesertRatTom]

Wow. Now THAT'S a chess table. Love the contrasting woods, and the storage drawer for the pieces is a great detail. The set in very interesting, although replacing bishops with cardinals might not fly in Rome. Enjoy playing the game of kings.

 

[Bob Adams]

Very nicely done, Bob. I can appreciate all of the steps involved in something like that. The finish looks great.

I wonder what a drawer pull in the light colored wood would be like.

I went back and forth on drawer pulls, and decided that I would just rout a finger pull on the inside bottom edge of each drawer. My thinking was if I wanted exposed drawer pulls later on I could add them. Right now I kind of like the non-interrupted drawer face.

 

[MarkJonesRanger]

Stunning! Nice!

 

[bfblack]

Nice job!!!

 

[mariop]

Very attractive! Very professional looking table! Is there a plan you used for the legs?

 

[Bob Adams]

Very attractive! Very professional looking table! Is there a plan you used for the legs?

I used sketchup to plan the table, I downloaded a cabriole leg design then slightly modified it for my legs. I printed a paper template, then made a template for the legs. I did make a prototype out of poplar before doing the real thing.

 

[bryansong]

Very nice Bob, beautiful work. I haven’t played chess since probably 1978 and I loved it but never had a nice set. The table looks great!

 

[RainMan 2.0]

50yrs ago my girl friend gave me a chess set for Christmas. She bought the set while visiting Malaysia. That set followed me, then us, around the world and I now I finally got around to building a table.
The wood is walnut and ash. Drawers are mitered with dovetail splines. Finish is Osmo Polyx satin. The chess pieces are hand carved bone by an unknown artist.

Bob , are you being serious about the Chess pieces ? I thought they looked 3D printed .

great job on the table

 

[Bob Adams]

Bob , are you being serious about the Chess pieces ? I thought they looked 3D printed .

great job on the table

Pretty sure they didn't have 3D printers 50yrs ago. I have always been amazed at the skill something that takes!

 

[RainMan 2.0]

Pretty sure they didn't have 3D printers 50yrs ago. I have always been amazed at the skill something that takes!

That’s incredible

 

[Rev. A]

50yrs ago my girl friend gave me a chess set for Christmas. She bought the set while visiting Malaysia. That set followed me, then us, around the world and I now I finally got around to building a table.
The wood is walnut and ash. Drawers are mitered with dovetail splines. Finish is Osmo Polyx satin. The chess pieces are hand carved bone by an unknown artist.

WOW - absolutely gorgeous. Great job.

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[papasombre]

Hi, Bob.
A chessboard is my current project. Unfortunately, I suffered a fracture in my right ankle while my wife and I were walking for some exercise.
I already have the contrasting wood, (pine and saman) cut and glued but looking at your nice job, I almost change my mind to make the entire table, including the drawers.

 

[old55]

Get well soon Alexis @papasombre