Chessboard Gallery
Welcome to the Chessboard community gallery. You can watch Paul’s introduction to the project here.
Here is Paul’s example…
And now over to you!
Chessboard by Dave Robbie
Followed Paul’s chessboard project. Cherry and curly maple for squares, cherry for the edges and ash for the dovetail splines. All done with hand tools.
Chessboard by alanbtx
Used curly maple and cherry for the squares, sepele mahogany for the frame and Purple Heart for the corner wedges.
Chess Board by Rob Young
Chessboard made with curly maple and (sort of) curly cherry. Border is Kahya. The center of the board is 1/4″ MDF with a layer of quarter sawn oak strips veneered to the underside to counter the chess board. A bit of oil-varnish to pop the curl and mellow the color of the maple. Then lots and lots of blonde shellac with a final topcoat of wax so that the board has a soft sheen instead of a distracting glare.
Chess Board by allaninoz
Still can’t believe I was able to do this!! This is a birthday present for my Daughter in Walnut for the dark and Jacaranda for the light squares
Chessboard by Chay Wesley
A relative’s home suffered significant flooding and required removal of their Brazillian Cherry (Jatoba) hardwood flooring which had some historical sentimental value to them. I salvaged enough of it to make this chess board that might help carry their memories forward. I used the Brazilian Cherry for the border and dark squares, leaving some of the marks and dings in the border to preserve some character from its prior use as a floor, and then some maple I already had for the lighter color. I found the Brazilian Cherry very difficult to work, requiring near constant tool sharpening. Finished with shellac / wax and presented as a Christmas gift last year.
Chessboard by Andrea Mazzini
Hard maple and mahogany tiles, iroko frame with mahogany splines. Finished with danish oil, hand tools only
Chess Table by Waldo Nell
Chess Table made of Wenge and Birds Eye Maple
Chess Table by Ronen Levi
Chessboard by Jacob Wood
Live edge chessboard with pedestal stand
Chessboards by Theodore Becker
Chessboard by Sam Kellet
Ebony skirt and black tiles. Maple white tiles
Chessboard by mark leatherland
I followed Pauls instruction and had a little help from him personally when he answered my question on the live Q&A. I am very pleased with the result! Walnut and Ash finished with shellac and wax
Lovely to get the cabinet scraper to do this. It’s taken a few goes at shapening to get it.
American black walnut and maple
Chessboard by Kell Moller
Chessboard and simple chess pieces in Nordic style for my son
Chessboard by CJ
I used mahogany and hard maple. Legs are mahogany with maple cuffs. The drawers are also mahogany with ash for interior drawer sides and runners. Finished with shellac as a sander sealer, three coats of WB polyurethane, beeswax polish. The drawer partitions are cherry lined with velvet.
Chessboard by Tim Doyon
Chess Board (Walnut, Maple & Zebrawood)
Thank you to everyone who has sent a picture in!
If you would like to submit a picture to the gallery, please use the submissions form.