one way to make a chess set.wmv

Alan Peters commissioned me to make a chess set and two of everything for a games compendium he was making for a wealthy client. So being a toolmaker I decided to 'tool up' and hopefully sell some more. As with all handmade things they always take longer than planned and exquisite items items end up being made for poverty wages. Simple fact.

I designed and made a chess set, dice shakers and dice, dominoes, cribbage board, draught; I vaguely recall double of everything. I shudder to think I used a tropical hardwood, yet a lot would have been fashioned from reject blocks from the musical instrument trade. Nowadays I would just say .. buy vintage or antique!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• woodturning
• chess set
• lathework
• making a chess set
• design
• workshop practice
• turning
• capstan lathe

[richardkelltoolmaker]

Thanks for the comment, the sets were all made and finished twenty six/ eight years ago, at that time I did not have a camera, yet I think there is a picture in the Alan Peters book 'Cabinetmaking the professional approach'.

Actually the queen and rook turn out quite distinct from one another.

Sorry about the fuzzy vid, its quite awful really, I was new to digital cameras and was short on time to get a better result.

[bucketofshrimp9897]

good video

[prsaledja]

do you sell chess pieces?

i specially like bishop and king....the queen and the rook are somewhat similar...maybe some kind of modification would be nice...

oh...and do you have some video or pics of entire set....i presume you finished it by now...

hope you answer soon :))