Build a Chess Board. Pt.1 – The Top

Steve i have watch all your videos u are a good woodworker and i Will se u making a crossbow not The biggest or strongest just a simple crossbow If u can that Will be a good, its challange just try, sorry for mycket english

haha i mean another crossbow

This is really cool! So glad I was able find your channel!

Hey Steve, I watched your 7 part series on how to make a chessboard (which looks awesome!!) but i couldn't find any plans on your website 🙁 can you make a brand new video or perhaps post plans for the chessboard on your website?

Anthony from Toronto

16 inches is 406.4mm by the way

Now I must watch all your videos and discover what fate become of your planer and jointer

Hi Steve, This is the first time I've seen this video. I have to tell you that I retire next year and have been toying with doing some Youtube videos for fun and sharing. I am relatively new to Youtube, having really found it only 2 years ago. I began watching you, then Izzy, the Jay Bates, then April, and now have about 15 that I subscribe to. You have all taught me a lot.

I have been intimidated by the "production" aspect of the videos. I researched and found a site that said "content is everything. Don't worry about production, get the idea or technique down and they will enjoy the video." Don't take this as a criticism, but this video exemplifies that notion. I love this video because of how real it feels and the fact that it is still wonderfully informative and entertaining. Don't get me wrong, I've seen some horrible woodworking videos and noted them as "what not to do" examples. You are a natural. I hope to meet you one day.

I guess Youtube videos is a lot like writing. I never thought I could write, barely passed English in school, so when one of my stories kept getting longer and longer and more intricate, I let someone read it. They called it a manuscript, and I nearly fell off my chair. I now have a book that I've published and sold nearly 2,000 copies. LOL, I haven't really made any money, but I love talking to readers, and listening to them complain that I haven't done a sequel.

You are an inspiration and an enabler. Stay true to your style and I wish you all of the success in the world.

VERY HELPFUL

This is an extremely well done project, however I do have one critique. Speaking as a competitive chess player, don't make the surface of the board glossy! The high gloss finish is nice for a decorative piece that sits on a shelf, but when playing a game the reflection is distracting.

ok.you are officialy my new hero

What material is the frame made from?

I've been thinking about making a go board and a shogi board for a while now. Unlike a chess board, it doesn't feature alternating light and dark squares. Rather, it's a uniform straight-grained square piece of wood with a perfect rectangular grid on it. I had an idea to shallowly carve out the lines of the grid with a table saw using some sort of jig, and then spray paint the surface black and then sand the paint off the face of the board so the paint would be left as sort of an inlay in the groove. I know I don't have the skill to try to do a proper inlay with another type of wood. Time on a CNC machine would probably be the idea method to do this instead of a table saw, but I don't know anyone nearby who has one.

Hi. Did you experience any cracks in the board due to wood movement? I'm wondering since you glued 3/8 inch thick boards onto plywood and since wood would move and plywood wouldn't. Thanks!

Steve! You look like a kid here lol!

Hey Steve.. That's for the inspiration, I just made one! (well i changed a little bit, I made it with end grain, and switched up a couple minor things, but it's certainly 90% inspired by your design.) Here's a google gallery with some photos.

https://goo.gl/photos/sgitBCyZfipPKbEfA

funny. very basic tools with all this big machines.

Longtime viewer here. Just bought my first table saw and a microjig gripper. I've been resawing with my bandsaw for years but I'm looking to increase the lifespan of my blades. Would you recommend resawing with a table saw or is there any reason why a bandsaw would be better?

I want to edit this video and and the microjig bit. 😀

It is interesting watching your first video and seeing the progress you have made. Awesome …

wow, watching this after seeing your newer stuff, the differences time makes are astonishing

this is how the legend make first masterpiece

And the pieces won't function correctly on that board either

Oh how we long for theses days again when YouTube woodworking showed you how to complete a project and all they subtle nuances of the, microjig, work safer work smarter

Hello! Im from the future!

Very nice

Please please please do an updated version of this!!!

Where can I find the plans for this chess board

You've come a long way and I applaud you on years of hard work building your brand.

Who’s watching this in 2089?

And now, you're a professional.. you're my idol Uncle Steve!

00:00 And the rest as they say, is history.