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#1 | | How to Build A Chess Board / Checkerboard Name: Alex City: Chapel Hill State: NC County: Orange Join Date: Dec 2008  01-01-2009, 08:59 PM
I have a detailed tutorial on my personal site about how to build a chess board or checkerboard out of scraps -- complete with more than 60 photos, taken just about every step of the way. It's about 6,000 words.
You can take a look at it here: http://plans.thefrankes.com/Tutorials/ChessBoard/
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01-01-2009, 09:33 PM
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Name: DaveO City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 39 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Alex, excellent tutorial. Thanks for posting it 
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01-01-2009, 09:50 PM
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Name: Ed City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Apr 2006 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.34 over 180 days | Re: How to Build A Chess Board / Checkerboard
Nice tutorial Alex! A chess board has been on my project list for a while now. I may have to review your information when I finally get a round tuit! .gif "Drogar BigGrin(DBG)")
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01-01-2009, 09:51 PM
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Name: Jeremy City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 31 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Good deal ... I've got it bookmarked. The chessboard is on my project want list one of these days ... | |
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01-01-2009, 09:52 PM
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Name: John City: Charlotte State: NC County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 55 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 2.76 over 180 days | Re: How to Build A Chess Board / Checkerboard
Alex, I checked out that tutorial the other day when you joined here. It is very detailed. Wish I'd seen that before making my board. It came out nice but your tutorial would have saved me some stress.
Thanks for the link and good work. | |
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01-01-2009, 10:38 PM
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Name: Matt City: Cary State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Sep 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Great Article, thanks. On my list of things I want to do in 09'
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01-01-2009, 10:50 PM
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Name: Theo City: Clayton State: NC County: Johnston Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 68 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Nice board. But I'm way to old to get chess software, and I'm making my own pieces.
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01-02-2009, 09:17 AM
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Name: Bob City: Hillsborough State: NC County: Orange Join Date: May 2007 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Nice tutorial Alex. I've always wanted to make a chess set including the board. Thanks for posting!
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01-02-2009, 10:18 AM
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Name: Matthew City: Goldsboro State: NC County: Wayne Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 28 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Very Very Nice,
I see how that can save a lot of expensive wood. I started building a Chess board in Okinawa, with a drawer with 1" thick walnut and maple... Well that was expensive. Not to mention I had to work for the military overtime for a while and when I came back to the base work shop, they had cleaned up and throw it away. They were supposed to call! Argg..
Thanks again. I just need a Bandsaw now, a biscut joiner, a Table saw sled....
Happy New Year!
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01-02-2009, 10:30 AM
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Name: Phillip City: Lexington State: NC County: Davidson Join Date: Jun 2008 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by MrAudio815  they had cleaned up and throw it away. They were supposed to call! Argg...Happy New Year!  THROWN IT AWAY!  Sorry about that Matthew
Alex nice tutorial - I added it to my favs so that I can get back to it when I tackle the chess board
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