So I decided to start a Chessboard today. I got some cutoffs from The Hardwood store in Gibsonville during the Shop Crawl and dad had some walnut that he let me have. I started milling it today. So far I have the wood milled and ready to be glued up, Now I just need to be brave enough to glue it up and take the next step.
Here are all the boards lined up looking pretty..
In this pictures all the maple is taped together with double sided tape. I jointed one side and ran it through the planer to bring it down to the right thickness. 2" it actually worked very well. I was a little nervous running it on end like that.
Here are both stacks after having been run through the planer.
Here are the boards in the order I want then, I trimed all the boards to length and am now ready to glue it up and make the cross cuts after the glue dries.
I'm hoping to glue it up tonight and then figure out the best way to do the crosscuts since I can't run a crosscut sled on my tablesaw. May just have to take it with me to dads and cross cut it on his saw.
Here are all the boards lined up looking pretty..
In this pictures all the maple is taped together with double sided tape. I jointed one side and ran it through the planer to bring it down to the right thickness. 2" it actually worked very well. I was a little nervous running it on end like that.
Here are both stacks after having been run through the planer.
Here are the boards in the order I want then, I trimed all the boards to length and am now ready to glue it up and make the cross cuts after the glue dries.
I'm hoping to glue it up tonight and then figure out the best way to do the crosscuts since I can't run a crosscut sled on my tablesaw. May just have to take it with me to dads and cross cut it on his saw.