Hi there-

There was an episode of Woodworks a while back where the guy made a
chessboard, and I liked his method an awful lot. He veneered a couple
of pieces of ply (Baltic birch?) with contrasting wood, then cut
strips out of those. He glued the strips together, then crosscut the
whole deal, and flipped every other strip over- then glued it back
together again.

Looked pretty easy. The first chessboard I made, I did with
individual squares like you're describing, and it ended up being a
real nightmare to clamp. Everything turned out all right, but the
next one I make will definately be using the method described in the
first paragraph.

Here is the web address to the write up on that episode.

http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/ww_dec...278237,00.html


good luck

JD