On Jul 7, 6:32*pm, wrote:
On Jul 6, 10:41 pm, "barry712" wrote:
I have a very good friend who runs a gallery in Gatlinburg, TN who wants me
to make him a very nice, and rather large, chessboard. *I'm thinking the
squares will be something like 5". *His chess *pieces will be comic book
action figures about 8" tall. *I will turn a 4" round base for each of
these. *I'm guessing the board itself will be glued up of squares of
maple/cherry or maple/walnut. *I'm thinking some simple inlay work may help
to dress up the board.
Does anyone have any advice/plans/ideas on how I should proceed? *I have
some concerns that the board will simply be too large to "look right". *If
the board is composed of 64 - 5" squares, that means it will be 40" X 40",
plus it really should have a border or 5" or 6". *To me, a four (4') foot
chessboard is not too practical. *But it is more a display for the action
figures than it is a board for playing chess. *Comments please. *Thanks.
Something I have done in the past is to make a raised grid over the
squares,
sort of like window mullions. *I have the pieces fit a bit tighter
into the squares
than normal so it doesn't make the board much larger, you still get
the same
spacing between the pieces. *Mine were just flat, but with this large
of a board
you could have a small molding (256 pieces mitered at both ends,
yikes!) to
break up the large board. *The profile could match the profile on your
turned
bases.
http://krtwood.com/images/chess/chess01.jpg
In this case the grid was necessary to cover the edges of the bark,
it's actually
a T shaped piece that is glued into slots in the plywood base.
You don't necessarily have to do a wide frame, you can also go tall.
Gives a
similar massive look without the extra width.
If I ever do another chess set it's going to be for me, and someone
else can have
it when I am worm food. *Too much freaking work.
Very sweet work! I love the way you handled the crenelations on the
Rooks.
I gotta ask - what did you let that thing go for? Oh, and how _could_
you?!
R