It's the Knight
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Having a lathe, at some point, the idea of turning a chess set comes up.
But there's that damned horse/knight thing. All the other pieces are pretty straight foreward - pure turning. Not necessarily challenging, though a good opportunity to play with a skew- curved edge of course. Making 16 of the same thing could get a little boring. But there's no reason why all the pawns have to look alike do there could be opportunities to do variations. But there's the knights. Turning a horse head might be a multi-axis challenge - or an exercise in futility. Now if you have a bandsaw, or a scroll saw . . . And if you've got a flex shaft and some burs . . . So here's one approach - so far. An image file of a knight, some primitive CAD to work out the cut sequence, and now it's just grinding away everything that doesn't look like a horse head. Have you got a method you'd be willing to share? charlie b |
It's the Knight
Hi, I actually do have a chess set and made out of wood. Yes the Knight was
a challenge. I turned the bottom and fitted a head on top........ If interested I will send a pic.......did not see your pic? jloomis "charlieb" wrote in message ... Having a lathe, at some point, the idea of turning a chess set comes up. But there's that damned horse/knight thing. All the other pieces are pretty straight foreward - pure turning. Not necessarily challenging, though a good opportunity to play with a skew- curved edge of course. Making 16 of the same thing could get a little boring. But there's no reason why all the pawns have to look alike do there could be opportunities to do variations. But there's the knights. Turning a horse head might be a multi-axis challenge - or an exercise in futility. Now if you have a bandsaw, or a scroll saw . . . And if you've got a flex shaft and some burs . . . So here's one approach - so far. An image file of a knight, some primitive CAD to work out the cut sequence, and now it's just grinding away everything that doesn't look like a horse head. Have you got a method you'd be willing to share? charlie b |
It's the Knight
Attached are two image files I posted to a.b.p.w.
Carving the horse head first then turning a base for it would be easier, but I want the grain to flow to be continuous. But your approach provides more flexibility (and limits a screw up resulting in trashing only one part of the piece). I would appreciate seeing how you solved The Knight Challenge. I used to do lost wax casting and jewelry so I have carving burs, engraving tools etc. for doing small detailed carving. This may be an opportunity to explore the wood carving branch of woodworking. I look foreward to seeing your photos. charlie belden san jose, ca |
It's the Knight
"charlieb" wrote Attached are two image files I posted to a.b.p.w. Where are the attached files? |
It's the Knight
Lee Michaels wrote:
Where are the attached files? Put up a page for you http://web.hypersurf.com/~charlie2/T...ssPieces1.html charlie b |
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