The Chess Board and Pieces
There are two very common projects that amateur woodworkers tackle, with similar workflows: cutting boards and chess boards. I've made a few cutting boards, and I have a request from The Boss to make another, but before that, I wanted to make a nice chess board. I also wanted to complicate things for myself, so I added drawers to hold the pieces. To add another element to the project, I made the chess pieces myself, out of epoxy. When I started this project, I took photos of my work, starting with the raw wood from the shop, the cutting and assembly. Once I completed the assembly and put the topcoat on the wood, I had a tragic incident - my photo had a fatal flaw and needed to be factory reset. All my photos were lost. I didn't have auto-backup setup on my phone, so they weren't stored on the Cloud. Lots of colourful language was used at that time. I will describe the build process in general, but without the photos to explain, many of the details won't make sense. For...