Building My First Chess Board(s) 

I am so proud of you!❤

Great video and amazing board! However there's 2 details I think you missed that may keep a serious chess player from buying your board. First off is that a regulation chessboard has 2" squares. For most players, this doesn't matter and even tournament players don't always use regulation boards. The 2nd detail is probably the most problematic, and that's your drawer not being segmented to prevent pieces from rolling around and into each other. A nice board like that deserves nice pieces, but those pieces will get dinged or otherwise damaged if they aren't separated while moving the board from storage to tabletop or while traveling. And detail 2.5 is that those compartments need to be padded with something like felt, fleece, or other soft and thick fabric, so they don't get damaged by the box itself. I realize that 2" squares will make the board larger than your planer, so I definitely understand why you didn't make them that large, and making 32 compartments for the pieces takes a while, so I understand why you didn't do that, too. All in all, you did a great job and I look forward to your future projects! I make chessboard, too. I haven't posted most of them on my Etsy store, so watching your video has lit a fire under me to get things moving.

Great work. As someone who's just starting up their wood shop, I am really enjoying seeing similarities in the ways I work and then learning from your adaptations. I think I'm going to tackle a chess board as my next project. I've been making some patterned ply and it's been a great trial run for accurate glueups. I really like the crosscut sled you're using too. Keep on trucking, Regards, a stranger on the internet :-)

seasoning the wood 🫨🤯

when i made my chess board i biscuit jointer each row of squares togetehr for extra strenght

that's legit

Really turned out beautiful, nicely done but also a great learning experience and that's valuable. But really enjoy your channel

well done. i love the honest discussions around what you did well, errors, learning process, etc. Good luck with the next project!

Hi from Ireland. Well done young man. The future of Woodcraft is safe. Just a pointer, you should remove the bracelet whilst using machinery. Best of luck to you and love the channel.

This is amazing! Your project storyline is good and I love your calm story telling voice throughout😊. I am not even interested in woodworking but I found your video and how to very interesting. You have learned so much!! Great work❤

Nice checkers board

Wow! I love how shiny you got the brass. This looks like something a victorian king of england would play chess on 🤯

This is amazing. Well done!!

Good Job! Love the board.

Nicely put togther video and the end result looks great. I too have just started filming projects and know how much work they take!

You did a fantastic job on the chessboard and video. Thanks for sharing.

Very nice video! I’d love to see your take on a backgammon board!

Love it! Beautiful work!

Beautiful work! Your generosity towards God's sea creatures got you a new sub