How I make Luxury Standard Chess Pieces - Woodturning 

I made my own chess set for my school final woodwork exam,came out with an A,I now only have the board left,that was 40 years ago.

Would love to see another video. Particularly on making the knights

That king you made is just beautiful. I'd love to see how you made the knight, rook, and bishops.

I'm not interested in chess much at all but seeing the delicate craftsmanship of this piece- and marveling at the end result- was a great watch.

mate that cross is so beautiful compared to so many other chess sets I've seen online.. Usually I really dislike the crosses of the king.

I could watch you do this all day. Make more videos of the other pieces! I’d love to see the queen, rook, & bishop.

Can't wait to see the entire set, knights and all 🤞

Very clever way of making the cross. Great craftsmanship

Amazing craftsmanship! I’m preparing to turn a chess set myself, and your video was a great start for inspiration! Keep up the good work!

this is fantastic would love to see more wood working videos from you sometime :)

Straight line legend creates art, incredible

I've seen a LOT of youtube content over the years. THIS is THE most impressive I've seen! Thanks for sharing your expertise with the world. I am better for having viewed it.

I have about half a chess set made, but I lost my momentum when I moved house. I made mine on my metal lathe, and I have to say I'm blown away by your skill, because working by hand on a wood lathe is way more difficult. I'm kot really in a position to offer you advice, but I see a lot of other potential chess set makers in this comments section, so here's my 2c worth. Don't try to make all the pawns at once, otherwise the monotony will get to you, and you may end up not finishing the set. Instead, for every piece you make, make one pawn. That breaks things up nicely and keeps the enthusiasm going.

Chess pieces - is a very painstaking and hard work that requires a lot of time and patience. Very beautiful work. Thank you very much for the video

This is outstanding craftsmanship. And your musical selection complimented the process perfectly.

This is brilliant. Very Well done. Tip: Your scare off many who would love to relax or even fall asleep to this video off with the music. Just a thought. Keep up the great work!

Young man, this video was a joy to watch! Fine precision and detail using what I assume are homemade tools. Hope to see the rest of the set.

extremely impressive

I am interested in aesthetic chess games even if i am not a good player! I admire the development process of this king so much, that i hope to find your videos of the development of all the different chess pieces!

Thank you for this video! I review chess sets on RU-vid and I have to say you put a lot off attention to detail on the king!! Thanks for sharing!

beautiful work

Brilliant workmanship

awesome craftmanship

Great video creating a difficult chess piece and ending up with perfection. Well done!!

Incredible, you should definitely do this to order start making big bucks! Love your videos thank you

Nice work!

That's so cool man

A truly majestic King indeed.

To be honest that is very high quality

Subbed to you today. After watching Storror, RU-vid kept suggesting your videos. Subbed earlier, and you subs are soring. Fair play. I like the editing style. Bet you hit 10k by the end if the week.

Very Good Craftmanship and Handiwork.

Chess, but you can only move the pieces in straight lines.

I enjoyed this video! What a beautiful piece you made!

Sensational video mate, the visual, the narration, music, all of it is spotOn. Great talent. Rosewood or boxwood, Ebony too are all hardwoods variety? I bet black walnut would look divine with the grain variations

can you do a whole set? would love to see a knight especially, those have me clueless where to begin

this is fantastic, any chance of some more chess turning videos? would love to see some more!

Good job, mi boy!! congratulation!

amazing!

Excellent work.

Stunning i don't have a lathe but im taking tge whittling appearance

Tonear a mão é lindo e seu trabalho é belíssimo e perfeito acabamento!❤

Great work, dude!

Exceptional work.. Just exceptional.

awesome

so satisfying

Great work!

Absolutely lovely

wow. fantastic work

wonderful

wow, great work 👍 nice skew work too!

absolutely amazing man!

Great Artwork

this is art

Man this takes some serious skills and patience. Now I get why chess sets are expensive.

Stunning ... I wish I was a carpenter so I could express my ideas that way.

Very nice work! Imagine making 32 of those babies. And the knights are all hand carved 🤔. The championship chess carvers make molding profile cutters (like shaper blade profiles, but flat instead of cylindrical) to quickly carve identical shapes on the lathe for the round pieces. Wonder if that would be feasible. That cherry was remarkably light colored, almost like sapwood. Again, beautiful work.

Very nice work young man! And just FYI, that compound is pronounced just like the city: [ *Tripp* - oli' ]

I wanna see how you carve the horsies!

Very good work - and a nice design. Well done. Jaques, who made the best chess sets ever produced (the old ones, not the new!), used shellac as the finish. Did you consider that?

Gorgeous work and a beautiful King! How do you ensure that all the Kings, Pawns, etc. look the same? I've seen those Indian chess craftsmen using custom shaped tools that have the final profile of the pieces already cut into them. Also, have you made a complete chess set that we can see? I don't see one on your Instagram channel.

I Love Beautiful wooden chess pieces,as much as i love chess,Loved watching this and subed because of this one video,your very Gifted,i wish you thebest with your chanel

You could have at least tested/played it on a chessboard with other pieces to see how it looks. I like the design of the King. Very nice work.

Lovely piec.e of work. Thank you

Stunning work, just made a board and would like to think I will make a set! Regards James One Handed Maker

Awesome looks fun

My man this is amazing! Please make a whole set. Are you professional craftsman?

nice work thank you for sharing

So freaking nice

You have skills there chippie! I'm surprised that you aren't using a template to get the basic shape element done?

Excellent!

this is so beuatiful 🤩

Damn…I’m sitting here proud that I made a chessboard box. Thought about making my own pieces and saw this…I think I’ll leave it up to the professionals..

wow. Just wow. I suspect if I tried it would take a week and there would be many mutilated half-finished kings on the floor...

It's a great job

Congratulations! It's espectacular! Do you promote courses to make chess wood pieces over the internet? Like regular courses?

Where did you get the weight for the bottom of the piece?

This is beautiful work. The extra effort for the finish really pays off. Did you grind those smaller detail tools yourself?

Really nice craftsmanship, thanks for sharing. I wonder what it woul look like in Yew? I turned some 6 inch square bed legs from european oak, I was surprised how easy it was to replicate the shape freehand, but perhaps it's different with such a small piece.

Beautifull!!

Amazing

Nice work. Looks great but not that practical for chess club players as standard sizes 5 or 6 best suit the hand. I carved a rook out of a furniture leftover. But would not have the patience to build a whole set of pieces.

At 13:30 the piece still has nicks on the second ring!

i wanna do this sooo bad ,

Molto carino. Di buona qualità ❤

Damn wish you could make me a set!!

I'm working on a set, so out of curiosity, how long does a peice like that take you?

Please make the other pieces

I went to your Etsy shop.... bowls and clocks. Any chance of a chess set? I would be interested in a Dubrovnik (with cross) and a Jacques/Cook. I am not a rich person though, so before I commission such, I would like a quote (to see if I can afford it). In any case, great video and beautiful work.

What is the Extremely Thin tool to get into the gaps? I'm looking for one? Thanks!

What kind of lathe do you use? Sorry if already answered.

green feld glides is 2 or 1,5 mm?

beautiful shape! How much time do you invest into a full set?

Sangat istimewa 🙂

I have a wooden chess set that is missing a pawn. If I sent a pawn to you would you duplicate it for me? Thank you in advance.

0:29 real life minecraft wood

what is the green color you put on the bottom?

Can I get a link or something to the lathe you’re using? I’d love to start making my own pieces

GOOD JOB....💛❤.....

Здравствуйте! Чем полируете фигурку?Светлый и желтый брусок из чего?

Just got a lathe and my peices keep getting snaged on the tools and can barley put any pressure to remove more material. Im a total novice so i dont have yhe chuck you mentioned. I just have a basic spur. How do i get the wood to stick to it better? I dont want to hammer the back of it in because im worried that itll warp it.