Good afternoon, my name is Maxim Ponomarev, I am a chess turner
This video shows the process of installing weights in chess shapes. The production of the figures themselves is shown on my channel
Yellow balls are bee wax, it covers the fastening hole that was used to fix the workpiece on the lathe
Weights of chess pieces are made of lead
The oil makes a sealed shell for epoxy, otherwise it is partially absorbed into the figure. For complete tightness - lubricated with oil 3 times with interval of 24 hours
Sandwich, when rubbing the bottom, removes the upper layer of oil from the surface of the wood and makes the bottom rough. So the glue will hold on much stronger
Epoxy: for countertops, two-component. Resin and hardener. There is no shrinkage in it and it perfectly fixes and isolates the lead weighting agent
Chess Pieces made with Walnut Burl
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I make each piece with my own hands, completely from scratch, without templates and copiers. I believe that this is precisely - the skill of making chess
I make all the pieces according to the standards of the FIDE International Chess Organization. Playing chess since childhood, on boards, of a variety of sizes and a variety of figures - when making chess, I highlight the following criteria for their assessment: convenience in the game, beauty of figures, identification of figures, that is, a clear difference between one figure and another
Soon I will make samples of figures from the following species of valuable and especially valuable wood:
-Venge
-Amaranth
-Makassar Eben
-Rosewood
-Dalbergia
-Bocote
-Pink Ivory
-Greenheart
-Cordia Dodecandra
-Black palm
-Bubinga
-Movingui
-Zebrano
-Tulip tree
-Marble Tree
On my channel you will find a video of making exclusive chess pieces with valuable wood. The channel itself is still small, I will be grateful for the support of likes and commentary. Subscribe to the my channel. Thank you so much for watching
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28 сен 2024