In this video I made a face grain chess board with 2.5" squares made from Bird's Eye Maple and Bolivian Rosewood (Morado). It has a 3" walnut frame with a 1/8" brass border around the playing field and curly maple edge banding around the perimeter of the frame. Initials for Ray and his grandson Max are engraved with a CNC router and then gilded.

00:00 Intro
00:39 Making the Squares
08:08 Gluing the Board
13:34 Making the Frame
21:11 Adding the Brass Border
23:32 Adding the Mortise and Tenon Joinery
28:49 Carving the Initials
32:03 Cutting the Finger Slots
33:36 Adding the Gold Leaf
38:49 Applying the Finish
39:25 Photos

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Items I used in this project include:

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Music is courtesy of freemusicarchive.org provided through a Creative Commons CC BY: Attribution. The original work is performed by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players.

The music featured in this video is Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons (Le quattro Stagioni) .
00:39 Spring 1st Movement: Allegro
04:09 Spring 2nd Movement: Largo
06:59 Spring 3rd Movement: Allegro Pastorale
11:00 Summer 1st Movement: Allegro Nonmolto
15:38 Summer 2nd Movement: Adagio
17:45 Summer 3rd Movement: Presto
20:27 Autumn 1st Movement: Allegro
25:28 Autumn 2nd Movement: Adagio Molto
28:01 Autumn 3rd Movement: Allegro
31:17 Winter 1st Movement: Allegro Nonmolto
34:47 Winter 2nd Movement: Largo
36:54 Winter 3rd Movement: Allegro


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