In this video, I make a doublesided chessboard with the Army, Navy, and Air Force logos, hence the name CommanderInChief's Chess Board. One side has the three logos and squares made out of Wenge and Curly Maple. The other side has inlaid algebraic notation and squares made out of Bolivian Rosewood (Morado) and Curly Maple. I made the chessboard for Alex Plechash, a retired Marine and former Top Gun fighter pilot, who flew in from Minneapolis today to record the video introduction with me. It's always nice to have the opportunity to meet clients in person.

The chessboard has 2" squares and a 3" frame with a brass border and curly maple edge banding. The playing field is 16" x 16" and the overall board is 22" x 22". In addition to the logos from the three military services, the board also has Alex's initials engraved and finished with gold leaf.

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00:00 Intro
02:00 Milling the lumber
09:56 Cutting the squares
13:10 Gluing the board
17:12 Making the Frame
23:15 Carving the notation
26:47 Carving the military service logos
34:06 Gluing the Frame
36:40 Applying the gold leaf
38:23 Cutting the finger slots
39:19 Applying the finish
39:52 Photos

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Items I used in this project include:

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01:58 Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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10:36 Carnival of the Animals The Swan by SaintSaëns licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
13:09 Bach Cello Suite No .1, G Major, Prelude J.S. Bach, provided by the YouTube Music Library

14:50 Gymnopedie No 1 by Erik Satie, performed by Kevin MacLeod licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License from freemusicarchive.org

17:57 1812 Overture, Finale Tchaikovsky, provided by the YouTube Music Library

21:55 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik licensed under Creative Commons from the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum, Boston. http://www.gardnermuseum.org



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