In this video I show you how I make an ebony and boxwood travel chess board with concealed magnets. The squares are 2.25" (57 mm) to give a playing field that's 18" (457 mm). The frame is 1.5" (38 mm) to give an overall size of 21" (533 mm). The board is .75" thick (19 mm). It can be played on both sides, so it has 20 mm (.79") concealed magnets on the bottom to keep the two halves attached when folded. There is algebraic notation inlaid with boxwood on the top side. The bottom side has the owner's initials in gold leaf in lower right corner. The frame has a 1/8" (3 mm) brass border on both sides and it has boxwood edge banding around the perimeter of the outer edge. The board also has 12 mm (.47") exposed magnets along the edge of each half to keep the two halves attached when the board is unfolded.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Milling the ebony and boxwood
03:35 First glueup
05:25 Cutting the chess board squares
06:19 Second glueup
08:09 Milling the frame pieces
09:46 Making pockets for the concealed magnets
14:36 Preparing the edge banding and brass borders
16:57 Announcing the giveaway winner
18:49 Preparing the tongue and groove fitting
24:36 Cutting the miters for the frame
25:31 Attaching the frame
26:45 Carving the algebraic notation
30:29 Preparing the gold leaf initials
33:00 Inserting the edge magnets
36:43 Applying the finish

Music provided by Epidemic Sound
00:21 Plum Blossoms Yi Nantiro
05:08 Solace Gavin Luke
07:47 You Took My Breath Away Gavin Ludvigsson
12:46 Fairy Memoirs Rand Aldo
17:38 Fault Lines Gavin Luke
19:59 Faded Silhouette Helmut Schenker
23:59 Logica Rina Rinoa
26:33 Corals Sam Eber
30:30 Berceuse Lo Mimieux
33:00 Keep Calm and Carry On Franz Gordon
36:43 Listening Through You Jonatan Mollberg

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