+Sooner Keith (8timchamps) yup - watched the lawnmowing one twice - once to just watch it, and again to look at other stuff that was going on, and seeing the camera angles etc...
Watched a DIRESTA video for the first time 3 weeks ago. Man, I'm hooked watching DIRESTA video's. Me myself got a background in welding and construction work. Started wood work 6 months ago. Going back to the job market around april 2019. This man inspires me so much, including a shit load of lessons learned allready. Thank you Jimmy Diresta , I'll keep watching / learning.
+jimmydiresta You should do a 360 video when you are making coolest stuff in the world it may be the worlds first 360 How to video with a 360 camera of course
I was *just* about to comment about how it would have looked a lot better if you'd inlaid it instead of having it on top of the board. Then you started working on that absolutely beautiful border for it. That'll teach me not to question Jimmy Diresta. Excellent job as always.
Amazing work Jimmy I feel privileged just watching your vids. As an amateur wood worker I have to ask. Why did you cut the strips on top of another board starting at about 2:26?
+Happy Dad I thought the board underneath was serving as a makeshift "zero-clearance" insert. I think there was a tip in the Table Saw Tips video to this effect...or maybe it was the bandsaw one.
Wow this turned out amazing Jimmy. I am currently 15 years old and you are one of the people who inspired me to make my youtube channel. You're a huge inspiration keep up all the amazing projects.
I think this is your best project ever! The amount of work for this is above and beyond what I initially expected. The details along the edges and the corners were amazing and the box with the cloth was nicely done! So much work went into this project and I think you achieved something even greater than your effort. Well done!
+SyberPrepper It was definitely West System epoxy. They make a great product but it is expensive. Personally I have not had good luck using it as a finish. It builds like crazy (you can pour it on if the surface is horizontal) and self-levels, but it goes cloudy and turns yellow. If you let it cure, you can wet sand it and then cover it with one layer of varnish, and that seems to help protect it from yellowing. I think the varnish has UV inhibitors.
Hey Jimmy, my 6yr old son was sick today, we watched this and he came alive with questions and remarks and was all inspired. Cheers bro, keep on trucking (from France) !
I've never seen maple with streaks of black in it - absolutely stunning work! I also never would have thought to use thumbnails to act as a clamp for inlays. Thanks for the tip!
Just changing the batteries in my watch, I managed to stab myself three times with the screwdriver. If I had such a glorious workshop as Jimmy's, they'd probably find me dead on the floor one day with massive blood loss surrounded by the ugliest unfinished 3-legged table in history.
I love being fascinated of your work. My excitements goes higher the more the work gets to the end. You sir, are an artist and I love your work. Thank you for your share with us.
You started adding that skinny trim to the outside of the board.. And I was like No No Nooo what the heck.. No.. Then you added more and more and I started shouting YES! YES! YES! YESSSSS! Yeah... shouting these things while you wife knows your in the den looking at the computer can raise lots of questions... ROFL... Great Video Bud! Brian
I got to say this is absolutely beautiful. I've been watching your channel since it's beginning and it is very inspiring, teaching and you never seize to amaze me. Cheers from Romania.
I miei amici qui su UA-cam, un'eccellente piattaforma di processo online Per consumare capitali Dalla tua abitazione è che quest'area: *homepay .me* , dovresti testarlo al giorno d'oggi.
I appreciate the videos D, especially the ones that show the techniques you use to build your projects. would classify myself as a tinkerer and have finally gotten to the point in my life where I can afford to put together my own shop. Many of the tools I've decided to acquire were influenced partially through your channel. Keep me coming man!
Excellent work. Such tiny, beautiful details - It came out incredible! Looks like your chess chops are much more improved since the last time I saw you play! ;)
I love watching your videos, I'll almost always put one on to watch before bed. watching you really helps to inspire projects of my own and I really enjoyed this one..might have a new favorite diresta video!
Dude Jimmy. I've been subscribed to you a long time now. Im so glad I did. That thing you did with the foam and the whatever fabric that was... Mind-blown! Cheers from Greece!
Nice vids. Especially appreciate that there's not a bunch of gab. I've done chess boards before, but usually glue up alternating strips of color first, then rip them into squares and flip to alternate color, then re-glue. A bit easier.
At the beginning of this video I though ugh.. another youtube chess board video., but it got better and better and by the end I was well impressed! I love that the drawer holds the pieces in place and has velvet, and that the drawer comes out both sides, and nice work on the top!
thank you so much for sharing another of you great videos, i always wait for them and its a real experience to watch! you are an idol and a real inspiration for me!
Hi Jimmy. My name is Max I am from Ukraine. More than a year watching your channel on UA-cam, I am delighted with your work and look forward to the next video. You are a great master !!!!!
As soon as you think he's done with something their is always something more that he does to his projects. That's why I love jimmy direstas work. Period
Wow. That's... i have no words to describe. Thanks for another great video, Jimmy. Keep up the good work. The details of corners and the velvet drawer were out of there!
As always, this is incredible. I am teaching my kids chess and if they get in to it enough, I'm going to attempt this. Very nice work, thank you for sharing it.
That's an awsome work ! I was already very impressed by the making of the chess pieces itself a while ago, and now the box with the play board is an amazing work. Your videos are really a pleasure to watch, thank you :-)
Awesome chess-set! Cool bordering around the squares. Thinking about making one myself,and maybe the pieces/pawns. Didn't see your cat in this one, but maybe next time!!! Well, thanx again for all the cool videos.
I like the idea of using a plywood base with the board laminated on top -- that'll keep them from expanding too much and splitting apart. Great looking project, too. Do you know what kind of wood that is in the "white" squares? I used some pallet wood in a Christmas project last month that had a very similar grain pattern, but I wasn't sure what it was.
This demonstrates so well how making things looks messy until you get to the last step and BAM! It looks awesome. Really nice work.
+frank howarth Your work is inspirational!
+frank howarth Frank Thank you for the love and support!!!!
D
frank howarth from one MASTER to the other 🤓🤗
That spalted maple gave the whites a nice texture!
Thank you sir!
I never get tired of watching a Diresta video. No matter what you are making. Excellent. :D
+RetroWeld Agreed! He could make a PB&J sandwich, and I'd watch it...more than once!
+Sooner Keith (8timchamps) yup - watched the lawnmowing one twice - once to just watch it, and again to look at other stuff that was going on, and seeing the camera angles etc...
Just saw this! Thank you brother!!
Watched a DIRESTA video for the first time 3 weeks ago.
Man, I'm hooked watching DIRESTA video's.
Me myself got a background in welding and construction work.
Started wood work 6 months ago.
Going back to the job market around april 2019.
This man inspires me so much, including a shit load of lessons learned allready.
Thank you Jimmy Diresta , I'll keep watching / learning.
I am blown away by the drawer with the fitted spaces for the chess pieces... So very cool!
The end came out EXACTLY how I thought it would; perfect! Such a sweet piece of usable art. Thanks for the mention too. Much love and respect
one of the finest pieces you have made on this channel without doubt .
Respect!
Extreamly talented
+jimmydiresta You should do a 360 video when you are making coolest stuff in the world it may be the worlds first 360 How to video
with a 360 camera of course
+jimmydiresta Absolutely gorgeous, Jimmy! Thanks for posting this.
+Najibullah Abdullah Frank Howarth made a 360 video for a Segmented Bowl Turning project.
I can now better appreciate the work that goes into a wooden board.
Impressive work Jimmy...A+
Hi Jerry :)
hey Jerry!
+Jed Read Hey Jed. :D
+watchmefly00 Hey! :D
Kinda weird seeing two of my consistent but (usually) very disparate UA-cam vortexes collide
Not sure one wants a compliment with the adjective insane, but that sir is insane craftsmanship.
Wow Jimmy! You out did yourself, fantastic piece. I really like the inlay on the edges. I'm going to have to try that technique out
I feel satisfied just seeing that two hands made this, not machines like i always thought,,, this is actually pretty amazing
smart omar wouldn't you feel a sence of good work if you bought this board for a rather high price?
I was *just* about to comment about how it would have looked a lot better if you'd inlaid it instead of having it on top of the board. Then you started working on that absolutely beautiful border for it.
That'll teach me not to question Jimmy Diresta. Excellent job as always.
Stunning!
Awesome idea gluing the squares and resawing. Lots of great ideas and techniques. Thanks!
Amazing work Jimmy I feel privileged just watching your vids. As an amateur wood worker I have to ask. Why did you cut the strips on top of another board starting at about 2:26?
To basically "joint" them ... I left them 1/8" wide to be able to clean the glued up edge , thank you !
+Happy Dad I thought the board underneath was serving as a makeshift "zero-clearance" insert. I think there was a tip in the Table Saw Tips video to this effect...or maybe it was the bandsaw one.
Where i can Buy it? I'm from Argentina.
Wow this turned out amazing Jimmy. I am currently 15 years old and you are one of the people who inspired me to make my youtube channel. You're a huge inspiration keep up all the amazing projects.
Wow cool. I would have never thought to glue up half the board then split it. It was great to meet you last week in Chicago!
Jim! Thank you for coming out and supporting our efforts!!! Jimmy
+jimmydiresta I remember when you and John built a chessboard on the show hammered
I think this is your best project ever! The amount of work for this is above and beyond what I initially expected. The details along the edges and the corners were amazing and the box with the cloth was nicely done! So much work went into this project and I think you achieved something even greater than your effort. Well done!
Love the laughter of victory!
I must have watched this video at least 100 times by now. It is one of the main reasons I started woodworking. Thank you Jimmy!
You should make a snowboard for Casey to use in the next snow storm.
best idea ever :D
Casey neistat
+Uriah Wilson If that's a question, yes.
+SeanTheHOMIE Maybe one for the cool cop at the end of the video! His comment was priceless!
+SeanTheHOMIE He invited casey to his shop, I feel like they would get along since they both like making things and making videos
Beautiful. Excellent craftsmanship and artistic vision. Love the colors. I was expecting hand turned peices after that much craftsmanship.
great ideas and execution, all the way around.
Respect brother!
One of my favourite channels on youtube, and one of my favourite videos on the channel. That was great Jimmy
Jimmy, you forgot to throw an ice pick into the board at the end ;)
Great work, as always!
+Mikhail Sokolov He also didn't spraypainted DIRESTA in huge white letters across the board. Gotta love when he does that on every piece he makes
That was a pleasure to watch. The finished product was beautiful! I particularly liked the decorative line outside the board. Very skillful.
Work of art. Beautiful. Was that epoxy resin you used on the top? Is that more durable than polyurethane finishes?
Looked like two part epoxy to me. Same question.
+SyberPrepper It was definitely West System epoxy. They make a great product but it is expensive. Personally I have not had good luck using it as a finish. It builds like crazy (you can pour it on if the surface is horizontal) and self-levels, but it goes cloudy and turns yellow. If you let it cure, you can wet sand it and then cover it with one layer of varnish, and that seems to help protect it from yellowing. I think the varnish has UV inhibitors.
your knifes are great but it's also good to see you working with wood again
Great project Jimmy! I like the shot at the beginning where the stock coming off the table saw moves the gopro back! Cool perspective.
I would pay a lot of money for that chess board
Awesome build as always! Beautiful selection of wood! Loved that that min aluminum miter box!
Always impressed.
Hey Jimmy,
my 6yr old son was sick today, we watched this and he came alive with questions and remarks and was all inspired.
Cheers bro, keep on trucking (from France) !
this is soooo nice!
Laura, you are so amazing too!
Love your work too Laura...can't wait for the next vid!
"Queen to Her color white to the right"
Absolutely cool build, cool chessboard! Thanks!
@JimmyDiresta,
why didnt you play the game with your own set that you made in another video?
This is the set I made previously.
are these the brass peices that you made before? wow to bad then that you painted them i liked them better as they where
+GoldCraftGamerz The brass pices he used to cast molds from
ohhh damn totally forgot about that thanks for the reminder mate
it is just jimmy's attention to details (the boarder) make his works outstanding from other's works. Awesome job Jimmy
the diresta spraypaint is missing!! i never get tired of watching your vids, the fast forward sound of hammer is music to me
So awesome. Loved the jig you used for clamping up the individual squares.
"Welp, now it is time to paint it" - Steve Ramsey
I've never seen maple with streaks of black in it - absolutely stunning work! I also never would have thought to use thumbnails to act as a clamp for inlays. Thanks for the tip!
01:40 ''But this will be asymmetric... wow, nevermind!'' :D Great Job!
Ha ha i was also like!! What are you doing? Looks like crap....Ohhhhhh never mind. Brilliant. Just Brilliant.
Love the engineering of that drawer, how each player gets access to his pieces without pulling it all the way out. Great piece!
Just changing the batteries in my watch, I managed to stab myself three times with the screwdriver. If I had such a glorious workshop as Jimmy's, they'd probably find me dead on the floor one day with massive blood loss surrounded by the ugliest unfinished 3-legged table in history.
+Smmmile:) brilliant!
Hahah thank you!
You probably should have taken the watch off first.
I love being fascinated of your work. My excitements goes higher the more the work gets to the end. You sir, are an artist and I love your work. Thank you for your share with us.
Jimmy should play a game called, "How many times does DIRESTA appear in the video".
+Lord Damocles its a shots game and if you can walk at the end your lucky.
+Lord Damocles I don't think I can count that high.
Honestly was not expecting all the hand planes and had an aha moment at every step!
Epic vid and even better work! Something to aspire to!
You started adding that skinny trim to the outside of the board.. And I was like No No Nooo what the heck.. No.. Then you added more and more and I started shouting YES! YES! YES! YESSSSS! Yeah... shouting these things while you wife knows your in the den looking at the computer can raise lots of questions... ROFL... Great Video Bud! Brian
DId you climax when he finished jeez i like his vids too, but not that much
Love the ‘zero clearance ‘ technique you use to size the glued up strips!
Just gonna throw this out there.
"DIRESTA" waffle iron!
As you were.
You always amaze me with your simple yet elegant techniques.
Beautiful piece of work.
Queens are on the wrong color. black queen, black square. White queen, white square.
+Matt McNeice Just rotate the drawer 180, easy fix.
rocketsocks yes, but game was played wrong.
+Matt McNeice was it? Maybe you should watch again.
+Matt McNeice The game was played correctly. The pieces were set up properly before we started to play.
+Dominic Del Principe nice catch. i never noticed.
Beautiful work man! The jig you made with the strips and wedges to glue up the grid was really cool!
how to basic be like
"how to play chess"
king Dave haha
I got to say this is absolutely beautiful. I've been watching your channel since it's beginning and it is very inspiring, teaching and you never seize to amaze me. Cheers from Romania.
I miei amici qui su UA-cam, un'eccellente piattaforma di processo online Per consumare capitali Dalla tua abitazione è che quest'area: *homepay .me* , dovresti testarlo al giorno d'oggi.
okkkk it's Objective
surely Proud
friendly & Primed
not sure if this is Developing
Gorgeous set. The crushed velvet liner is perfect.
This is fantastic. Absolutely stunning. Always go above and beyond. Love your channel, great work.
Awesome, you really can't appreciate the work that has gone into this without the video.
Came out beautifully. Love how you did the patterns around the top
Love the way this turned out! And all from raw materials. Good job!
I appreciate the videos D, especially the ones that show the techniques you use to build your projects. would classify myself as a tinkerer and have finally gotten to the point in my life where I can afford to put together my own shop. Many of the tools I've decided to acquire were influenced partially through your channel. Keep me coming man!
working quick with the spray adhesive - not much open time - well done brother!
Jimmy, this has got to be one of the most beautiful things you've made. Loving the vids man
Excellent work. Such tiny, beautiful details - It came out incredible! Looks like your chess chops are much more improved since the last time I saw you play! ;)
Jimmy, I love your projects.. You always do a 10/10 job... Don't listen to the haters, you're truly gifted with your hands! Well done!
Beautiful Board Jimmy, Love the wood grains and details around the edge's. Love your work.
I love watching your videos, I'll almost always put one on to watch before bed. watching you really helps to inspire projects of my own and I really enjoyed this one..might have a new favorite diresta video!
Dude Jimmy. I've been subscribed to you a long time now. Im so glad I did. That thing you did with the foam and the whatever fabric that was... Mind-blown!
Cheers from Greece!
Beautiful piece Jimmy. You inspire me to get back into the shop and start up some projects.
I always enjoy seeing your videos, I'm mesmerized when watching them, truly a style of your own.
I'm always a fan of Walnut and spalted maple together! Great work!
Amazing Jimmy, I have run out of words to describe you skill and craftsmanship. You are the king of the maker world my friend.
I'm having such a good time watching these!!! Such joy to see someone who really knows how to work!
Nice vids. Especially appreciate that there's not a bunch of gab. I've done chess boards before, but usually glue up alternating strips of color first, then rip them into squares and flip to alternate color, then re-glue. A bit easier.
At the beginning of this video I though ugh.. another youtube chess board video., but it got better and better and by the end I was well impressed! I love that the drawer holds the pieces in place and has velvet, and that the drawer comes out both sides, and nice work on the top!
Fantastic video. Loved the fast game at the end. More plz
thank you so much for sharing another of you great videos, i always wait for them and its a real experience to watch! you are an idol and a real inspiration for me!
Wow, Jimmy you are the jig master! I loved how you jigged up the glue-up for the squares.
Hi Jimmy.
My name is Max I am from Ukraine. More than a year watching your channel on UA-cam, I am delighted with your work and look forward to the next video.
You are a great master !!!!!
As soon as you think he's done with something their is always something more that he does to his projects. That's why I love jimmy direstas work. Period
Wow. That's... i have no words to describe. Thanks for another great video, Jimmy. Keep up the good work. The details of corners and the velvet drawer were out of there!
Came out gorgeous! Did not know you intended to go as fancy as you did with the storage. Very nice touch!
WHO THE HELL THUMBSDOWNS THESE?! Unbelievable. Jimmy. Thank you. Incredible work as always.
Beautiful work Jimmy! One of the nicest things I've seen on the channel!
As always, this is incredible. I am teaching my kids chess and if they get in to it enough, I'm going to attempt this. Very nice work, thank you for sharing it.
11:40 and 11:50...Queen always goes on her color. Exquisite work. Beautiful board.
Wow! I thought you'd finished after making the board itself but then you just kept going.
Awesome design and looks beautiful.
Exquisite workmanship of the highest order. Seriously Impressive.
This is so cool, I really like the corner design that you did. Great job as always!
Jimmy Diresta. What a master craftsman. You sir, are such a pleasure to watch. Bravo. You area talented man. ........ I love your vids.
Very nice work Jimmy! Love your drawing pin clamping, elegant soloution.
What a great solution to use the push pins as clamps for such small parts.
That's an awsome work !
I was already very impressed by the making of the chess pieces itself a while ago, and now the box with the play board is an amazing work. Your videos are really a pleasure to watch, thank you :-)
Great build Jimmy. Love your videos they are another of your many talents, thanks.
Perfect! Top class, I've seen every video of yours in fact some multiple times. Your work is excellent.
Once again the master lets us peek into his realm...you rock Jimmy!
That turned out beautiful Jimmy! Love the woods and velvet material you used. Checkmate!
Awesome chess-set! Cool bordering around the squares. Thinking about making one myself,and maybe the pieces/pawns. Didn't see your cat in this one, but maybe next time!!! Well, thanx again for all the cool videos.
I like the idea of using a plywood base with the board laminated on top -- that'll keep them from expanding too much and splitting apart. Great looking project, too.
Do you know what kind of wood that is in the "white" squares? I used some pallet wood in a Christmas project last month that had a very similar grain pattern, but I wasn't sure what it was.
I did some searching on woodworkerssource and Google images -- it looks like spalted maple...or some other spalted species.