I'll probably never build a chess table, but some of the techniques that you use are easily translated to just about any fine furniture project. Great work, please keep them coming. - Chris
I've watched this video no less than three times now. I'm just starting to mill up the wood for a commissioned chess table. Mine will have a drawer on each side with foam and fabric to custom fit each chess piece and also have room for a clock and notepads. Like yours, the gameboard will be removable. Thank you for making these videos! They've been very helpful!
A very nice piece, lovely straightforward lines and very clever construction, you are obviously not afraid of any amount of work. I congratulate the owner, he has something to last the generations.
A very very nice project. If I had large pieces of timber I would give it a go. I have access to some good timber but to get the most optimun use I would rip it down to 12mm for the chess top and use a 12 mm ply as you have. The table is fine and I do like the taper of the legs. I think I would use an inlay of checkers rather than the ball foot . Thanks very much for the views when doing this project.
Gorgeous table. I’m designing something like this for a small apartment - it will be a dining table for 2 as well as a chess table. Thanks for the inspiration!
amazing! The spherical feet really make the board look next level! My family had a board like this, but it got left out in the rain one summer and it got badly warped..
Looks Great. I don't understand using threaded rod for attaching the feet to the legs. I thought you might be using it for leveling later, but the holes were so big that epoxy was used almost as a filler. You've made great use of some nice tools. Nice shop. Good work.
This is a beautiful piece of work my friend.. Credit to ya bcos that had to have taken a lotta hours to finish this stunning piece just right.. The Spheres on the bottom of the legs were a nice touch. Funnily enough my favourite piece on the table was that drawer front. Sorry I know it sounds stupid after all that work u put in but the drawer front looked so nice with the different colours in the grain of that walnut.. I would love to get some wide boards like that to work on.. A nice thick piece and book end them for a beautiful cabinet of some kind.. Great job mate.. Keep up the brilliant work..
I have stumbled upon your Chess board making videos. Having never made a cutting board or such, which for the most part in my own mind this chess board construction reminds me off.. I am quite pleased to learn of the many steps taken here to ensure Accuracy of the many cuts you have made. These chessboards look amazing in the end. As of this video I do not own a jointer nor a drum sander.. perhaps a future investment. The craftsmanship is what I am seeking here. Not a rushed video with poor lighting and audio. I prefer your step by step explanation along the entire build. As you know , those whom make things with wood can spot things very quickly.. lol and no lol. In these videos, again, the quality I see in the finished pieces can only be achieved by Paying Attention to every detail. This separates the Amateur from the Chef. Well done would be the short version of what I could have said.. I feel though my long explanation touches each aspect of the build. Looking forward to the next videos. Stay safe ...
Nice! Well designed. I like the idea of the removable top. I've found Titebond's liquid hide glue to be good where I need long set up time as in your drawer. Supposedly, you can maintain the joints in the future just as with traditional heated hide glue. You just need to be sure and get a "fresh" bottle at the store. The older it gets, the less likely it will cure. If I ever make a chess table, I believe I'd make two half drawers with a middle separator/support so each player could store their own pieces and possibly contribute toward quicker game setup. Thanks for your video.
Allan Wolfe and then some sort of lazy Susan jig inside it so a person working through ideas alone can turn the table and drawers around easily to look at one side and then the other.
Blown away. An incredible piece, your workmanship shows throughout the video. I wood make it but have nowhere near the talent to do it. Love the spherical feet. The only change I may have made would be to make the opposite side of the board a backgammon board as long as the top is removable anyway.
Looks great! Wonderful video. Smart move gluing a chess board to both sides. Many years ago I made on by gluing end grain pieces to only one side. When the weather changed and the squares changed size, it turned into a trough. I threw it away. "Balancing" the construction was very smart.
Thank you Mike for making a beautiful video of your beautiful table. I enjoyed this video so much and it's because you had such relaxing background music and a great narrative voice. I find woodworking very relaxing and you just nailed it with your combination. I love watching your videos and your style of building, well done and thank you 😊
Truly amazing! Thank you for sharing your wonderful skills! I would make it, my next summer project. However, don't have your tools and especially your knowledge.
I would have truly become rich the day I would be able to order any of your chess table including the shipping charges to India and not feel bad having to spend so much extra on the shipping.....love your work Sir..... you make such beautiful boards with such fineness....keep making them
Quite by chance I will be taking delivery of a chess set and board - all made from real wood - I think on Friday. I love the one you made with wood and passion!
I would not make it because I don’t have the space for the tools. And no experience making something like this. But I must add, this is the most beautiful piece of furniture I have ever seen. I really enjoyed watching you make the table. I may try to make simple chess board with no boarders. That is my speed.
Absolutely amazing build. Everything else is above and beyond perfection, so I do have to wonder why with all the amazing work you did that you did not put dovetail joints in the drawer? As a minor up sale, I may have offered to make a slab (miniature chess board maybe) to fit inside of the drawer with recessed holes on the surface to hold each chess piece in its own felt lined slot. And thank you so much for including links to the items used in the video. I'm getting back into wood working for the first time in about 30+ years and having these items linked helps so much. There are so many new tools, jigs and gadgets that were not available 30 years ago to make this type of precision a bit less tedious.
Thanks for the feedback. My main reason for using box joints was to carry the chess board theme into the drawer by having the square joinery with alternating colors. It would have been even better if I had ended up with 8 full squares.
Awesome table, love it. I designed a chess box one time with a lid or top that came off and had the chess board on the inside. You could flip it upside down and fit it on top of the box to play. It also had two drawers for the pieces.
I don't think I mentioned it in the video but, yes, the tape was added to minimize tear-out. It doesn't make a big difference, but it does help a little.
I cannot find it at the moment, but someone had made a jig for cutting the legs that would have made it a little more simple. They drilled holes in the guides for the head and foot of the leg guide to hold it in place, and put those on T-Tracks so they could be adjusted on all three axes (I think that is the plural of axis?). Then you just put the leg in the jig and adjust the foot in or out to the desired cutting depth, and as you rotate the leg you are on the same axis so you do not need to put the shaved down portions in to try and keep things lined up.
something I would do differently is making the feet adjustable in case I need to fix a wobbly table. For that I would install threaded inserts into each of the spheres.
@@Woodumakeit Still honeymooning here, about 2 years in from diagnosis. Enjoying low (ish) doses of MDI until a pump is truly necessary. I'm like a hawk spotting CGMs and pumps. Already have a few of your projects put on the queue - going through your "for Leo" videos now, and thinking of things for my 8 month old son!
I wood make it. Only to use dovetails for the drawer for the looks and more strength. The drawer bottom from solid wood in horizontal direction. I wood also glue the spheres using loose tenon instead of metal.
I love the chess board. Great video! I found it very relaxing. However, I'm not sure about those round feet. I was very impressed with the way you made them but I'm not sure about the look in the end. Thank you for sharing this. One day I hope to build something similar.
I feel wrong for saying this in this in you comment section sorry Mike, but i'm actually a woodworker and i make wooden tables, chairs, tabletops, well whatever the customer wants, now i don't know if he makes these chess tables to sell them but i could, let me know if you want one i could definitely build you one.
If I could afford it I would commission a table like this. The removable board really is a smart practical feature. The only change I would make would be to add pull out slots to the sides for a clock.
I would love a chess table like this with a removable top, but modify the chess board to be able to turn around and the other side be a backgammon board, so you can play either game on the table. Two drawers or a split drawer for the chess pieces and backgammon pieces.
As usual your workmanship is impeccable. I would love to build this able but I'm not sure about the feet. My father left me a lathe but I have never turned anything on it. For some reason I have a fear of lathes.
You should give it a try. Just start slowly until you're comfortable around the tool. I was fearful of turning these spheres because I was worried that the glued up pieces would break apart, but it ended up being easier than I thought.
Every sensible person has a fear of lathes, they can take your arm off if you're stupid around them. But so can most power woodworking tools, or fingers at least. Just be very careful and think through each action before you do it, and you'll be fine.
Really nice. May I ask about your finish? How safe is the finish on a carpeted area? I noticed you sprayed the bottom of the feet. Thank you for sharing this video.
The lacquer is quite hard and durable, especially after curing for several days. I wouldn't hesitate to put it on carpet, but you could always add rubber feet if you were concerned.
It was ok for me but I needed to change the factory blade and also wanted to get something a little larger, so I ended up selling it to a coworker and got a Ridgid 12 inch sliding compound miter saw. I really like it and even used it this weekend on a project at a job site, but I recently bought a Delta 12" Cruzer because it takes up so much less space behind the saw. The dust collection is the worst I've experienced, but it's still a good choice for my setup.
I'll probably never build a chess table, but some of the techniques that you use are easily translated to just about any fine furniture project. Great work, please keep them coming. - Chris
I love that you used those dumbbells to put pressure on the wooden plates. You get to work out while working!
Would I make it? You bet I would, but only in my dreams! Absolutely beautiful!
I've watched this video no less than three times now. I'm just starting to mill up the wood for a commissioned chess table. Mine will have a drawer on each side with foam and fabric to custom fit each chess piece and also have room for a clock and notepads. Like yours, the gameboard will be removable. Thank you for making these videos! They've been very helpful!
I wood make it. And use it. Great job.
What a treasure! Amazing work and talent.
Thank you, Karen!
@@Woodumakeit how can I contact you about making a chess board?
@@yusefmessallam You can email me at woodumakeit@gmail.com and we can discuss.
It's a beautiful work and relaxing video.... Genial!!!!!!! My favorite chess table....I need it.
A very nice piece, lovely straightforward lines and very clever construction, you are obviously not afraid of any amount of work. I congratulate the owner, he has something to last the generations.
Beautiful build! That chess table would look good in any home. Im sure the owners would be proud to have that in their home.
Pretty sure I couldn't afford the materials to make this, but the craftsmanship on this piece is truly impressive and I had a pleasure seeing it made.
Not sure I would, but enjoyed watching your process and craftsmanship
Beautifully executed! Nice build!!!
Absolutely gorgeous!! Congratulations!!
Beautifully done and a piece that will be in the family for decades!!
A very very nice project. If I had large pieces of timber I would give it a go. I have access to some good timber but to get the most optimun use I would rip it down to 12mm for the chess top and use a 12 mm ply as you have. The table is fine and I do like the taper of the legs. I think I would use an inlay of checkers rather than the ball foot . Thanks very much for the views when doing this project.
Loved So Much the Making, Awesome Product, Lovely ❤
Out of all the woodworkers I saw on UA-cam you are by far the best. Amazing job.
Great job and stunning craftsmanship.
What an incredible gifted craftsman
Great build, I'm going to give a version of this a try.
Gorgeous table. I’m designing something like this for a small apartment - it will be a dining table for 2 as well as a chess table. Thanks for the inspiration!
Same.....a rolling butcher block w/ lower pots & pans hanging no cabinet door
Beautiful! Yes, I would make for myself it if I had the skill to do so, only without the ball feet (personal preference). Thanks for sharing.
This is definitely something you don't see a lot anymore 👍
Thank you. Very informative. So gluing to plywood won't affect the expansion and contraction and lead to cracking on the board?
The whole build is dope! .. but u really killed'em wit those spherical feet on the legs! Super skills!
This is stunning! I picked up a lot of useful tips by your description and watching your process. Really great video and beautiful build!
Very Nicely Done. And yes , I would build it.
Beautiful workmanship and a gorgeous result. Love the feet of the table.
Thank you so much!
Those feet pegs are art piece. Would make a good paper weight for mathematicians. Its like conic sections, but with cube and spherical plane.
Absolutely amazing!
Another impressive project. Well done!
Thanks, Jerry! Always great to receive your feedback.
amazing! The spherical feet really make the board look next level! My family had a board like this, but it got left out in the rain one summer and it got badly warped..
I would just be happy to be ur helper. Beautiful sir , simply beautiful...such talent...
Looks Great. I don't understand using threaded rod for attaching the feet to the legs. I thought you might be using it for leveling later, but the holes were so big that epoxy was used almost as a filler.
You've made great use of some nice tools. Nice shop. Good work.
This is a beautiful piece of work my friend.. Credit to ya bcos that had to have taken a lotta hours to finish this stunning piece just right.. The Spheres on the bottom of the legs were a nice touch. Funnily enough my favourite piece on the table was that drawer front. Sorry I know it sounds stupid after all that work u put in but the drawer front looked so nice with the different colours in the grain of that walnut.. I would love to get some wide boards like that to work on.. A nice thick piece and book end them for a beautiful cabinet of some kind..
Great job mate.. Keep up the brilliant work..
Beautiful build!!!
Very nice work. Looks great!
I have stumbled upon your Chess board making videos. Having never made a cutting board or such, which for the most part in my own mind this chess board construction reminds me off..
I am quite pleased to learn of the many steps taken here to ensure Accuracy of the many cuts you have made. These chessboards look amazing in the end. As of this video I do not own a jointer nor a drum sander.. perhaps a future investment.
The craftsmanship is what I am seeking here. Not a rushed video with poor lighting and audio. I prefer your step by step explanation along the entire build. As you know , those whom make things with wood can spot things very quickly.. lol and no lol.
In these videos, again, the quality I see in the finished pieces can only be achieved by Paying Attention to every detail.
This separates the Amateur from the Chef. Well done would be the short version of what I could have said.. I feel though my long explanation touches each aspect of the build.
Looking forward to the next videos. Stay safe ...
Nice! Well designed. I like the idea of the removable top. I've found Titebond's liquid hide glue to be good where I need long set up time as in your drawer. Supposedly, you can maintain the joints in the future just as with traditional heated hide glue. You just need to be sure and get a "fresh" bottle at the store. The older it gets, the less likely it will cure.
If I ever make a chess table, I believe I'd make two half drawers with a middle separator/support so each player could store their own pieces and possibly contribute toward quicker game setup. Thanks for your video.
Allan Wolfe and then some sort of lazy Susan jig inside it so a person working through ideas alone can turn the table and drawers around easily to look at one side and then the other.
Great work...you remind me of Norm Abrahms...calm no fuss and good music!
OH MY GOD , this is amazing. What a lovely piece of art.
I wish I had the talent to make something that nice.
That is some serious talent right there..🔥
Gorgeous work, and a beautiful piece. I am in awe of those chessboard feet
Wow....really nice item.
Beautiful craftsmanship
Blown away. An incredible piece, your workmanship shows throughout the video. I wood make it but have nowhere near the talent to do it. Love the spherical feet. The only change I may have made would be to make the opposite side of the board a backgammon board as long as the top is removable anyway.
That's a good idea. I hope to get around to making something like that next year if I can find the time.
Looks great! Wonderful video. Smart move gluing a chess board to both sides. Many years ago I made on by gluing end grain pieces to only one side. When the weather changed and the squares changed size, it turned into a trough. I threw it away. "Balancing" the construction was very smart.
Thank you Mike for making a beautiful video of your beautiful table. I enjoyed this video so much and it's because you had such relaxing background music and a great narrative voice. I find woodworking very relaxing and you just nailed it with your combination. I love watching your videos and your style of building, well done and thank you 😊
Thank you so much!
Truly amazing! Thank you for sharing your wonderful skills! I would make it, my next summer project. However, don't have your tools and especially your knowledge.
You are real... a creative person😊
I would have truly become rich the day I would be able to order any of your chess table including the shipping charges to India and not feel bad having to spend so much extra on the shipping.....love your work Sir..... you make such beautiful boards with such fineness....keep making them
You really did a great job on it
Absolutely stunning table! Great job!
Quite by chance I will be taking delivery of a chess set and board - all made from real wood - I think on Friday. I love the one you made with wood and passion!
This is so cool and you have talent to do it
Fantástico!! Parabéns pela obra de arte!
I would not make it because I don’t have the space for the tools. And no experience making something like this. But I must add, this is the most beautiful piece of furniture I have ever seen.
I really enjoyed watching you make the table. I may try to make simple chess board with no boarders. That is my speed.
Fabuloso trabajo.
Gracias por compartir.
Saludos.
My daughter asked if I could make her son a chessboard. My search for ideas led me to you. And yes I made it.
Absolutely amazing build. Everything else is above and beyond perfection, so I do have to wonder why with all the amazing work you did that you did not put dovetail joints in the drawer? As a minor up sale, I may have offered to make a slab (miniature chess board maybe) to fit inside of the drawer with recessed holes on the surface to hold each chess piece in its own felt lined slot. And thank you so much for including links to the items used in the video. I'm getting back into wood working for the first time in about 30+ years and having these items linked helps so much. There are so many new tools, jigs and gadgets that were not available 30 years ago to make this type of precision a bit less tedious.
Thanks for the feedback. My main reason for using box joints was to carry the chess board theme into the drawer by having the square joinery with alternating colors. It would have been even better if I had ended up with 8 full squares.
@@Woodumakeit Ah, that makes sense. With a piece like this, I doubt the customers will be slamming the drawers often anyway. :0)
Those spherical chess board feet. Wow.
Amazing work Mike. Where may I place an order for the exact table/chessboard combo? Do you have a website?
You got $3k lol
Você vtrabalha muito bem, estou impressionado com a precisão dos cortes e dos encaixes !!!
U pretty cold wit it bro!
Fantastic performance.
Sou do Brasil
Very impressive build. I love the video format. Thanks for sharing.
Chess table fit for a king.
Really fantastic work, Mike! It looks even more than beautiful! Nicely done! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thanks, again! You too!
Awesome table, love it. I designed a chess box one time with a lid or top that came off and had the chess board on the inside. You could flip it upside down and fit it on top of the box to play. It also had two drawers for the pieces.
At around 15 min tape has been applied to the cut area, is this blow out prevention of some kind or did I miss something? Excellent video!
I don't think I mentioned it in the video but, yes, the tape was added to minimize tear-out. It doesn't make a big difference, but it does help a little.
I cannot find it at the moment, but someone had made a jig for cutting the legs that would have made it a little more simple. They drilled holes in the guides for the head and foot of the leg guide to hold it in place, and put those on T-Tracks so they could be adjusted on all three axes (I think that is the plural of axis?). Then you just put the leg in the jig and adjust the foot in or out to the desired cutting depth, and as you rotate the leg you are on the same axis so you do not need to put the shaved down portions in to try and keep things lined up.
Excellent work
something I would do differently is making the feet adjustable in case I need to fix a wobbly table. For that I would install threaded inserts into each of the spheres.
Omnipod! Hi, fellow T1D woodworker named Mike! Your stuff is amazing, I was glad I found your channel but even moreso now! Keep on keeping on!
Good catch! Thanks for finding me. I'm currently in a clinical trial using a tubed pump, which I'm not enjoying at all. Tubeless is the way to go.
@@Woodumakeit Still honeymooning here, about 2 years in from diagnosis. Enjoying low (ish) doses of MDI until a pump is truly necessary. I'm like a hawk spotting CGMs and pumps. Already have a few of your projects put on the queue - going through your "for Leo" videos now, and thinking of things for my 8 month old son!
@@michaelfmarcos I was at Leo's tonight for his 5th birthday. He's ready for a desk. Just gotta find the time....
@@Woodumakeit Well tell him happy birthday from random people on UA-cam!
I wood make it. Only to use dovetails for the drawer for the looks and more strength. The drawer bottom from solid wood in horizontal direction. I wood also glue the spheres using loose tenon instead of metal.
I'd make it. Nice job.
I love the chess board. Great video! I found it very relaxing. However, I'm not sure about those round feet. I was very impressed with the way you made them but I'm not sure about the look in the end. Thank you for sharing this. One day I hope to build something similar.
Is a mazing v good job I am wondering if I want to buy same size how much will cost me cost me thanks
fantastic video.
this is amazing, I would like to buy one.
I feel wrong for saying this in this in you comment section sorry Mike, but i'm actually a woodworker and i make wooden tables, chairs, tabletops, well whatever the customer wants, now i don't know if he makes these chess tables to sell them but i could, let me know if you want one i could definitely build you one.
Very special piece of art.
If I could afford it I would commission a table like this. The removable board really is a smart practical feature. The only change I would make would be to add pull out slots to the sides for a clock.
This is awesome
A masterpiece. Wow!
Thanks, Ellie!
I would love a chess table like this with a removable top, but modify the chess board to be able to turn around and the other side be a backgammon board, so you can play either game on the table. Two drawers or a split drawer for the chess pieces and backgammon pieces.
Complex build, well done.
Thanks!
As usual your workmanship is impeccable. I would love to build this able but I'm not sure about the feet. My father left me a lathe but I have never turned anything on it. For some reason I have a fear of lathes.
You should give it a try. Just start slowly until you're comfortable around the tool. I was fearful of turning these spheres because I was worried that the glued up pieces would break apart, but it ended up being easier than I thought.
Every sensible person has a fear of lathes, they can take your arm off if you're stupid around them. But so can most power woodworking tools, or fingers at least.
Just be very careful and think through each action before you do it, and you'll be fine.
It's really a very nice job.. You are different from the others
amazing..... great job.
Weary nice chessboard I like at and good video 👍😎 hello from Germany 🇩🇪
Really nice. May I ask about your finish? How safe is the finish on a carpeted area? I noticed you sprayed the bottom of the feet. Thank you for sharing this video.
The lacquer is quite hard and durable, especially after curing for several days. I wouldn't hesitate to put it on carpet, but you could always add rubber feet if you were concerned.
Great great work
Hi, I was wondering - are you happy with the Evolution miter saw?
It was ok for me but I needed to change the factory blade and also wanted to get something a little larger, so I ended up selling it to a coworker and got a Ridgid 12 inch sliding compound miter saw. I really like it and even used it this weekend on a project at a job site, but I recently bought a Delta 12" Cruzer because it takes up so much less space behind the saw. The dust collection is the worst I've experienced, but it's still a good choice for my setup.
работа высшего пилотажа! класс!
I would if I could... but I would love to buy one
I wish I had those tools!
Stunning. I would certainly have a go. Thanks so much.
I would not make it, but the piece you selected for the drawer front is hella gorgeous.
O! to jest cudo!