In this video, I show how I make a folding chess board with several inlaid quotations and engravings with gold leaf and epoxy. The chess board squares are 2.5" and made from cocobolo and bird's eye maple. This chess board was a wedding gift from a groom to his new bride.
You can find items I use in my projects at my Amazon storefront at https://www.amazon.com/shop/woodumakeit.
Some of the things I used for this project:
Grizzly 8” Parallelogram Jointer: https://amzn.to/3cK43vV
Grizzly G1023RLWX Table Saw https://amzn.to/2AGvqVV
Laguna 18|BX band saw: https://amzn.to/3GqI1Od
Laguna Resaw King band saw blade: https://amzn.to/3MkCxZ5
3M Hearing Protection: https://amzn.to/3nQLM9i
Delta Cruzer 12" Sliding Compound Miter Saw: https://amzn.to/3Mqylaw
Freud 24T Rip Blade with Flat Grind: https://amzn.to/2rQl9EY
Freud Ultimate Cut-Off Blade: https://amzn.to/2OAwRMU
Freud 8" Super Dado Set: https://amzn.to/2TAO3C2
INCRA Miter Gauge: https://amzn.to/2HTzvef
Mirka 6” Sanding System: https://amzn.to/3c0V7mJ
3M 220-grit sandpaper: https://amzn.to/2HOaQHA
Totalboat Epoxy: https://amzn.to/3kCUinK
Titebond III Wood Glue: https://amzn.to/2qVPHRs
Starbond Medium CA Glue: https://amzn.to/3Y40gB2
Starbond Thick CA Glue: https://amzn.to/3Bzhe2E
Starbond Accelerator: https://amzn.to/3ZZhrX7
CMT 12mm Forstner Bit: https://amzn.to/42uQxnM
12mm Neodymium Magnets: https://amzn.to/3PLXKNf
20mm Neodymium Magnets: https://amzn.to/3PLSGsh
Amana 45611-K 15-degree engraving tip: https://amzn.to/3QobN9d
M.L. Campbell Pre-Cat Lacquer: https://www.mlcampbell.com/product/enviromax/
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:24 Carving the Male Inlay
01:14 Making the Chess Board Squares
07:22 Second Chess Board Glue-up
10:05 Making the Frame
13:26 Inserting Magnets in the Frame
17:08 Adding Edge Banding
20:15 Making the Tongue and Groove Fitting
20:36 Adding a Brass Border
23:38 Cutting the Mitered Corners
24:16 Carving the Female Inlay
24:55 Gluing in the Inlay
28:58 Engravings Filled with Epoxy
31:02 Adding Magnets to the Edges
32:21 Engravings with Gold Leaf
34:49 Applying the Finish
35:58 Photos
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Music provided by Epidemic Sound
00:24 Fairy Memoirs - Rand Aldo
04:36 Circus Leaving Town - Magnus Ludvigsson
09:15 Spring Morning - Peter Sandberg
11:02 Evening Wind - Indigo Days
13:24 Catching Up Her Story - Magnus Ludvigsson
16:57 Ever So Blue - Onthou
21:47 Untold Story - Johannes Bornlof
24:15 If It Matters - Anna Landstrom
26:57 Water Ripples - Rachel Meyer
28:40 Secrets of the Earth - Lama House
31:02 Nocturne in the Rain - Megan Wofford
34:38 Before Sunrise - Etienne Roussel
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