I haven't posted in a long while. ive had long-standing back problems but things came to a head in the spring with an emergency procedure to keep me out of a wheelchair. Good news: as far as I can tell I'm completely unimpaired, although things won't have fully healed for a while yet. Bad news: surgeon has forbidden woodwork forever (along with skiing and sailing, ie, all my interests).
My son has already asked me for a handmade chessboard for his 21st, so we agreed that he would do the work with me instructing/guiding. I had some walnut and maple around, so that's what we used.. Photos pretty much self explanatory I think, but one thing that I should clarify is that I suggested we insert a couple of 3mm bronze rods longitudinally because I wasn't sure how the endgrain to endgrain joints would hold up long-term without reinforcement. I drilled the holes for them.
My son has already asked me for a handmade chessboard for his 21st, so we agreed that he would do the work with me instructing/guiding. I had some walnut and maple around, so that's what we used.. Photos pretty much self explanatory I think, but one thing that I should clarify is that I suggested we insert a couple of 3mm bronze rods longitudinally because I wasn't sure how the endgrain to endgrain joints would hold up long-term without reinforcement. I drilled the holes for them.
