In this video I made a face grain chess board with 2.5" squares made from Birds Eye Maple and Bolivian Rosewood (Morado). It has a 3" walnut frame with a 1/8" brass border around the playing field and curly maple edge banding around the perimeter of the frame. Initials for Ray and his grandson Max are engraved with a CNC router and then gilded.

00:00 Intro
00:39 Making the Squares
08:08 Gluing the Board
13:34 Making the Frame
21:11 Adding the Brass Border
23:32 Adding the Mortise and Tenon Joinery
28:49 Carving the Initials
32:03 Cutting the Finger Slots
33:36 Adding the Gold Leaf
38:49 Applying the Finish
39:25 Photos

Heres a link to the video on how to build the mortising jig that I used. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKZJyBuqYIs

You can find everything else I used in this project at my Amazon storefront at www.amazon.com/shop/woodumakeit.

Items I used in this project include:

Grizzly G1023RLWX Table Saw amzn.to/2AGvqVV
INCRA Miter Gauge: amzn.to/2HTzvef INCRA T-Rule12: amzn.to/3bwHDeG Laguna 18BX Bandsaw: lagunatools.com/classic/bandsaws/18bx/
Laguna Resaw King Blade: amzn.to/3nl0KPm
Laguna IQ CNC Router: lagunatools.com/cnc/iq-series/iq/
Delta Mortising Attachment: amzn.to/2z5fVmN
iGaging Caliper: amzn.to/2WAjcGh
Groz 6” Square: amzn.to/38rYxf6
Freud 24T Rip Blade with Flat Grind: amzn.to/2rQl9EY
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Magswitch Featherboard: amzn.to/34CcsOL
SuperMax 19-38 Drum Sander: amzn.to/2DOWJzX
Dewalt Random Orbit Sander: amzn.to/35vS7d8
GVS Elipse P100 Dusk Mask Respirator: amzn.to/35ncxV0
Titebond III Wood Glue: amzn.to/2qVPHRs
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Mona Lisa Gold Leaf Sealer: amzn.to/38s3l45
Mona Lisa Gold Leaf Size: amzn.to/3mK3C7M
Imitation Gold Leaf Sheets: amzn.to/3hkl5CI
Bessey 6" clamps: amzn.to/2E7dIiR
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3M 220-grit sandpaper: amzn.to/2HOaQHA
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Music is courtesy of freemusicarchive.org provided through a Creative Commons CC BY: Attribution. The original work is performed by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players.

The music featured in this video is Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons (Le quattro Stagioni).
00:39 Spring 1st Movement: Allegro
04:09 Spring 2nd Movement: Largo
06:59 Spring 3rd Movement: Allegro Pastorale
11:00 Summer 1st Movement: Allegro Nonmolto
15:38 Summer 2nd Movement: Adagio
17:45 Summer 3rd Movement: Presto
20:27 Autumn 1st Movement: Allegro
25:28 Autumn 2nd Movement: Adagio Molto
28:01 Autumn 3rd Movement: Allegro
31:17 Winter 1st Movement: Allegro Nonmolto
34:47 Winter 2nd Movement: Largo
36:54 Winter 3rd Movement: Allegro

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