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Black palm and maple chessboard.

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Black palm and maple chessboard.

Postby Peri » 31 Dec 2021, 17:55

Finally got it finished :)
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Postby Malc2098 » 31 Dec 2021, 17:56

Nice.
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Postby droogs » 31 Dec 2021, 18:05

The palm turned out nicely Peri, well done
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Postby AJB Temple » 31 Dec 2021, 18:08

Nice neat work. I like the raised playing squares.
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Re: Black palm and maple chessboard.

Postby Peri » 31 Dec 2021, 18:11

Thanks folks :)
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Postby Stuart » 31 Dec 2021, 18:30

That looks really nice!

Never heard of black palm, looks a bit wenge like?
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Postby Mike G » 31 Dec 2021, 19:20

Lovely.
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Postby Blackswanwood » 31 Dec 2021, 19:25

Wow - that’s neat.
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Postby TrimTheKing » 01 Jan 2022, 03:11

Very nice mate.
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Postby RogerS » 01 Jan 2022, 05:48

That's quality :eusa-clap:
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Postby Andyp » 01 Jan 2022, 07:37

Oh yes very nice.
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Postby Phil » 01 Jan 2022, 07:46

That is very nice indeed! :eusa-clap:
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Postby Rezi » 01 Jan 2022, 08:57

:text-bravo:
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Postby Dr.Al » 01 Jan 2022, 10:02

That's really nice. The grain on the black palm really adds something special.
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Postby Peri » 01 Jan 2022, 17:25

Thanks all :)

Thats the easy bit done - now the hard part of trying to sell it !

I did actually design and make a chess set, but out of powder coated aluminium - it was the project I picked to learn CNC on at my workplace. Not so simple you won't learn much, but not so complicated it'd take 2 years of study to see a result. Having said that it took about 5 times as long to make a decent knight as it did all the other pieces together !

It currently resides in the display case at work - I'll grab a pic when I'm back.
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Postby Peri » 04 Jan 2022, 18:30

As promised, pic of the chess set. I actually made two sets, one for work, one for me.
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Postby Mike G » 04 Jan 2022, 18:39

My goodness, that's stunning.
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Postby Peri » 05 Jan 2022, 18:07

Thanks Mike :)
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Postby Andyp » 05 Jan 2022, 18:15

You get to make toys like that at work :o leaves me wondering what on earth you do.
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Postby Peri » 05 Jan 2022, 18:28

I work in the engineering department of a local college.

My official job title is 'Facilitator' - that means I run the stores and order stock, I teach (a little) CAD, milling & turning and some basic CNC, I sweep up, empty bins, do repairs and maintenance, design teaching jobs and resources and I'm a teaching assistant in the workshop.

At 50+ I'm on less money than I was at 20, but working with 16/17 year olds, and apprentices who are anything up to 40+ is (generally) brilliant, and I get access to all the machines when it's quiet.
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