Latest project. Custom chess set

Dec 17, 2025 10:38 PM

steveo80

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Wood used black walnut and black limba

Knights

Rook

Pawn

Bishop

King

Queen

Very nice. I like the table too

8 months ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

That's square

8 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Nicely done. I’ve seen a Danish set similar to that from the 60s. Very nice work. +1

8 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

This is beautiful; thanks for sharing

8 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

First, incredible and amazing to me. I'm in awe really; I have my talents that aren't bad but I'd trade them for yours!

I replied though because I thought that I had seen this before, which I was gonna ask but after my skills at looking shit up before I open my damn mouth, I realized it was something similar...

BUT THEN... I decided to go look at your other posts. I like you. So I laughed, I wondered, I loved.

Poetically drunk at 0052

8 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Plenty of room for checkers too

8 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Whats limba?

Limba balls. Wait... no.

8 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Nice. I'm going to be making my middle a chess board for his next birthday. He's become quite obsessed with it: he's on the chess team and only asked for chess books for Christmas. It's also all he plays on his phone. Still thinking about what woods to use, I'm leaning towards walnut and white oak, but I haven't settled yet.

8 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Beautiful work! Do you have a post on that table?

8 months ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

Hope this works /gallery/eBaAAK0

8 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

So you like joints?/s awesome work

8 months ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Yeah I like smoking weed and playing chess too! Oh, not that kinda joint...

8 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Beautiful, stunning work, but like...the board is set up wrong. Bottom right square is supposed to be white for both players, and queens go on their own color. I seriously do love the wood working though, great job.

8 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I have no clue how to play chess I just built it man....

8 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Not knocking your work at all, it's gorgeous. It's one of those things that all "chess players" notice in a fraction of a second is all.

8 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Sweet! I used Black Limba for a project once. Really beautiful wood.

8 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I like them. But also. Minimalism is just a scam invented by Big Small to sell more less for more money.

8 months ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Limba black walnuts

8 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

White queen should be on a white square.

8 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I love everything in this post but if I ever came over to your house I would spill my drink so fucking hard.

8 months ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Holy shit, @op !!! We had nearly the same aesthetic design ideas!!! Mine still needs to be finished. I really love the spline work you did on the base!! /a/jZ2Bnj3

8 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

@op it is wild how similar are choices were. Walnut and Spalted Maple for mine, looks almost identical! Beautiful work btw!

8 months ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Very nice, but your setup is wrong. Turn the board so the bottom right corner has a white square and the queens always start on squares of their own color.

8 months ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

Oh dang you beat me to this comment by 3 minutes, nice.

8 months ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0