Top Secret: American Chess Table- A table is born!
So chapter two of the drawer saga turned out to have a much happier tone. The glue up of the drawer in the table worked perfectly! We fitted the drawer to the table and it was a great fit. The [...]
Top Secret: American Chess Table- Drawer Redux – Mega OOOPS!!
So, you come into the shop, and you are very excited to get your project complete, and then you realize…..you might not be getting it done so quickly!! I took the drawer out of the clamps, [...]
Top Secret: American Chess Table- We need a drawer
We need to install some drawer runners for the drawer to ride on, and we also need to complete the drawer itself. We finally built the drawer and sanded the drawer runners! We have the drawer [...]
Top Secret: American Chess Table- Gluing the table pieces together
After the crucial dry fitting was complete, it was time to start gluing the pieces together and moving towards getting the drawer and fronts together. We glued the legs together in two different [...]
Top Secret: American Chess Table- Fitting the parts together
The parts have now been cut and processed, but do they fit? All of the drawing, planning and cutting comes down to how everything fits. So for all of the planning and careful cutting, I need to [...]
Top Secret: American Chess Table- Getting Leggy
A table needs legs! These beautiful legs were created by Don Russell. He used an XYZ machine to make the legs out of rock maple. The wood is very hard and very dense and machined very well. [...]
Top Secret: American Chess Table- Prepping the parts
If you have seen my blog entry for the American chess board, you will understand the need for the next project! The American chess table will go under the chess board to provide storage for the [...]