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Vertical Chess Game

author-gravatar Graeme Apr 06, 2016

I enjoy making wall mounted chess games, I have made 3 of them and have 2 more on the way.

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this one is made from Cherry and the checker board is oak

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I went with a pull out draw on this one 

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this one is made from all oak 

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I went with sliding doors on the bottom to put in the game piece's

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Photo of Vertical Chess Game

this one is made from just pine.

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My son wanted his chess game black and white 

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just making sure that the ends are strait

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dry fit before I burnt the wood

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burnt pine chess game

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this is after I put on 7 coats of tung oil and 4 coats of poly (burnt pine)

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dry fit after I burnt the wood

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Nice project and a great idea. My father once made one which had magnets instead of shelf's.

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