I sort of half promised my 7 year old Grandson that I would make him a chess table. I have one that I made a while ago and when he is down on school holidays we use it to play draughts on and he said "I'd like a table like this Grandad" And I sort of replied "I'll make you one matey if you want one"
After that he kept asking if i had started it yet. So here's the result
Took a piece of mahogany which had been part of a bookcase and a piece of ash from a kitchen cupboard door that I salvaged.
Cut strips 40 mil wide and 6 mil thick
Realiesd I was two short for what I needed so made two more and glued and clamped
Removed them from the clamps, cut them into 40 mil strips, arranged them as shown and glued and clamped
The finished top
Four lengths of oak were then grooved, mitred, glued and clamped with a plywood insert
Next step to add the chequer board into the top. The strip of banding around the chequer board is off an old pallet but its hard wood and the right colour.
Four top rails were then cut and two of them had cut outs for the drawers.The vertical cuts were done on the table saw and most of the waste taken out with the jig saw. The final finish was done on the router table using a straight cutting bit
Two side rails were then made with runners in for the drawers
The legs are 25 x25 mil oak and the mortices cut with the router and a home made jig.
The tennons on the side rails were cut on the table saw and a bead detail was done on the router table on the lower edge.
After a dry fit the table was glued and clamped.
The drawers were made from 6 mil oak with simple half lap joints and I was going to glue a piece of oak on to the front but decided to experiment.
I took lengths of ash and mahogany 12mil wide.
Glued and clamped
Cut into 12 mil pieces.
Arranged into a chequer board and after rounding off the edges and forming a finger pull on the lower inside edge, they were glued to the drawer fronts.
The top was fixed using screws and a kreg jig.
It was then given two coats of danish oil.
My Grandson is coming to us next week for his school holidays, and I'm sure he'll like it
Alan.
After that he kept asking if i had started it yet. So here's the result
Took a piece of mahogany which had been part of a bookcase and a piece of ash from a kitchen cupboard door that I salvaged.
Cut strips 40 mil wide and 6 mil thick
Realiesd I was two short for what I needed so made two more and glued and clamped
Removed them from the clamps, cut them into 40 mil strips, arranged them as shown and glued and clamped
The finished top
Four lengths of oak were then grooved, mitred, glued and clamped with a plywood insert
Next step to add the chequer board into the top. The strip of banding around the chequer board is off an old pallet but its hard wood and the right colour.
Four top rails were then cut and two of them had cut outs for the drawers.The vertical cuts were done on the table saw and most of the waste taken out with the jig saw. The final finish was done on the router table using a straight cutting bit
Two side rails were then made with runners in for the drawers
The legs are 25 x25 mil oak and the mortices cut with the router and a home made jig.
The tennons on the side rails were cut on the table saw and a bead detail was done on the router table on the lower edge.
After a dry fit the table was glued and clamped.
The drawers were made from 6 mil oak with simple half lap joints and I was going to glue a piece of oak on to the front but decided to experiment.
I took lengths of ash and mahogany 12mil wide.
Glued and clamped
Cut into 12 mil pieces.
Arranged into a chequer board and after rounding off the edges and forming a finger pull on the lower inside edge, they were glued to the drawer fronts.
The top was fixed using screws and a kreg jig.
It was then given two coats of danish oil.
My Grandson is coming to us next week for his school holidays, and I'm sure he'll like it
Alan.
