A simple but elegant DIY project you can do with some help from your kids? Voila—you can see your chessboard taking shape. For a diy chess table top jacket, finished look, add a border. So, as you're gluing and clamping, keep placing a straight edge on diy chess table top jacket top of the board across and diagonal and making adjustments when necessary. For my own board, I went with 2 inches. You may think that it involves a tedious process of cutting and gluing together 64 small squares of wood, but that couldn't be further from the truth.

There are many different methods to making your own chess board but this one is the easiest and cheapest we have found. The first thing we did was sand the table to remove all of the old varnish and wood stain chemicals. We then gave the bare table a few coats of Diy Coffee Table Wood And Metal heavy duty wood stain made by MinWax named Red Mahogany.

Once the stain was dry we applied masking tape and made the lines for our diy chess board. We made sure to space out the lines so the chess squares would be exactly 1. We used an Exacto knife to cut away the Bosch Router Table Top One excess masking tape. We then covered the rest of the table with paper and only left the squares exposed for our custom paint.

We then used a flat black non drip spray paint to color the squares for our chess board. We patiently let the black paint dry and then carefully removed the masking tape and paper. Next we added 4 coats of a heavy duty polyurethane to Top 5 Cheap Table Saws 4d help keep the chess board protected. Here is the chess board after the polyurethane has dried. Notice the nice deep shine. The next thing was to add our chess pieces! Very inexpensive and fun to do plus we now have our own custom chess table!

This gives you a board that is about 16 inches square, depending on what style of border you select we'll get to that in a bit.

The first step is to cut eight strips of wood, four of each color. The strips should measure the width of 2 inches or whatever you choose for the square dimension by at least 20 inches. A table saw is going to give you the best chance at accuracy and consistency. You could use a circular saw if necessary, but you'll want to set up some kind of straight edge to run the saw against. When you have your strips cut, lay them in an alternating pattern dark, light, dark, light.

For each one, choose one side to be the top face the side you'll see when the board is complete. Once they're organized in a way that you're happy with, I recommend numbering the strips, which will be a useful reference guide once the gluing starts.

Make sure to spread the glue evenly along the entire edge of each strip. It's important that the gluing is done correctly or things can fall apart later on. The clamps should be perfectly perpendicular to the edges of the board so they don't make any dents. If you're using a soft wood, such as pine, place pieces of scrap wood Cast Iron Router Table Top Uk Zone between the clamps and the board to distribute the pressure and protect the crisp edge of the board. Once the strips are clamped, wipe the excess glue off the top face with a damp rag.

First, it is very important that at least two of the sides are square to one another. It doesn't matter what the other side looks like, but you need at least one of the cut edges to be perfectly straight. While clamping, keep checking this by putting a framing square along two edges, and use a hammer to gently tap the strips into alignment. You may need to loosen a clamp a bit to do this.

Secondly, while gluing, keep the board as flat as possible. The clamps are likely to curl the edges upward, creating a slight bowl effect. So, as you're gluing and clamping, keep placing a straight edge on the top of the board across and diagonal and making adjustments when necessary. Some unevenness is fine; you'll be sanding it flat later.

But it's much easier to deal with it now than later on. Once the glue has dried, it's time to cut 2-inch strips out of the board you just made.

This time, make the cuts perpendicular to the original strips. If you're using a table saw, run the squared-off edge along the fence. Because you started with inch strips of the raw material, this will leave you with at least nine checkerboard strips.

There's an extra in case one breaks or doesn't look good. Take those strips, each of which consists of eight even squares, and lay them out again, this time flipping every other one.

Voila—you can see your chessboard taking shape. When you have the strips arranged the way you like them, number each strip again and glue them together, playing attention to all of the things you did when you glued the strips the first time.

When the glue has dried, unclamp the board and sand it smooth.

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