Chess: Wooden Board
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yhlee! The acrylic paste is dry and I'm doing some varnish tests on wood veneer leftovers already. :)
Objectively, really bad woodworking, but I'm super happy about it! I managed to build a chessboard, YAY!!! (On the other side, there's the Butterfly Board, so it has one mostly-sane and one really weird side.) And I didn't even have to read any instructional texts for it, either! (I don't do that when I can do the trial-and-error approach instead: I mean, knowing one or two things about woodworking might have resulted in a better board, but more likely, I would have read up on that stuff, realized it's really difficult, and not built the board at all, and because a flawed board is better than no board, clearly, avoiding demotivational instructions was the way to success, here... XD) I definitely learned some things about wood veneer while making this, so, it's all good. XDDD
The board runs nicely, too: I've tested it by running through some variations of the Ruy Lopez opening (purely for emotional reasons) and despite its size and its numerous craftingf*ck-ups inaccuracies, it feels almost like a tournament board. A bit low on contrast between light and dark squares for my taste, but, uh, I tend to prefer extreme contrasts, so this is probably not a problem for most players - it feels very normal, anyway.
Oh, and of course, the square b4 is my absolute favorite! XDDD I managed to break a piece out of it while polishing - have I mentioned that I learned a lot while doing this thing? - and I fixed it with acrylics, and it looks almost okay now! XDDD I'm (irrationally) super proud of b4! LOL
yhlee! The acrylic paste is dry and I'm doing some varnish tests on wood veneer leftovers already. :)Objectively, really bad woodworking, but I'm super happy about it! I managed to build a chessboard, YAY!!! (On the other side, there's the Butterfly Board, so it has one mostly-sane and one really weird side.) And I didn't even have to read any instructional texts for it, either! (I don't do that when I can do the trial-and-error approach instead: I mean, knowing one or two things about woodworking might have resulted in a better board, but more likely, I would have read up on that stuff, realized it's really difficult, and not built the board at all, and because a flawed board is better than no board, clearly, avoiding demotivational instructions was the way to success, here... XD) I definitely learned some things about wood veneer while making this, so, it's all good. XDDD
The board runs nicely, too: I've tested it by running through some variations of the Ruy Lopez opening (purely for emotional reasons) and despite its size and its numerous crafting
Oh, and of course, the square b4 is my absolute favorite! XDDD I managed to break a piece out of it while polishing - have I mentioned that I learned a lot while doing this thing? - and I fixed it with acrylics, and it looks almost okay now! XDDD I'm (irrationally) super proud of b4! LOL