Check Mate! Making the Kings: Giant chess set episode 7. Conrad Craft. How to

Hi guys! Conrad Craft Here! In this episode I am finishing up the last of the wood turning of the chess pieces for this giant chess set. (music begins to play...) TO ... turn... THERE IS A ... turn... Its hard to believe how much footage I have of all these chess pieces being to mention all the pics I have of the process. Pretty sure I have officially spent more time sifting through and editing down these videos than I did making this entire set. lol. I hope you guys are enjoying seeing the whole “how to make a chess set“ process. I have definitely had fun working on the wood lathe, and carving each and every detail from the complex knight down to simple pawn. In this video I turn The Kings for this giant chess set. Once again, the woods used for the chess pieces and the chess board in this set are Maple and African Mahogany. the King design is a one piece construction with the finial cross on the kings crown being turned and carve
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