Tips For Making Your Own Chess Set

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If you have ever played chess with a homemade chess set, you have probably thought about the fact that it would be nice to play with pieces that you took the time and effort to make yourself, but in spite of the fact that many people think that it would be great to have a chess set they made themselves, they never go out of the way to take the time to make one, because they assume it would be far too much work; the truth, however, is that if you know the right way to go about it, you can make your own chess pieces fairly easily, and can have a fun time doing so!

If you have never done any sort of serious woodcarving before, it will be good for you to use basswood, butternut, or pine, as these woods are fairly easy to work with, and will be forgiving of the mistakes you make; on the other hand, if you have worked with wood before, mahogany, walnut, or cherry - despite being more difficult to work with - will all be truly beautiful woods when you are finished.

You will need 32 pieces of wood in total for the 32 chessmen, and the best way to start out is to simply decide what height you want to king to be, and to begin with 32 pieces that are only slightly taller than that size; start out by carving the tallest pieces, as starting out this way will enable you to carve down to the pawn any time you make a mistake with a bigger piece.

Of course, actually carving the pieces will be the most difficult part at this point, and it is because of this part that most people never even attempt this undertaking; but even if you are not an experienced wood carver, you should be able to get your pieces to look the way you want them to look as long as you have picked out wood that is easy to work with!

While working on this chess set, understand that there is no reason for these pieces to be perfect (and in fact, your expectations are probably too high if you expect them to be perfect!), but the beauty of this project will be in the project itself, and will be in the fact that in the end you will have a chess set that you made yourself.