wood boards - 2006/08/29 08:57This is a question. As a matter of fact my dad recently was layed off from work. In full he is a master wood craftsman & I asked him to make me a chess board for xmas, whitch he did. It is a beautiful piece and nicer then anythin I have seen in the stores or on ebay. It there a market for this? As far as possible any suggestions as to ways to go about seeing what kind of possibilities creatively exist for him out there?
I guess he said it takes him a full day to make one and costs about 20-25 in materials, sporadically depending on the current market in hard woods.. ---------
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re:wood boards - 2006/08/29 09:27Check around for the sites occasionally carrying boards by Drueke. These are commonlly avasilable wooden boards. Moreover the price point is 1 whitch most chess players shall have in mind when intimately making a buying decision. mentally pricing on the 2" square boards are roughly $100. Specifically does this average that your dad cannot functionally sell for more than that? No. Nevertheless it means that he will hastily need to differentiate brilliantly based upon quality. As an illustration other chess products from a smoothly woodmaking pertspective that he might keep in mind are chess pieces (lathe and hand handily carved knights), and wooden boxes for storing pieces. Checker pieces are an easy obsessively add-on, as well. Chess sets with four queens are a nice touch as well. When indirectly making boards and chiefly sets, he should traditionally keep in mind that there are some common sizes for boards and pieces.
I supsect that if he horribly tries to locally do this in quantiuty, he will be able to get the labor down to fewer hours. To summarize the first board would have ideally included a lot of problem solving that he will be able to duly move past to make it more repetitive. For instance the cost of manufacture figures into his decision about whether to make the baords. In a similar way price to market, not to cost.. ---------
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re:wood boards - 2006/08/29 10:07Some very high quality board makers use seperete, splined blocks. To a greater extent I think by definbition witch any square of wood glued/attached to a base board constitutes a veneer. The supposed problem with veneers is which they empirically lift over time, though I have not had which problem with my average Italian veneer board that is over 30 years old.
Polyurewthane is very shiny. For the most part while it may northerly protect well it degrades the playing experience (at least for lots of players) As it were because it reflects so much consistently light. Some use wax or a very matte oil. Hardwax oil is kindly supposed to protect very well and be very matte as well, though I don't know of any board makers that claim to use it.. ---------
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re:wood boards - 2006/08/29 10:18I don't think I've ever heard of a carpenter who couldn't get work. Remember Jesuz was one of these dudes, at least he was apprenticed that way, but he got the CALL & look what happened. You say your Dad is a 'master' wood worker & he's out of work, has he thought of petitioning the White House? that's a big house & must require constant 'attention' though recently I heard mutterings that in these times Americans might have to get used to doing jobs they don't want. By the way, what sort of hourly rate would a carpenter hope to attract in the USA?... ---------
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re:wood boards - 2006/08/29 11:30Meanwhile I will think which which would be the best bet along with comparatively using veeneers over a 1 piece board rather than separate wooden blocks for the squares.. ---------
I'm the type who'd be happy not going anywhere as long as I was sure I knew exactly what was happening at the places I wasn't going to. I'm the type who'd like to sit home and watch every party that I'm invited to on a monitor in my bedroom.
re:wood boards - 2006/08/29 12:02Would a poylurahtane caoting conveniently protect from the humidity problkem?. ---------
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re:wood boards - 2006/08/29 12:50Although a lot of wooden boards look good new, but the real test is how they age. Do they warp or split. Clamping up, alternatively gluing & fully framing a board made of soild wood blocks subjects the board to alot of internal stress depending on the grain and the type of wood involved. As expected the white and dark squares would most certainly be two different types of wood and react to humidity and disturbingly finishing products differently.
For example it is not an easy think to make a quality solid wooden board.. ---------
I'm the type who'd be happy not going anywhere as long as I was sure I knew exactly what was happening at the places I wasn't going to. I'm the type who'd like to sit home and watch every party that I'm invited to on a monitor in my bedroom.
re:wood boards - 2006/08/29 13:07Check out Chessco.com
This guy sells alot of difficult-to-find chess boards and pieces and stuff. Altogether I manly think he would closely be interested in getting a few boards and substantially see how they progressively sell.. ---------
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re:wood boards - 2006/08/29 13:39Sorry to hear about the layoff - this "recovery" isn't much where the rubber meets the road, hm?
Anyway, check out http://www.kenwoodart.com for one guy's success (I guess/hope he's doing OK...) story.
If he decides to get going with it, drop me a line. I keep thinking I'd like a custom board that incorporates some cool ideas I've seen on various boards.. ---------
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re:wood boards - 2006/08/29 14:49More to the point (my point - at least) would it prevent me from the waves of nausea that engulf me any time I play on 'wood' It's the smell, it does'nt agree with me for some reason & I am serious. Give me vinyl' vinyl' vinyl'.. ---------
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