Chessboard made from Firewood | Walnut and Spalted Maple

In this video, I make a chessboard out of what would otherwise be firewood logs. But these logs have special sentimental value. The client drove about 700 miles in an ice storm three years ago from Alabama to my place with a load of logs that were from trees that his grandmother had planted decades ago at the family home where he now resides. It was a lot of extra work to mill the wood from logs that had a lot of insect damage and wood rot, but it was worth the effort to make him something that he can cherish as a family memory.

I used a TopTes wood moisture meter which came in very handy because I needed to be sure that the wood had the right moisture level before proceeding. If you'd like to pick one up, you can use this link and discount code to get an additional 10% off. https://amzn.to/3IJvVBj The 10% discount code is 96NKLX68. If you'd like to enter the giveaway for the TopTes TS-630 moisture meter, please review the Giveaway Contest Rules below. [Contest closed on April 30, 2023. Congratulations to @HeathenHammer123 for winning the TopTes TS-630 moisture meter!]

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Chapters:
00:00 Milling up the logs
04:50 Testing the wood moisture
05:27 Cutting strips for the the chess squares
08:49 First glue-up
10:23 Cutting the chess squares
11:44 Second glue-up
13:49 Preparing the frame
18:44 Third glue-up
22:14 Applying the finish

Music in this video is from Epidemic Sound
00:18 Ballad For Olivia -- Eineide
02:16 Yours -- Ennio Mano
04:02 Little Idea -- Christophe Gorman
05:27 Once -- Hara Noda
10:14 Beauty Of Kura -- Vusal Zeinalov
13:03 Glowing Embers -- Megan Wofford
16:50 Got that Feeling -- Peter Sandberg
22:50 Comfort In The Dark -- Atlas Kind

Giveaway Contest Rules:

Contest closed on April 30, 2023. Congratulations to @HeathenHammer123 for winning the TopTes TS-630 moisture meter!

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