Bringing Old Chess Pieces Back To Life and Making Extra Queens
A client who I'd made a chess board for a couple of years ago sent me some chess pieces and asked me if I could refinish them and also make two extra queens. In this video I show how I brought the pieces back to life and turned two new queens on my lathe.
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Chapters
00:00 Stripping the old finish
03:00 Turning the new queens
12:47 Adding lead weights
14:29 Staining the pieces
15:21 Applying the finish
16:18 Adding felt bottoms
Music is provided by Epidemic Sound
00:08 Minor Emotions - Megan Wofford
03:00 Memories of the Green Valley - Lars Meyer
05:27 When All Else Fades - Sam Eber
08:36 Under My Oak Tree - Johannes Bornlof
12:46 Lullaby for Charlie - Franz Gordon
15:21 Softly, Gently - Jon E. Amber
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My lady thinks chess piece vids are like the most boring vids ever but I enjoyed this. Man that vintage Lardy set… those knights speak to me and it warms my heart
Mike, that was some real detailed spindle turning. Well done.
Thanks, Paul!
Wspaniała robota! Jestem pod wielkim wrażeniem renowacji tych figur szachowych i wykonania nowych. Jesteś wielkim fachowcem!
I have my father's old chess set that I may try this on. Maybe then I could pass it down to my son. As always, thanks for the inspiration.
your an artist mister. i hope get a chess set like that one day !!
I have watched almost all of your chessboard-making videos. I think it would be nice to try to add magnets in pieces and the middle of squares. This means - they would self-centering on each move xD
Like others have said, beautiful work. It was great watching you turn those queens. That takes some real skill.
Hello Mike, really enjoyed your chess set 'restoration' & watching you hand craft those two additional Queen pieces ... You made that skilled work look so straightforward and easy; however, I know there is much more to making handmade pieces than meets the eye ... One wrong move & the chisel can destroy a piece in a split second 😬 ... Superb craftsmanship by you, as always ... Wishing you & your family a very happy Christmas. 👍
I know what you mean about one wrong move. I didn't have any problems with these two queens, but I started making an entire set a few weeks ago, and I had a few incidents with a skew chisel that destroyed a few pieces. I'm worried about running out of wood, so I'll need to slow down! Thanks for watching, and happy holidays!
Perfect job, perfect pieces, thank you so much for great video
Absolutely Beautiful. Amazing skill. Thanks for sharing. Really enjoyed it.
Beautiful work!
Thank you!❤
Wonderful lathe skills Mike!
As usual great job and very joyful to watch your videos, be so blessed and have a nice Christmas days with your family 👏🏻👏🏻
Beautiful work, Mike! Really stunning pieces! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊 And happy holidays!
Thank you so much! Happy holidays!
I saw a chess board on a woodworking forum where the board's squares were concave and the pieces bottoms were round and weighted. Is this something you "wood make"? Or consider making? Thanks for your content
I wonder if goo gone would have helped remove the remnants of the old felt from those chess pieces since you were having so much trouble removing it lol
Why did you place epoxy in the chess pieces? Amazing finished product.
That's to secure the lead weights so that they don't rattle.
would you make a $15 set for me?
I'm not impressed. You should have removed the coating with paint remover then very lightly sanding. Because the way the deeper corners turned out makes it look like it's a shade. Not professionally done, sorry.