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CHECKERBOARD & CHESSBOARD sa GAME TABLE xx CHESS xx GAME How to remove and replace the backing board (ground) of a marquetry checkerboard. Chessboard built from medium-density fiberboard and covered with macassar ebony and curly maple veneer. Photo shows how to make a cushion that also serves as a chess or checker board. Est. cost: $16. A collection of eleven games you can make. Includes instructions for making a patchwork checkerboard and a checkerboard top of gold and silver leaf on a plastic Parsons table. Fabric chessboard made without sewing. Mitered wooden frame includes grooves to hold playing pieces. Estimated cost: $14. How to make a durable parquet checkerboard. Estimated cost: $14. Paint a wooden checkerboard in "cross-stitch" ships and ocean wave motifs. Country-style, hand-stamped wooden checkerboard with heart designs on each end. Tips on a sack of travel games you can make. Includes a homemade checkerboard, chessboard, tic-tac-toe, and an assortment of crayons, pencils, paper, etc. A storage stool you can build. Box-like stool is built from 1/2" plywood and measures 10"x10"x15" tall. One side has a small door. Top can be finished in a checkerboard pattern to serve as a game board. Padded cushion is removable. A variety of games that can be played with a set of checkers and a checkerboard. Games include: Target Shoot, Goban, Duplication, Checker Hockey, Halfboard Checkers, Shoot 'Em Through and Throw-Off Checkers. Three varieties of checkers. (1) Single solitare. (2) Double solitare. (3) Four-corner checkers. Wooden chess board made from light and dark wood (birch & walnut) rests on four walnut legs to form a "chess table". Est. cost: $60. Board may be lifted off of legs. Hanging checkerboard made from three woods. Checkers (with holes in the center) are stored on dowel rods attached to the board's face. Tambour-style chessboard rolls aside to reveal storage compartment for chessmen. Overall dimensions: 13"x15"x3" deep. Decorative wooden gameboard for chess or checkers features squares of contrasting wood surrounded with a wooden frame. Chess or checker board is made from contrasting maple and walnut squares inside a maple frame. Country gameboard to needlepoint on plastic canvas. Ends of checkerboard are stitched with house and trees motifs. Magnetic travel games. Checkers, tic-tac-toe boards and playing pieces are made from magnetic sheets. Appropriate project for kids ages 7 and up. Three wooden game boards decorated with patriotic accents. (1) Checkerboard. (2) Heart-shaped peg game. (3) Tic-tac-toe. Checkerboard with heart motifs on each end is needlepointed in a triangle stitch on plastic canvas. Tiny wooden hearts are used as game pieces. Chickadee checkers. Checkerboard (9"x14") is painted in two shades of blue and decorated on the ends with flowering branches and a bluebird. Mini birdhouses with pink and blue roofs serve as game pieces. Checkerboard table. Round wooden accent table (20" diamater) is stenciled and sponge-painted with a checkerboard and heart motifs. Heart-shaped box is decorated to hold 24 one-inch wooden hearts for use as checkers. Fisherman's checkerboard of painted wood has ends that resemble docks. The checker pieces, made from oven-baked clay and wooden shapes, look like cans of worms and bobbers. Checkerboard is painted with Christmas ornament motifs. Tiny packages serve as game pieces. How to make several styles of chess, checker and backgammon boards. Techniques include woodburning, patchwork, copper tooling and glued ribbon. Three toys to keep children busy on a car trip. Telescope, periscope, and checkerboard pillow. Patchwork game board has a calico checker board on one side and a backgammon board on the other side. Checkers and "stones" are sewn from felt. Folk art checker and backgammon board is made from wood and painted with heart and bird patterns. Classic country checkerboard is painted with whimsical motifs of toys. The country look. Wooden checkerboard is made with a plywood base and wood lattice edges. Features divided trays to store playing pieces. Hang one or more on the wall as an interesting plaque. Serving tray with heart-shaped cutouts for handles has painted checkerboard pattern in the center. Make an unusual chess board. Turned feet and shaped sides create an antique look. Nicely crafted chessboard is surrounded by a decorative picture frame. Suitable for hanging on wall when not in use. Make a 16" checkerboard with alternating squares of light and dark wood. How to make decorative wooden checkers on a drill press. Build copies of antique game boards (checker boards). Heart-shaped checkerboard features a quilted patchwork center. Simple gameboard for chess or checkers is made from a piece of plywood and some wood lattice. Fabric checkerboard woven in summer and winter weave. Checkerboard in a bag. Two-block log cabin weave is used to create a portable checkerboard and matching tote bag. Authentic-looking replica of an antique checkerboard is achieved by stenciling. Leather chessboard features decorative Celtic motifs at the corners and edges. Giant outdoor checkerboard made from colored concrete squares and using heavy playing pieces with handles. Sew a quilted fabric chess/checkerboard. Reversible game board for checkers and backgammon is needlepointed on plastic canvas. Needlepoint checkers or chess game board. Features an unusual pattern for the "squares". Tile-top chess and checkerboard. Black and white ceramic tiles set in a wooden frame. Electronic checker game. Checkmate in style. Two good-looking playing boards you can make. (1) Chess table with the look of inlaid veneer. (2) Full-size portable board and storage case combination. An inlaid wooden checkerboard made from "Novawood". Chess cabinet. Small two-drawer unit holds chessmen and related items. The 18"x18" top serves as the game board. The two drawers open from either side. Antique chessboard (17" square, 4" deep) has a drawer in the base to hold the chessmen. The board is painted and the entire piece is antiqued. Front porch game bench. A simple wooden bench features a painted checkerboard and a storage drawer for the playing pieces. Overall dimensions: 48"x13"x17" tall. Chess, checkers and tic-tac-toe game boards and pieces are made from felt. Bee and ladybug checkers are cut from a wooden dowel and painted with simple patterns. Wedding checkerboard. Heart-shaped wooden board has a checkerboard square in the center and a border of hearts, doves, flowers and scroll linework. Intermediate skill level. Portable felt roll-up game-board set with glued-on squares, and button counters. Checkerboard made from half-inch plywood with painted squares. Checkers are heart shaped cut outs made from balsa wood. Elegant chess board features simplified construction of the playing surface and individual storage compartments in the base for the chess pieces. Wall-hanging chess unit consists of a frame, the board and two display boxes for the pieces. Provides a decorative use for chess game when not in use. Includes instructions for making the board. Tips on constructing a veneered chess board. Tips on finishing a veneer chess board using cellulose lacquer. Elegant wooden chessboard is surrounded with a mahogany frame supported by small brass feet. Tip on making a steel template with which to cut out the 2"x2" veneer squares needed for a chessboard. Wall-hung checkerboard in the shape of a Holstein cow. The large bell around the cow's neck is a storage compartment for the checkers. Wooden box features a roll top chessboard concealing the storage compartment for the chessmen. Overall dimensions: 13"x13"x3" deep. Lap chessboard features a built in storage drawer for the pieces. The top and sides are veneered. Board measures 20" square and 3" deep. Figured veneer chessboard features shallow storage drawers for the chessmen. Overall dimensions: 22"x22"x4" deep. An accompanying article shows how to make the chessmen using the Dutch Turning method. Chessboard is also a jigsaw puzzle of irregular "squares" inside a frame. Giant checkerboard (25"x30") is crocheted from black and white yarn. Playing pieces are crocheted over 2" rings. Handsome custom-made chessboard incorporates shop made "veneer". Unique folding game board is made by gluing hardwood blocks to a canvas backing. Painted acrylic checkerboard is enclosed in a wooden frame. The checkers are made from tree branch slices and stored in a box with a sliding lid. | |||||||||
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