Build a chessboard

How to build a chessboard

You need

Step By Step Instructions

Step18
Gather your materials including your Dremel DSM20

 

Gather your materials; Wood, wood glue, sandpaper, paint and DREMEL DSM20.

Step28
Using your Dremel DSM20 cut the wood into 8 strips

 

Begin by cutting the wood into 8 strips, all 2 inches wide, using your DSM20. Paint 4 black and 4 white.

Step38
Carefully edge-glue them together keep the ends aligned

 

Carefully edge-glue them together, keeping the ends aligned. When the glue has dried, true up one end by crosscutting the assembled panel on your table.

Step48
Recut the panel into eight 2 inches- wide strips

 

Next, recut the panel into eight 2 inches-wide strips.

Step58
Cut the piece of wood in 4 strips to create the frame

 

Now cut the piece of wood in 4 strips to create the frame.

Step68
Cut the base to the same proportion of the frame

 

Cut the base to the same proportion of the frame.

Step78
Glue all of the pieces in place.

 

Glue all of the pieces in place. Measure where the strip will go and then cover that section of the board in glue, gluing and then placing one row at a time. Remember to alternate the square colors.

Step88
Done! Add the chess pieces you can create using your Dremel Idea Builder 3D40.

 

Done! You're now ready to add the chess pieces you can create using your Dremel 3D printer.