Finally ... completed ... (whew)

TW · Postby TW » November 18th, 2007, 2:23 pm

Here is the project that has been the bain of my life over the last couple of months.

It is a Wooden Mosaic Chinese Checkerboard. I made it as a house warming gift for one of the guys at work and his Chinese bride (she is a champion Chinese Checker player). It is completely hand made, the only "power tool" was a Dremel Tool used to grind the 121 holes. The bottom is fully felted, and it measures 24 inches from point to point across the board.

Here are the stats:

617 pieces of wood all hand cut and fitted.

7 pieces of high grade felt.

8 fl. oz. Rosewood stain.

12 fl. oz. Honey Oak stain.

!6 fl. oz. Clear High Gloss Polyurethane

Total hours - unknown (I don't want to even think about then. :roll:

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Now if I can just keep from getting into any more of these projects for a while. :wink:

TW

Sherry · Postby **Sherry** » November 18th, 2007, 2:36 pm

That is gorgeous TW!!!! Chinese Checkers is a favorite of mine and my family. Your friends will be honored to have such a personal and beautiful gift.

Penny · Postby **Penny** » November 18th, 2007, 2:38 pm

oh wow!!!!

I love this game..

I use to beat my sisters at it when we were kids.

Susie Hamilton · Postby **Susie Hamilton** » November 18th, 2007, 2:55 pm

I am impressed. You just keep showing up with new talents.

DaJudge · Postby **DaJudge** » November 18th, 2007, 5:06 pm

Wow! You made that with hand tools? VERY impressive.

Alan · Postby **Alan** » November 19th, 2007, 6:05 am

that is awesome, I wish I had the talent to do something like that.... then again I wouldn't have the patience to sit down and make all the holes in a single piece of wood, much less put 617 pieces of wood together :shock:

Jennifer Smith · Postby **Jennifer Smith** » November 19th, 2007, 5:43 pm

love it, love it.. I beat Sam every single time at chinese checkers.. which is funny, huh?

TW, that was an awesome gift to give a friend.. BTW, TW, can I be your friend? :lol:

And PS bain is spelled b-a-n-e. (The other kind means a bath..!

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pastorables · Postby **pastorables** » November 19th, 2007, 5:54 pm

Very nice!!! Nice indeed.

TW · Postby TW » November 19th, 2007, 7:17 pm

Jennifer in a manner of speaking , I did take a "bath" on this project. Had I done this as a commissioned work it would have cost him well over $2000.00. From the list of materials you can see that virtually all of that is in the labor, and that's just the hours that I tracked. When I reached the $2000 mark I quit counting hours. However, I've never been able to put a price on friendship.

TW

Jennifer Smith · Postby **Jennifer Smith** » November 20th, 2007, 11:50 am

TW wrote: However, I've never been able to put a price on friendship.

That is awesome.

(You know I couldn't resist pointing out that spelling error to a fellow wordsman! :wink:

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rjc · Postby **rjc** » November 20th, 2007, 2:03 pm

Mother always said that busy hands made for happy people, but then again she never cut 617 pieces of wood.

TW, I'm jealous, you got all the talent, but at least Mother loved me best. :roll:

TW · Postby TW » November 20th, 2007, 10:46 pm

rjc wrote:Mother always said that busy hands made for happy people, but then again she never cut 617 pieces of wood.

TW, I'm jealous, you got all the talent, but at least Mother loved me best.

There is no need for you to be jealous, after all you can . . . Ah, you can . . ., No, you couldn't! . . . Wait, I'm thinking . . . ah . . . I'll think of something . . .

Well, while I try to remember if rjc had any talents, for the rest of you here is a better picture.

TW

Jennifer Smith · Postby **Jennifer Smith** » November 21st, 2007, 6:29 am

It seems to me rjc must have a talent for cooking, is that right, rjc?

She may even have yet undiscovered talents!

rjc · Postby **rjc** » November 21st, 2007, 3:18 pm

Jennifer Smith wrote:It seems to me rjc must have a talent for cooking, is that right, rjc?

She may even have yet undiscovered talents!

Thanks Jennifer, I do like to cook and I am pretty good except for hamburgers and Jello.

There are a few things I can do that TW doesn't...knit, crochet, needlepoint, embroidery, sew (make my own patterns and designs), or and I'm also modest. :wink:

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