You can melt the lead directly into the holes in your chess pieces, which makes it a lot easier. Just hold one of those wheel weights with a pair of tongs (or pliers, or Vise-Grips, or whatever) over the hole in the base of the chess piece, and melt it directly with a propane torch. As it melts it will drip into the hole in the chess piece. Also, if you thread the hole in the chess piece (using a coarse-threaded tap), when the lead solidifies it will be mechanically locked into those threads, which holds them permanently, unlike glue which can fail. That's how it was done by the manufacturers of the nicer vintage chess sets. See this picture for an example - i.imgur.com/UMmcncU.jpg Also, I suggest 3M Super 77 spray adhesive for attaching the felt. Wood glue creates an excellent bond between the felt and the wood, but it doesn't bond to lead at all. Super 77 bonds very well to non-porous surfaces such as metal and glass, as well as porous surfaces such as fabrics and wood.

@-johnny-deep-

3 жыл бұрын

Great recommendations. You don't have to worry about the hot lead burning the wood? Maybe it just cools off so fast when it touches the wood that it doesn't matter. Also, I guess you could use lead shot and glue, but it would be lighter than solid lead.

Enjoyed learning about the weight process with lead.

Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing it with us.

Beautiful! Very nice work!

Je suis jaloux. Excellent travail!!! Ton ensemble est beau.

Thanks for sharing everything in this project. I'm at the beginning stages of my chess project. A couple of prototype pieces in. -Todd

Very therapeutic watching this. So nicely done! I must admit the piano music was not my favorite, but the lathe work was really clean. I feel inspired. Thanks for sharing this process.

Really great job, u've won a new subscriber.

magnificent work!

@magimat

9 жыл бұрын

danas666 thanks!

Well done my friend

good workin man i like whay you did a lot thank y brother

Hola ! muy lindo video !!! Te hago una consulta, no se pude poner el plomo derretido directo en la pieza ??? Mil gracias !!!

I love it

Not perfect but being done by hand that is understandable. It is quite nice. I would never thought you could do something like this.

Nice work! I really like the seemingly one piece knight design! (Is it really one piece?) EDIT: It is a one piece knight! Just checked your other videos. Honestly, I think that's one of the best knight designs I've ever seen. Well done.

@magimat

3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

I feel proud even for just viewing this video, imagine if I Made those by myself. I would surely bring them for playing chess in the club like every day. Well, it just crossed my mind while typing this comment, if the weights were made of magnets and someday you would make another chess board project made of steel or iron or tin can, then you would have a magnetic chess set.

@radiantvalor

Жыл бұрын

That was exactly my idea. I'm going to try it and glue magnets into a wooden board and see if that works

Can you show how you drill your chess pieces...thank you...it will be a great help

Bravo

Hi Mathieu, Thanks for the video, I've come back to it a few times Were there instances where the lead burnt through your wood blocks? Also, do you know if there is an alternative to getting the lead out, other than cutting up the block? Thank you for your service to the world :)

@magimat

2 жыл бұрын

hey, thanks for your comment. I did not have any problem with the lead burning through the wood and I figured making some other wood mold was easy and cheap enough not to bother finding another way of removing it than cutting through the mold. I guess it could maybe be possible, but I don't have any experience with it.

i like to play with your vhess set its cool ilike it too much

Excellent job Mathieu! I'm starting my set and am trying to figure out the weight of each piece. Did you use different weight for different pieces?

@magimat

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the good words and yes I used different weights for the different pieces

Would you consider making another set just like it? I don't need a board, but the pieces are very attractive. Of course I'd purchase them.

@magimat

7 жыл бұрын

hey, thanks for the comment, I'm flattered, but this was really only a personal project and I have no intention of making another set.

@braininahat

7 жыл бұрын

Okay, I thought I'd ask in case you were interested...and because I liked the set: simple and weighted.

I use Jb Weld Steel Stick Epoxy Putty Stick. Easy to apply, but not as heavy.

¡Una verdadera obra de arte!... ¡Guao!, me provocó placer sólo observar tus videos... jajajajajaja... Las piezas de ajedrez que tú has fabricado están de lujo. ¡¡Hermosas!!. Una pregunta: Yo sé que el set de ajedrez que más se usa en competencias de este juego es el modelo de ajedrez Staunton; pero me gustaría saber qué otros modelos son famosos porque son usados frecuentemente en campeonatos de ajedrez. Un saludo desde la ciudad de Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Otra pregunta más: en algunos diagramas de ajedrez, a la pieza Alfil, se le representa a veces con un yelmo (casco) de la armadura de un caballero medieval. ¿Por qué pasa esto?, generalmente al Alfil se le representa en los diagramas con una mitra de esas que usa el Papa y no con un yelmo.

@juancarlosl4133

2 жыл бұрын

Es porque el alfil en Italia pasó a llamarse alfiere, porque la palabra en español alfil se parece, y alfiere quiere decir "alferez" el cual su origen es que el alferez era un caballero y brazo derecho del rey en la edad media (lo que coincide, porque justo esa pieza de ajedrez va al lado del rey) y el yelmo, usado en la época, sirve para representar la figura desde el punto de vista de esa pieza en particular, en Italia.

@m3c4n0

2 жыл бұрын

@@juancarlosl4133 ¡¡¡Gracias!!!

How much? Very nice ,

Beautiful work, but the most beautiful is the design of the pieces, a unique design, great in terms of size and shape...I really like the shape of the queen, Congratulations for your taste. -It is clear that you used excellent wood!, Is it possible to know the name of this wood and is each color a specific type? Or just you coloring black?

@magimat

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for the comment! Light wood is maple and dark one is east indian rosewood

@kouroscologne1622

2 жыл бұрын

@@magimat I thank you for the reply..Greetings 🤝

Where i can buy one? How much

How did you drill the bottoms?

@magimat

2 жыл бұрын

just watch my other videos!

Would you be willing to make me a set like this? What would you charge for the set?

@magimat

7 жыл бұрын

hey, sorry, I made it for myself and I'm not planning on making another one.

I want to buy your set if it is for sale. Send me the details if you're interested in selling this same set. Beautiful yet simple design I would really enjoy obtaining this great set. Send me a private message and we'll discuss the details, Regards...Jorge.

Is it possible to shape lead into small discs by a mallet because the lead is a soft metal?

@magimat

6 жыл бұрын

yea, I suppose you could, lead is indeed pretty soft.

so i made it too . just by using Woodprix woodworking plans :)

Stop pecking. You haven't made an effort at all.

@magimat

3 жыл бұрын

hmm. I honestly don't understand your comment!