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  • Curtis, this is the design Annie and I came up with. How do you like it? Any mods you want to make? Also, could you get back to me on the size of each tile on the board. I misplaced that information. chillum (pipe) chess set

Update #1 Drawings for Chillum (pipe) Chess Set

Curtis, this is the design Annie and I came up with. How do you like it? Any mods you want to make? Also, could you get back to me on the size of each tile on the board. I misplaced that information.

posted on Jul 25th 2012 by Left To Right Furniture

Update #2 Day 2 - get wood ready for lathe

Ended up choosing Pear and Maple - two excellent hardwoods that can be used for smoking. The plan is to put them on the lathe and carve each piece by hand. They'll all be unique, but true to the design picture we originally drew up.

posted on Jul 27th 2012 by Left To Right Furniture

Update #3 Day 2 - cut keys for shaping wood

Annie did an awesome job delicately making these keys so we'd have a guideline for making the chess pieces. We decided that we could fit two pieces on each chunk of wood for all but the queen and king. And so that's what we did.

posted on Jul 27th 2012 by Left To Right Furniture

Update #4 Day 3 - 1/2 a set

The pear set just needs some clean up on the belt sander and it'll be done. Then onto the maple set.

How do you like them? Any mods you want?

posted on Jul 28th 2012 by Left To Right Furniture

  • All pieces have been shaped on the lathe. Time for lots of fine finishing work. Annie working with a fine rasp
  • All pieces have been shaped on the lathe. Time for lots of fine finishing work. Rough set

Update #5 Day 4 - whole set

All pieces have been shaped on the lathe. Time for lots of fine finishing work.

posted on Jul 30th 2012 by Left To Right Furniture

Update #6 Almost done

All pieces sanded to 320 and drilled out. Still need to make bowls in the bottoms and buff on some carnuba wax.

posted on Aug 07th 2012 by Left To Right Furniture

Wooden Chillum Chess Set

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Curtis P. submitted:

“The final product I am looking for is a 32 piece chess set. I bought a chess board in Istanbul and I would like to have a chess set to go along with it. I attached images of the chess board and chillums and pipes. The chillums and pipe images are not mine, I found them on the internet, but I thought these would be good examples of what I might be looking for. I was looking for an infused design of the chess board and the chillums and pipes in the pictures. More specifically I would like all of the pieces except the kings to be chillums. The chillum pawns would have the smallest capacity chamber, while the queens have the largest capacity chamber. The rooks, knights, and bishops would have chamber sizes in between. The kings would be pipes with a bowl to pack at the end of the game. Thank you for you time and energy! Your help is very much appreciated! I am open to any ideas, questions, comments, and helpful critiques. My desired completion is only desired. If it is…

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