On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 08:12:50 -0700, "GeeDubb"
wrote:



Beautiful piece. How did you cut the hinges?


Appreciate the compliment.

The hinges were cut on the same jig I used to cut the box joints at
the corners of the walnut box. I had a hunk of the maple left so I
planed it thinner, cut a bunch of box joint fingers in it, rounded
them off on the router, ripped the board narrow on the non-fingered
side, then cross-cut (by hand, too small to use power tools on after
all this) the hinge pieces, taking care to line up the fingers offset.
Put each hinge together, hold with masking tape, drill one 9/64 hole
through all and "find" 1/8 a pin to fit. I say "find" 'cause I had to
make the pins by chucking short pieces of 5/32 brass rod (smallest I
could find) in the DP, then sanding it down with crocus cloth.

I'm told "it's actually quite easy". Liars abound.

Good luck with the chessboard. A chessboard was the first thing I made
in woodshop class many years ago (too many!). It was teak and maple,
Looked nice. I have no idea where it is now.

Regards.