[nabs-l] Thoughts on Modifying Wooden Chess Pieces

[Mark J. Cadigan]

I used a small file to start. Then I used 100 grit sand paper to smooth out
the piece. I did the final sanding with with 300 grit sand paper. Then I put
a clear high gloss lacquer over the entire piece for uniformity. Then i
buffed this out with a polishing bit on a dremmal tool.

if they are painted you will have to repaint the pieces, but if they are 
natural I suggest stripping off the original varnish and reapplying it from 
scratch. This will give you a uniform finish

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Hogue" <harryhogue at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 6:36 AM
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What tool did you use for this?




--- On Fri, 9/25/09, Mark J. Cadigan <kramc11 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Mark J. Cadigan <kramc11 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Thoughts on Modifying Wooden Chess Pieces
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 5:20 AM
> I modified my set of wooden chess
> pieces by flattening the tops of the black pieces and
> rounding off the white ones.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Hogue" <harryhogue at yahoo.com>
> To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:59 PM
> Subject: [nabs-l] Thoughts on Modifying Wooden Chess
> Pieces
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I owuld like to get everyone's thoughts on modifying a
> set of wooden chess pieces to distinguish the white pieces
> from the black pieces. They ahve velt on the bottom,
> the king measures 3.75in high, with bases at 1.5in. I
> do not remember if they are painted or natural woods; I
> think they are painted, though. They are accompanying
> a chess board that I build, so no modification on that score
> is necessary. They are double-weighted.
> >
> > Harry
> >
> >
> >
> >
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