This homemade wooden Chessboard is composed of 1.5″ Maple and Mohagany squares, making the overall playing area 12″ x 12″ square. The mitered border is a router-trimmed edge with a 45-degree angle. The mitered border is Oak wood. The whole project is finished in Watco Danish Oil, then 4 coats of Watco wipe-on polyurethane. Small round rubber feet are glued to the bottom corners to prevent wobbling and protect delicate surfaces.
After gluing all 64 squares together, in strips of 4, I rubber-cemented sandpaper (rough side up) to a Melamine Particleboard Panel and sanded the board perfectly flat manually using random circular and rotating motions. It didn’t take long.
Note the center Oak strip to ensure proper Chessboard playing orientation. I was pleased at the tight square corners and mitered border.