DIY custom Jaques of London chess box

Sort:
Avatar of AdiTane
SpanishStallion wrote:

Very nice chess box which can be made with $20-$30.

That's a little cheap. I paid the woodworker $60 for the box and spend an extra $70 for the other materials of the trays. Anyway considering that the original jaques-of-london box costs around $1500 it was money worth spending

Avatar of AdiTane
ChessAuthor wrote:

That looks great! Well done! And thank you for sharing. I might have to give it a try this summer.

Let me know if you will need the original files (photoshop, sketchup)

Avatar of BH4WK
Thank you for the info - I definitely want to make something of this quality for my own set!
Avatar of RichardHG
AdiTane wrote:
SpanishStallion wrote:

Very nice chess box which can be made with $20-$30.

That's a little cheap. I paid the woodworker $60 for the box and spend an extra $70 for the other materials of the trays. Anyway considering that the original jaques-of-london box costs around $1500 it was money worth spending

$1500!!

Avatar of AdiTane
RichardHG wrote:
AdiTane wrote:
SpanishStallion wrote:

Very nice chess box which can be made with $20-$30.

That's a little cheap. I paid the woodworker $60 for the box and spend an extra $70 for the other materials of the trays. Anyway considering that the original jaques-of-london box costs around $1500 it was money worth spending

$1500!!

Avatar of SpanishStallion
AdiTane wrote:
SpanishStallion wrote:

Very nice chess box which can be made with $20-$30.

That's a little cheap. I paid the woodworker $60 for the box and spend an extra $70 for the other materials of the trays. Anyway considering that the original jaques-of-london box costs around $1500 it was money worth spending

Yes, the quality of your custom-made box is as good as JOL version and that  for less than one tenth of the price.

Avatar of Westsailor32

What can I add that hasn't already been said. Beautiful work

Avatar of xTrGtMsTrx

wow, amazing it looks gorgeous your father must have loved it i bet! i definitely need to try this.