Chess board update

Last Thursday.
Had a little fiasco. I finished the glue up of the 8 strips. Then went to cut them to 2 inches plus about one-eighth, so that I could stack plane them to exactly 2 inches all as 1 operation (precision). Well, my temporary roommate was looking over my shoulder, stuck his nose in, made some comments. To get him to shut up I made a modification to the setup and mis-measured. Then I started cutting strips. After 4 (of 8) it was clear that I would run out of material. The strips were too wide. Got mad, screwed up one, and was left with 6 good ones. Now I have to mill all new pieces from rough stock to make up the difference. However, what has been cut, when oriented correctly, looks wonderful!

Last Friday.
Decided to make another board since I was going to be milling strips anyway. So I ripped 10 strips (8 for the new, 2 for the old). These need to be jointed planed, and glued.

Today.
Been so darn cold for the past few days. No shop work!!