My Introduction To Turning

Recently I purchased a lathe and decided that I would try to turn something just to try it out.  This object is about 1.5 inches wide and about 4 inches tall.  I didn’t really have any purpose in mind for this turning; it was just something to do.  When I showed it to Sarah she said that it looked like a candlestick and my parents said it looked like a chess piece.  Both of those interpretations work fine for me!  Now it looks like I have a few things to try: make some candlesticks and a full blown chess set. 

The chess set is what I am worried about.  I have always wanted a nice chess set but making the whole thing has not been seriously considered.  I have thought about making a nice chess board but don’t think I have considered actually making all of the pieces as well.  One might say that I am a bit of a perfectionist and with that said creating a chess set is quite a daunting (and challenging… and fun) task because I will want all of the pieces to look the same.  So creating 16 pawns, 4 knights, 4 bishops, 4 rooks, 2 queens and 2 kings and having all of the pawns look exactly the same as all of the other pawns.  And all of the knights look just like the other nights… and… you get the idea.  I will give it a shot and see what happens.