His latest project has him busting out the lathe to shape some customized chess pieces out of brass. Once the models of each piece are shaped and smoothed out, DiResta uses them to make molds that ...

Chess is a slow game of careful decision-making, looking several moves ahead of the current state of the board. So is machining, and combining the two is an excellent way to level up your machine ...

Narrator: With every shaving and small incision, master artisans turn these trunks of wood into 32 hand-carved chess pieces ... Each block is attached to a lathe, which turns the block rapidly ...

This project shows the manufacturing of three different pieces of a chess piece, namely a pawn, a rook, and a knight. This project showcases basic 3D milling and lathe operations along with advanced ...

Yan spends half of a normal work day making chess pieces with the lathe, and another half on carving kbach – the decorative flourishes in much Khmer design – into them. Much of the process involves ...