This games table was my Major Work Uni project in UK for teaching Design & Tech.
The design incorporated Chess, Draughts, Nine Men’s Morris (on the reverse side of the chess board) & Backgammon (in the base after lifting off the chess board). All pieces stored at a drawer each end of the table.
The table was Honduras Mahogany incorporating various selected veneers, brass display dowels and leather. All lapped dovetail joints were hand cut. The chess pieces I made from a mix of ground stone and gypsum set in moulds. The checkers are made from European Boxwood and Indian Rosewood (very rare now) which I turned on a lathe with a home-made cutter.