Skew practice continued

Well Just finished off the last chess pieces for the set. been quite the challenge and have had a few set backs along the way. Now I can focus on finishing off the board. No idea how this is happening but once again the pictures are appearing upside down on the post. Please can someone give me some advice on why this is happening and what to do to fix this problem. The pictures are right side up on my end.

That looks great Drew! Even if it is upside down!

Thanks Jeff, Obviously it is for playing chess on the ceiling.

Hi,

And I do mean, "Hi" as in, on-the-ceiling.

I really like the smooth, clean look of the chess pieces; they are just begging to be handled.

Enjoy,

JimB

Until you find out differently, perhaps you could rotate the pictures upside down on your PC before downloading them to the FWW site.

Nice work on the chess set!

No comment on your picture uploading abilities

But those chess pieces really came out very nice.

Al Launier said:

Until you find out differently, perhaps you could rotate the pictures upside down on your PC before downloading them to the FWW site.

Nice work on the chess set!

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Tried that Al but it still came out upside down. Damn frustrating to say the least.

This is a Christmas gift for my boys. They live together and are heading off to school in Edmonton next year so this is just something to give them to remind them of home.

Great looking set Drew. They are going to love it.

I bet it becomes a family heirloom. You may have to make another so each will have one set to pass on. Very nice work.

Working with a skew is hard enough but working with it while upside down...............that is a whole new level of difficulty.

Nice looking set.

The obvious solution is to turn your camera upside down.

Here's your pic, flipped...wish I knew why it's not cooperating on your machine:



Great job on the chess set. Your skew skills put mine to shame. (Of course, if I turned a whole chess set with a skew, I suspect my skew skills would improve. But I'm still not good enough yet with a skew to even start a project like this.)

Vaughn McMillan said:

The obvious solution is to turn your camera upside down.

Here's your pic, flipped...wish I knew why it's not cooperating on your machine:

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Great job on the chess set. Your skew skills put mine to shame. (Of course, if I turned a whole chess set with a skew, I suspect my skew skills would improve. But I'm still not good enough yet with a skew to even start a project like this.)

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Thanks again Vaughn I tried flipping the camera and standing on my head to take the pics but still nothing works. I am at a loss for why it is doing it. might have something to do with Windows 8 but I doubt it. Oh well I am sure it will be something really simple. I need to get the boys over after Christmas to get them to explain it. No point doing it now or it would ruin the surprise.

As for the skew practice I must say that I am surprised at how easy it is once you get the hang of it. I did find several choice words through this set though to describe my feelings about the skew when it did bite. Not much sanding to get a nice look too but the black walnut is softer than the maple so I had to be extra careful there.

Have spent most of the day in the shop so far just cleaning it up so I have some room to finish off the board. Digging through a whack of cherry wood boards that I scored years ago trying to find similar colors. I remember now why we had so much picked through extras after the job was over. even coming from the same board it is hard to find boards that have the same grain and color.