Chess board with drawers help.

Hey everyone,
Firstly, sorry if this isn't the right place to post this, but anyway:

I'm intending to build a chess board with drawers for my woodwork major project. I Have come to the conclusion I will use Dillenia and Hoop pine.
My chess board is going to be 480 x 480 x 90mm.
I'm going to have drawers on both side's of the board, both with dovetail and housing joint's in each.
I am still deciding whether to have Mitre joint's or Finger joint's for the carcass of my chess board.
The chess pattern of the 64 squares is going to be 300 x 300, and am yet still to conclude how I'm going to make the pieces themselves. There is going to be a gap of 90mm on the top between the edge of my box and the chess pattern.
The bottom and sides of my job will be Dillenia, with the top and drawers being hoop pine.
I'm going to have two strips of inlay going around the outside of the box, and maybe inlay on the top in the gap, with a nice router finish around the edge of the top.
Basically, I was just wondering what any tip's might be as to get me better marks or make the process easier.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks heaps.
Regards, Josh

Hi Josh and welcome to the forum. There is an excellent, 7 part, video on utube on building a chess board with drawer for the chess pieces. Might be worth your while downloading the videos and watching them. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_MlMjwBLPM"]Part 1 here[/ame]

G;day Josh and welcome to the fun!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Take John's suggetion about the video and run with it. There is an excellent WIP ( Work In Progress ) by Lord Nibbo in these forums that covers a chess table he made for a competition. If youlook that up you will also get some great ideas.

Good luck with your project and keep us informed.:)