{"id":130,"date":"2008-01-29T14:46:31","date_gmt":"2008-01-29T20:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=130"},"modified":"2008-06-07T23:07:27","modified_gmt":"2008-06-08T06:07:27","slug":"checkmate-chess-cues-debut-from-samsara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/2008\/01\/29\/checkmate-chess-cues-debut-from-samsara","title":{"rendered":"Checkmate!  Chess cues debut from Samsara."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at <a onclick=\"pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/samsaracues.com\/?referer=http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-admin\/edit.php?s&amp;m=200801&amp;cat=0');\" href=\"http:\/\/samsaracues.com\/\">Samsara<\/a> have done it again! Check out these gorgeous chess themed cues and complete chess set. This remarkable achievement is for sale. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/index.php?option=com_contact&amp;Itemid=3\">Inquire for pricing.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Samsara.Ad.V0.3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image129\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/components\/com_jd-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/Samsara.Ad.V0.3%282%29.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SAMSARA CUES PROUDLY PRESENTS<br \/>\n<strong>THE ULTIMATE CHESS AND POOL CUE SET<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ebony, Ivory, and Tulipwood are the three components used to create this exotic collection.<\/p>\n<p>The engraving process is unique, as it is the first wood engraving known to cuemaking.  The end mill tool used was .004 thousands of an inch and engraved a total of 412 yards (nearly \u00c2\u00bc mile) in the set of cues.  The chess board was created by Dave Doucette as a yearlong project and is made up of more than 2,860 individual pieces of Ebony, Tulipwood and Ivory.<br \/>\nThe Ebony and Tulipwood chess pieces feature hand turned and hand carved Ivory components. The chess board and complimentary chess pieces became the inspiration for the cues.   Nearly 40 lbs of Ivory were consumed in this project.<br \/>\nThere is also a display cabinet is made of Padauk and Curly Maple.<\/p>\n<p>Proudly made in Rugby, ND USA by the Artisans of Samsara Cues.<\/p>\n<p>All of the Ivory used is legal according to the Federal Register\/Vol.57 No.15\/<br \/>\nMonday, August 10, 1992\/Rules and Regulation pg. 35473<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Samsara have done it again! Check out these gorgeous chess themed cues and complete chess set. This remarkable achievement is for sale. Inquire for pricing. SAMSARA CUES PROUDLY PRESENTS THE ULTIMATE CHESS AND POOL CUE SET Ebony, Ivory, and Tulipwood are the three components used to create this exotic collection. The engraving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-equipment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}