I have made a couple chess boards/tables in the past and they have held up very nicely over the years. After researching this site extensively, I realize I have probably been building them wrong. I would take 3/4 boards, strip to size and laminate together like the picture I have shown. Then recut and "flip" the ends around to make my checker pattern and then reglue (biscuits were involved". I realize now that I shouldn't be end gluing the pieces back together.
Would I be better off taking my glueup as in the picture and cutting it into the 1 5/8 strips and then resawing on my bandsaw and then glueing those strips to a mdf substrate??? If so how thick should I make my veneers...or am I ok end gluing these up as I have done in the past?
Thanks for the help.