Cribbage Board

Decided to make a special someone a cribbage board for Christmas, to go along with her extreme love of the game. I headed up to my dad's shop so i could run loud tools deep into the night without interrupting neighbor's finals studying. The wood is a deep rich red African Padauk, and the pegs and hardware are all brass. A 0.5" magnet holds the whole kit together and keeps the pegs and deck locked inside.



























Test Runs with template





Boat Shoes





Insets Routed



Routing Recess For Each Hinge





Rounding over the top edge 1/4"



Hand-chiseling the recesses to size





Drilling 246 holes by eye



Workshop beer safety limit is 1





Finished Product









Seems Like a Success!

Welp... Its done. I sealed the skin last weekend with urethane, which ended up doing quite a number on the top layer of skin on each hand, but all's well that ends well. Jeff and Colin were on hand for the maiden voyage out into the Belmont Harbor and the Lincoln Park Lagoon. Time to get started on the next project, on slate for September... Homebrewing keg setup.