Cribbage Board

Great Looking board, Mike!

I am ashamed to admit this, being an old Navy man, but I never learned to play cribbage. What is the purpose of the dowel protruding fro the side of the board in the first picture?

Lew

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397!? Holy cow! Looks great! Well done!

-- christopheralan http://www.projectwoodworks.com

Thanks, Lew. No purpose, that’s some of the dowel I used. I was trying to point out the side hole for storing the un-used pegs, that’s all…

-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

how about food coloring ?
it will soak into the finished pieces and not get rubbed off .
good to see you crafting ahead ,

maybe a fence on the drill press and stops for repeatability ?

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Thanks, Chris! Three courses @ 120 apiece, 3 X 10 for “Match” holes, 1 “Out” hole, 6 Starting holes is 397. I had plenty of time to do the figuring while I was drilling… LOL
There’s also the hole to hang this from the wall and, of course, one for Pegs. If you count the re-boring of the side hole, it’ll be 400 even… :)

-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Food Coloring would work too, I just used what I had handy…
If these get used enough to wear out, I’m okay with that… I actually have old toys where game pieces are so worn it’s next to impossible to tell what color they originally were. It adds to their charm somehow, looking for flakes of color to try to distinguish them…
Using a fence is a great idea! I’m not sure about stops, though… there’s an awful lot of locations…

-- Mike in Concord, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Nice work MIke.
That’s a lotta holes!!
Ellen

-- Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Reminds me of my benchtop downdraft table…....lots of holes. Looks like fun. I will allow myself to make a cribbage board when I get a few other things done. Played a lot of cribbage on a cruise last year. Played with my Dad when I was young…..

-- Jim, Anchorage Alaska

I need to suck it up and be ready to drill all of those holes to make a few of these. At the last few craft shows My son and I did, people asked “Do you ever make Cribbage Boards?” I never played in the Navy either, but I have read up on the game. That’s still a lot of holes. Maybe my son could drill them! Nice job on yours. I wa planning on buying pegs online.
Robert

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Good job, Mike. I make cribbage boards quite often. Have a look at my projects and you’ll see a couple. I do state shapes out of thick wood so I can rout a well in the back for pegs and a deck of cards.

Your mind can go all sorts of places as you drill that many holes! I also countersink mine a tiny bit so that means I go over them again!!!

Keep having fun.
Jon – southern Minnesota

Looks good from here , Mike.

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nice board i like it

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Nice board, I’ve seen guys play it at bars but I don’t even know the basics of the game.
If you plan on making more maybe you’d think of making a template like the one’s rockler sells.
Food coloring is also a good idea, I might just try it on some scrap wood to see how it looks,
safe way to color childrens toys!!!!

-- Bob Kenosha Wi.

nice work

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Good job Mike. Those holes look pretty straight to me. I would try to make one of these, but I don’t know how to play cribbage and I don’t remember anyone playing in my four years in the Navy. I do remember my father and uncles playing when I was a kid. I guess I will have to google it. I also liked David’s food coloring idea.

-- Mike, American in Norway