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This is a natural edge mesquite cribbage board with a storage drawer inside. It does not look exactly like the mesquite that I am used to but I helped haul the log out of the desert North of Apache Junction and to the saw mill so I know it is. It measures 1 1/2" x 7 1/2" x 13 1/2" and has 1/8" holes for a two player game.
I made it in two pieces and milled half of the drawer pocket in each one and glued them together. There are 2 pairs of 10mm rare earth magnets in the back of the drawer and I milled a finger slot in the bottom to pry the drawer off the magnets to open it…it snaps open and shut. It think 2 magnets on one side would have been enough but I like symmetry! The turquoise fills the worm holes where I extracted all the worms that were sill alive in the log.
The drawer was made to fit a deck of cards and the pegs. I did not want to just throw the pegs in loose, so I did some turning on a little holder to stick the pegs in from each side and drop it in behind the cards.
I finished it with Danish oil and just buffed and waxed it so there was no finish flowing into the small holes or the drawer cavity.
Cheers, Jim
I made it in two pieces and milled half of the drawer pocket in each one and glued them together. There are 2 pairs of 10mm rare earth magnets in the back of the drawer and I milled a finger slot in the bottom to pry the drawer off the magnets to open it…it snaps open and shut. It think 2 magnets on one side would have been enough but I like symmetry! The turquoise fills the worm holes where I extracted all the worms that were sill alive in the log.
The drawer was made to fit a deck of cards and the pegs. I did not want to just throw the pegs in loose, so I did some turning on a little holder to stick the pegs in from each side and drop it in behind the cards.
I finished it with Danish oil and just buffed and waxed it so there was no finish flowing into the small holes or the drawer cavity.
Cheers, Jim