Cribbage board

[Don Ratcliff]

@Jasonparadis taught me a stoopid game that we now play most nights and the travel board he had was a pain. So in wood dude fashion I built my own board for this goofy game. Koa was from @rob3232 and it is gorgeous (after sanding off the drool stains). There was enough for a second board that my silly apprentice is using to make one for himself. The maple was from @Mike1950 he used as packing peanuts a couple years ago.

 

[DLJeffs]

Spectacular board and box Don. Is the red accent trim just stained maple thins or what?

 

[Don Ratcliff]

Spectacular board and box Don. Is the red accent trim just stained maple thins or what?

Red and black veneer laminated together.

 

[T. Ben]

What a gorgeous cribbage board!!

 

[2feathers Creative Making]

Beautimous. His packing peanuts are pretty kool!

 

[ripjack13]

Very cool. I have never played that. I have a big ol antler cribbage board. I should look into seeing how its played.
I like the way yours is set up to keep the pieces together.

 

[Tony]

Nice build for a Stoopid Islander.

 

[Nature Man]

Strikingly gorgeous! Played cribbage a lot in former days, but not in decades. Chuck

 

[stephen45710]

now I’m drooling! gorgeous!

 

[Lou Currier]

I've gotten rusty since my dad passed. He taught me how to play and would often point out points that I missed during the count. Spectacular looking board

 

[Mike Hill]

Beeyouteefull board Don! Now, if only I was smart enough to play!

 

[Mike1950]

Stunning wood and very nice use of it. Gramps taught me to play on a walrus tusk board in mid 50's. Great Great gramps got It in 1890's looking for gold in alaska.

 

[Mike1950]

holes look perfect- CNC?

 

[JR Parks]

Outstanding board! Perfect with the details. Seems odd tho that an islander would get his Koa from Wisconsin- just sayin. Jim

 

[Jolie0708]

That's beautiful! I've been wanting to learn how to play cribbage. Would be even cooler if I made my own box!

 

[Jolie0708]

What kind of template Did you use for drilling the holes?

 

[Don Ratcliff]

holes look perfect- CNC?

A jig and drill press.

 

[Don Ratcliff]

What kind of template Did you use for drilling the holes?

It's a galvanized steel template @Jasonparadis bought from rockler I think.

 

[Don Ratcliff]

Stunning wood and very nice use of it. Gramps taught me to play on a walrus tusk board in mid 50's. Great Great gramps got It in 1890's looking for gold in alaska.

I figured it would be something like, gramps used a mastodon tusk for a board from one great gramps killed in his youth and used the bones of his enemies for pegs with a deck of stone cards.

 

[Mike1950]

I figured it would be something like, gramps used a mastodon tusk for a board from one great gramps killed in his youth and used the bones of his enemies for pegs with a deck of stone cards.

Actually great great gramps went to first gold rush in 1859. Many rush later he had a horse ranch at Canyon ferry Mt. Told son to take care of ranch. Him and the Mrs. Both in late 60's were going to Alaska for 2 years. Now I told Kathie we should do same at same age. I do not want to get banned for repeating what she said.