[freeringsf]

I am making another cribbage board, this time with quite different specifications. I've finished woodburning on the top. It is a simple elephant design. I will be drilling the holes on the top of the board in the next day or two. I have a couple of question.

1. Does the board look OK artistically? I kind of feel like it is bare to the right hand side. What else could I add to the board? Or do you think that, after drilling the holes it will not look so empty? The holes will span all the way across the board pretty much.

2. What I want to do is ground out a hole in the bottom/side of the board so I can slide a deck of cards and some pegs into it. The hole would be a square hole that would be covered by a thin metal shim that would slide into the exposed part of the hole (on a track) in the bottom of the board. Does this make sense? I am trying to figure out what Kind of tool I could use to rout out a hole like this in the board. The hole will not be a whole lot bigger than the dimensions of a deck of cards.

[kuzbaslachek]

Looks good as is, although you could add bird silhouettes on the right-side.

For the hole, use a spade drill bit?

[freeringsf]

Looks good as is, although you could add bird silhouettes on the right-side.

For the hole, use a spade drill bit?

Thanks. I was thinking about birds as well. Or perhaps a cloud.

The hole is going to need to be square to fit a deck of cards, I'm probably not communicating what I'm trying to do very well but essentially it will be a hole the dimensions of a deck of playing cards underneath the board. I just am not sure how to go about making a hole like that. I'm off to the hardware store to see what they can do.

[freeringsf]

I went to the hardware store and asked a guy there and he recommended chiseling out the hole by hand so I bought some carving tools. Now I just need to figure out how I am going to get the cards to stay in. Will post a pic when I finish. Any other opinions apperciated. [thumbup]

[ViaplyVuple]

Doing it by hand is probably going to take awhile and not turn out as good as you want it. You also risk damaging your project.

I would just get a mortising chisel bit and use a drill press. Will take you only a minute or two to do what you need and you will get square sides in your hole.

The very bottom of the hole probably won't be perfectly flat, but that won't matter.

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[Druspills]

Damn nice wood burning job.