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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.