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These are cribbage boards from the south american hardwood dunage. Same source as the cutting baords. The first one though is from an elm tree that blew down in a storm a couple of years back. Some of the dunage has spalted jatoba and when I use walnut oil and then hit it with the one way buffing system the black spalting just jumps out like a neon sign.

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Beautiful boards, love the game
 

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Are ya crazy yet, drilling all those holes?
 

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I can only do a few holes at one setting (standing). I center punch and drill EVERY hole. But when I'm doneand i look at what I have created, IT'S ALL WORTH IT….......I have a pile of about 30 of them right now in preperation of the bazar season. Players love to give them as gifts.
 

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Ive made one cribbage boards and its 397 holes and i did it one sitting/standing. it was long and my shoulders didntlike it
 

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VERY nice-looking cribbage boards. I make them fairly frequently myself but I use a template and my drill press for the holes. I know there are other ways but that's the EASIEST way I know. The board shows up better on lighter woods, IMHO, but people want what they want so I often make them from darker wood. A friend and fellow LJ just gave me some spalted English walnut, which I had never seen before. It should make some great boards. I've also had some luck making them out of non-standard-size pieces of burl.

Thanks for sharing.

Chuck

 
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