looking for a cribbage pattern

[daveswoodworking]

Does Anybody Have A Cribbage Board Pattern That I Could Get So I Can Make For My Grandpa For His Birthday

[Gill]

Please can you type without using a capital letter for each word? It's rather difficult to read.

Gill

[GrayBeard Phil]

Dave:

A few quick question:
What size are you going to make your board.
For example, if you are going to use Golf Tees as your markers, the hole spacing will be different than if you are using solid brass rivets.

and also, how about your grandpa's eyesight and hand co-ordination? Do you think a heavy thick pegs? Or, can he still get by with short fine pegs closely spaced together?

BTW: I do hope you plan on using a drill press. Don't try it with a hand held.
DAMHIKT

Phil

PS: How about golf tees with epoxied marbles on top. One player uses cat's eyes and the other uses solid colors. Easy griping of the pegs.

[JohnB]

G'day Dave,
Maybe this will help
CHW Online - Weekender - Cribbage Board

[daveswoodworking]

my grandpa eye sight is very good i was planing on using small pins
i'm planing on using a drill press
i'm thinking about making it out of oak or walnut

thank you for your time david

[jigsue]

Hi

Here is a scan of my crib-board. (having had a totally mis-spent youth, I was pretty good at most pub games - dominoes, darts, cards and especially cribbage)



This one measures 2 1/2 inches x 6 inches, is made of oak and the 'pins' used are matches, as were they traditionally, although I am sure you could make fancier pins if you wished - although at this size they would probably need to be made of metal.

I have had this board for over 20 years. It has felt padding on the back, so can be placed on the best of tables and, along with a pack of cards, has travelled the world. Crib is a great way of passing time on planes, ferries etc.

Sue

[workin for wood]

Rockler or woodcraft..someone like that has a cribbage template that you can purchase. With the template it's rediculously easy. You can buy a drill bit that has a bushing around it, called a "self centering bit", and that is what you use to drill with the template in place. Yes, you still use a drill press of course to maintain your perfect verticle, or I believe they sell another device which is like a long tube inside of a block which keeps your bit straight and also helps keep all the holes the same depth which is for a hand drill.

[daveswoodworking]

i don't have the money to get the template for the cribbage board i was hope i could get an idea on a design for pattern i really can't see paying that much on a cribbage board pattern if you are going to just use it once

[JohnB]

Originally Posted by daveswoodworking

i don't have the money to get the template for the cribbage board i was hope i could get an idea on a design for pattern i really can't see paying that much on a cribbage board pattern if you are going to just use it once

Dave,
If you followed the link I posted there is a full size, printable, pattern.
Maybe this will make easier
http://www.canadianhomeworkshop.com/...5_cribbage.pdf

[GrayBeard Phil]

John's link is a good pattern. Try it.

If your local Library has old back copies of hobby magazines,

Wood Magazine, December 1988, starting on page 80
Wood Magazine, March 2001, starting page 18 (actually article is on Drilling Jig for cribbage board type of holes.)

Fine Wood Working (Taunton Press), March/April 1992, Issue 93, starting page 89 "Free Hand Inlay"
(Actually, this appears to be more on hand-Inlay using a cribbage board as an example)

Aside: I have a copy of that FWW issue and just re-read the article. This is a good cribbage board design and very attractive. However, the article is written for someone of Gill's advanced skill level with Inlay. I personally would never try anything that advanced as discussed in that article. Basically each block of peg holes is 10 holes on a side or 20 holes. There are 24 blocks on the cribbage board. The author used a different wood species veneer for each of the 24 blocks in alternate light, beige, or dark woods. Each of the 24 blocks are a uniquely shaped, and hand fitted to the base. Each mortise (where the inlay fits into) is routed to fit each inlay. The edges of each mortises are cut with a SHARP, and I stress the word SHARP, Xacto knife (or surgeon's knife), and a couple of sharp bench paring chisels. And THEN after spending all that time making and hand fitting the Inlays, You drill the holes for the pegs, with all the possiable causes for error in drilling the peg holes and not having them align up.

Think of it as an Intarsa project being done by a mad Prussian with precision and perfection issues going over the mental sanity edge with impossible goals. You get the idea.

Phil