Comments on: How to Make a Cribbage Board

By: Dylan

Dylan — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 03:52:31 +0000

I’m currently in the process of making a cribbage board. Found a 23.5 inch piece of oak in New England (since all pieces 24″ and over were the King’s) that is about a foot wide. Forged my own pegs today with a simple scroll on the end. Very rustic and cool. Probably will be a family heirloom. Oh, and the wood is approximatley 250 years old, or give or take a few decades.

By: Leif

Leif — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:41:54 +0000

I’m inspired now. I went a thrift store last night to find some random wood nick-nacks that I could cut up into wood for a board with some inlay. Found bamboo, red cedar, and something that looks like zebrawood. Should be fun.

By: B

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:19:05 +0000

Nice job, looks awesome.

Why not just countersink the pivot screw instead of grinding it down?

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:22:08 +0000

How cool to see a cribbage board tutorial. If only I had seen this earlier! I’ve been playing for over ten years with my friends. I also made my own cribbage boards, though, due to my nearly complete lack of experience in woodworking is used Ponoko to laser-cut the design and had a real woodworker manager the card drawer. But by using the laser cutting I was able to do a really near tree of life inlay design; see pix here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sburch/8230468868/in/set-72157632132558742/

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:59:27 +0000

Nice board! The racing stripe is a great touch.

I have made a couple of crib boards myself, and I love using really interesting pieces of wood. Woods like quartersawn white oak (although the texture of the grain make the holes hard to count sometimes), flame/tiger, curly, or birdseye maple, bocote, padauk, or rosewood are gorgeous and make for fantastic crib boards. Often, pieces of good crib board size are considered scrap and can be had for very decent prices.

Check out http://www.bellforestproducts.com/ for ideas (no relation to the site).

By: Andrew Sciba

Andrew Sciba — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:35:53 +0000

I made a cribbage board out of a bunch of shotgun shells I had laying around.
http://truthandcharity.net/exercise-in-manliness-shotgun-cribbage-board/

By: Ted Slampyak

Ted Slampyak — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:58:13 +0000

My wife and I just started learning cribbage a few weeks ago, and just taught our daughter last week. It’s a fun game with a long history! Glad to see other men enjoy it too.

By: Mark Ruddick

Mark Ruddick — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:41:23 +0000

My Grandfather made a cribbage board out of the stock of his rifle he carried while backbacking around Europe in ’44 – ’45.

By: Alan Grover

Alan Grover — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:07:17 +0000

I have played cribbage since around 6 years of age. In my family it is a rite of passage to manhood to learn and enjoy this fantastic card game. My son and I got the bright idea to turn one of my wife’s end tables into a cribbage board. I was surprised that she actually let us do it. It came out looking pretty decent. Would love to post a pic, but can’t figure out how.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:17:00 +0000

My school’s outdoors club mad one on a moose antler we found. We use matches for the pegs. I always thought it was pretty manly.