McGinn's Cribbage Board

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Jason McGinn

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Jason McGinn

General Information

You may find it easier to download the SVG files and setup your own design in better software. I find Easel doesn't play nice with anything with too many parts. See me make it here --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ukrl_ikO7I

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1

Prepare Stock

A stock peice no smaller than the following

16" Long 8" Wide 1/2" Thick Flatten and sand to 220 Grit, Clamp down to table.

Watch me make it here:

2

Clear Holes using 1/16th Up Spiral

Using the 1/16th inch upspiral bit, zero to bottom left of stock.

Run Workpeice “ClearHoles 1/16th…”

Verify cut speeds and settings

Estimated time: 60 minutes

3

V-Carve Tracks with 60 deg vbit

Switch to the “V-Carve Tracks – 60deg vbit” workpeice

Leave the controller running as to not move the XY position. Using the Easel controls, raise the Z axis to change the bit carefully as to not move the position If you have Easel Pro, you can use the v-carve bit, but I choose the “other” bit and just put in 0.02 and get the same results. Zero the bit testing with paper and run

4

Engrave Cards and Words

Using the 30 degree engraving bit, choose the “Cards & Words Engraved 30deg Engraving” workpeice.

Leave the controller running as to not move the XY position. Using the Easel controls, raise the Z axis to change the bit carefully as to not move the position

Estimated time: 20 minutes

5

Engrave Custom Area

Using the “Custom Area” workpeice and still the 30 degree engraving bit, zero the bit to the stock

Leave the controller running as to not move the XY position. Using the Easel controls, raise the Z axis to change the bit carefully as to not move the position Import your favorite SVG or edit your own design in Easel here to engrave on the board. If you need it, there’s another workpeice called “Custom Area Template” that can be used to position your custom design.

After positioned, you can zero the depth on the rest of the objects or you can delete them. Before making any changes, duplicate it so it’s available next time you want to customize and position.

Estimated time: 25 minutes

6

Fninishing

Using a Diresta Ice Pick or a lesser object of your choice, scrape the engravings and tracks. Then with an air compressor, blow the dust from the peice.

Once prepared, sand to desired grit and finish.

I use Tung Oil and sand to 320

Estimated time: 15 minutes

steve sherer

Nice. Can you explain why using 1/16 bit to drill 1/8 holes?

steve sherer

Jason McGinn

Yes, there are no drill operations available in Easel. Best I can do is "clear 1/8" if I do that with a 1/8" bit it will be slight larger, so I go smaller and clear. My GCode I use has pecking and just drills it, but for easel this seems to be the only option

Jason McGinn

steve sherer

OK. Thanks. I use Vcarve and do 1/8 holes for cribbage boards by drilling with 1/8 bit. Just wondering......

steve sherer

Jason McGinn

Yea, it would be a nice option to be added to Easel, not sure why it can't be done. Looking through the forum it's been on request since 2015 by many, so I decided not to hold my breath. That feature and Auto Save off would be a big help to adding many types of projects

Jason McGinn

Gerald Perry

Thanks Jason I'm working with a Shapeoko 3. This looks great.

Gerald Perry

David Spurrell

hi guys, I am having trouble with the files for this project. after I unzip the downloaded file and bring it inti carbide create the file for the tracks are incomplete. pieces missing etc. anyone have this trouble or know what may cause the problem. the file for the holes seem to be ok. cheers

David Spurrell

Joy Joy

I love this, would make a donation it ot was available in 3 rows

Joy Joy

Neil Thurston

You used a .02 bit to carve letters and cards. Where did you purchase this sized bit? I have not been able to find one.

Neil Thurston

Mario Turcotte

@David Spurrell, open the project in Easel and make the modificatoins you need. Once done export it locally and open it with Carbide Motion.

Mario Turcotte

Dylan Rose

Won't let me post pictures but Thanks for the file! I used the holes and most of the paths to create some great personalized Christmas presents!

Dylan Rose

Dee Wilson

I have a shapeoko 3xxl and am using Carbide Create. I purchased the above bits, but I'm not having a luck with the wording/card section. I'm afraid I have the wrong bit settings setup. Is there anyone that has had luck with this that I could bounce my settings off?

Dee Wilson

Douglas Robinson

could you please tell me how you did the out line outside of the track to cut out the oblong shape of the board,txs

Douglas Robinson

joe Kos

Having issues in easel resizing to get holes to line up with tracks.

joe Kos

c

how did u make the boxes ? i like this design but want to make it a 3 player and not sure the best way to reduce the box size .

c