Explore compact boards, family-name engravings and tracks shaped around a favorite place. Choose a shared design or draw your own peg-hole layout in Easel.
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Start from a blank workpiece
Open Apps, choose Cribbage Board, and set the layout, track length and number of players. This example uses an S-shaped, once-around track for three players on a 10½-by-4-inch board. The app adds the scoring holes, start and game holes, six peg-storage holes, dividing lines and a cut-through outline when you click Generate. Hole style, depth and board dimensions are adjustable. Check the design against your stock, pegs and machine before carving.
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These carved examples show different scoring layouts and ways to keep the pieces together. Six are boards; two are storage add-ons for the back of a board. Each description explains which parts the shared design supplies.
A track around a watershedby jesse shermanJesse arranged the peg path around the Klamath watershed, then laser etched rivers, roads and family memories into the center. The Easel file supplies the peg path and watershed boundary, not the finished map lettering. His illustrated notes describe preparing the map separately and aligning the CNC and laser work.
McGinn’s personalized boardby Jason McGinnAn oval track surrounds engraved playing cards and a family-name panel. Jason’s instructions start with a 16-by-8-inch blank at least half an inch thick and separate the holes, tracks and lettering into different operations. The shared Custom_Area currently contains an Inventables logo, so add your own artwork for a board like the photograph.
Compact maple boardby Jon AndersonJon’s hard-maple board keeps the scoring lanes in a narrow rectangle. The shared project has separate track and outline layouts plus an imported peg-hole G-code pass prepared for his Carvey. That hole pass is not a set of editable circles; use a hole-cutting workflow suited to your machine rather than running the imported code unchanged.
A board shaped like 29by Art KelzArt’s board folds the scoring lanes into a large 29 silhouette, with cards and two names inside. The shared workpieces include the peg holes, track and name engraving, and outside trim. Replace the names for your own gift and choose stock for the finish you want; the file’s birch-plywood setting does not identify the wood in the photo.
Board with storage underneathby Vincent OlmanVincent’s board combines scoring tracks on top with recesses underneath for a deck and pegs. The shared layouts supply the holes and storage pockets, while the photographed Navy lettering was laser engraved. Add your own engraving and size the recesses for the cards, pegs and covers you plan to use.
A Montana-shaped boardby Christopher R PetrovichChristopher made this Montana-shaped board for a scholarship fundraiser. Its two shared workpieces separate the logo artwork from the peg-track and state-outline layout. The current file has changed since the photographed version, so use the shape and lanes as a starting point and adjust the decoration and stock thickness for your board.
A pivoting peg-storage doorby Jake WishauJake’s add-on puts the pegs in a recessed pocket behind a screw-pivoted door. The two workpieces supply the pocket and door outlines, not a complete scoring board. His pictured door is laser-cut acrylic; choose a suitable cutting method and adjust the recess and screw hole to your cover material.
A magnetic peg-storage coverby Richard WittryRichard’s storage add-on closes a rectangular peg pocket with a metal plate held by two magnets. His notes specify a 4-by-1¼-inch, 12-gauge cover and two 3/16-inch magnets. The shared file contains pocket layouts for different board sizes; buy the plate and magnets separately and match the recess to those parts.
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Jason McGinn recommends duplicating the Custom Area Template before positioning new artwork. Once the artwork is placed, delete the guide objects or set their depth to zero. Keeping the untouched guide gives you the same positioning reference for another personalized board.
Project notes by Jason McGinn: read the source.
From McGinn's Cribbage Board by Jason McGinn.
Ask a questionJon Anderson explains that engraved lines help players count fives and stay in their lane. He also makes those lines optional when he wants the maple grain to show. Decide whether you want that visual guide before carving the track workpiece; the peg holes still carry the score.
Project notes by Jon Anderson: read the source.
From Compact Cribbage Board by Jon Anderson.
Ask a questionRichard Wittry suggests a raster pocket cut running with the wood grain for a smoother pocket floor. This matters on the storage side, where small ridges can catch the pegs. Choose that pocket direction for your wood and check the result on a sample before carving the board.
Comment by Richard Wittry: read the source.
From Cribbage Board Peg Storage by Richard Wittry.
Ask a questionLeave room for the scoring lanes before adding a name or picture. If you want storage underneath, match its pocket to the pegs and cover while keeping enough wood beneath the scoring holes.
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