Custom Salt and Pepper Grinders

Custom Cherry and Maple Salt and pepper grinders.  These are not only beautiful but functional as well

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Custom Four Person Box Style Cribbage Board

 This board is a belated Christmas gift for a clients husband.

It was created using hard maple with a walnut inlay in the center of the top section.  It measured in at 8 inches wide and 17 1/8 inches long.

Custom metal pegs are included with every board, as well as a deck of cards.

Top view

Top. front view

Finished inside storage

Inlay clamped and being glued

Inlay cut and tested fit into slot

Holes drilled, name carved and slot cut out for inlay.

Outside computer layout.

Inside computer layout

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Custom Indiana Shape Cribbage Board.

This custom CNC cut shape of the State of Indiana with a four person track and sporting the lasered rugby guy image. It was made out of Maple and is around 12 inches wide, 18 inches long and 1 inch thick.

There is custom slot on the back for storage of the metal pegs that comes with each board.

The finished project came out very nice.

Close up of the lasered image.

Slot on back side for storage of the custom metal pegs/

Lasering done and ready for sanding and finishing.

Close-up of the lasering.

Slot on back for custom metal pegs.

Cut to shape and drill a four person track with skunk lines.

I will add the shape of the rugby players minus all the test.

I start with the shape of the State of Indiana

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Custom Michigan Shape Cribbage Board

 This custom cribbage board is being made for a client to be given as a gift and was shipped to Michigan.

The shape was cut using a CNC machine to create the shape of Lower Michigan.

 It was created using Maple and is14 inches wide, 20 inches long and 1 inch thick..  There is a storage slot on the back as seen in the below photo.

 

The inscription was done using an Epilog Laser.  The slot is for storage of the custom metal pegs.

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Custom Signage for Roberts Beagles

This custom sign is being made for a business in Illinois.  It was created using a piece of maple and measures in at around 12 inches wide and 18 inches long...

Finished sign

Keyhole on back to hang sign and shop brand.

Just back from being lasered.

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Custom Two person Maple and Walnut Cribbage Board

This custom two person cribbage board has headed to Birmingham, Alabama as a gift for Christmas.
It was made out of maple with a walnut strip and measures in around 8 inches wide and 16 inches long.
The client chose the laser engraving on the walnut strip "War Eagle".
I was able to find some maple that had the chocolate color the client wanted.  It really turned out nice. 

The finished product

glue up and clean up is done ..now for some holes and engraving

The maple and walnut strip in glue up

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Custom Air Force Cribbage Board Design

This custom design was re-created as a retirement gift for this clients husband.  After seeing one like it created several years ago, she thought it was the perfect gift.  

It is being created out of maple with the inlays being cut out of walnut. This board measures in at 12 1/2 inches wide and 12 1/2 inches tall and is almost 1 inch thick.

The finished custom cribbage board is on its way to Mississippi for it's special retirement ceremony.

Slot on left for holding custom pegs and key hole slot in center to hang it, and personal inscription below.

Laying out guidelines so holes can be drilled.

Once the inlays were completed the track was laid out and drilled. There also was a keyhole slot added on the back for displaying the board when not being played.

The inlay process has begun...

The shapes on the right are being  adjusted to fit the holes on the left.

The shape and the inlay's have been created using a CNC router system.

Original photo this project started with.

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Custom Maple with a strip of walnut Cribbage board....

Hello Dave

  We LOVE the cribbage board – my husband was very pleased and surprised – and we’ve had many good games in the last two weeks!

The board will be a lovely heirloom for our family – we thank you for your artistic talents in creating it!
Best wishes for continued success with your business!

Again, thank you so much for getting it made in time for our anniversary! 

Blessings to you and your family, Roberta (and Scott!) - Colorado

" Lucky at cards and Lucky in Love!"   is the motto which has been engraved on this board and is now on its way to its new home in Colorado.

It is made out of hard maple with an inlayed strip of walnut.


It is 8 inches wide and 15 inches long.  The lettering was done using an epilog laser machine.


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“Annual Crawford Cribbage Championship”.......UPDATE

Just opened it, great work it looks awesome. The only minor flaw is that the slide on the back is really difficult to pull out and the metal is a little rough. I might have put a wood lip on the metal bar that followed the router edge so that you could pull on something without the sharp edge. Other than that I really like your work, the dark trim turned out wonderfully. The tournament starts tonight. You should definitely put this on your website.

Merry Christmas, Adam - Seattle, Wa

From Seattle, Washington comes this request to create a family heirloom. They wanted to start a tradition that could be carried on for years.

This is the sample layout they gave me to start out with, along with several other guidelines.
(select photos for enlarged size)

After considering all of their requests this is the layout that we ended up with.

It will be a three person board with their family crest in the center.
The dates will be lasered into the wood. and the names are placeholders for where engraved plates will be added each year with the name of that years winner.
There will be a slot routered on the back to hold the custom metal pegs, as well as a keyhole slot so it can be hung on the wall while not in use.
This family tradition will be a focal point of  family get togethers for many years to come.

The actual physical creation begins.. here is the board being glued up. The piece will be 14 inches wide and 20 inches long out of hard maple. Along each edge I have glued a 1 inch strip accent of dark walnut to add some class to it.

Here is how the boards looked coming out of glue up. The dark walnut stripes set off the maple board quite well.

The tracks have now been drilled using a Shopbot CNC routing system.and the lasering of the family crest and the tournament years are next.

Here is the board as it is being lasered. This Epilog lasering machine is amazing, turning blanks pieces of wood into stunning displays.....
 

Here is the board after lasering has been completed using the Epilog lasering maching.
The spaces below the years there will be a brass plate installed for each years winner.

This project is nearing the end.
The edges have been rounded over.
The key hole slot in the back to hang it on the wall for display has been routed, and the slot has been routered in the back to hold the custom metal pegs.
In the peg out hole I inserted a nice walnut circle to highlight the hole.

Now some hearty sanding and application of the finish.....

Poly coats has been applied....some fine sanding.....
then this nice board will be packed up and headed towards Portland, Oregon before December 22, 2009.
There it will become a part of this years family holiday tournament and others for years to come.

Best of luck to the players and the ultimate winners....I have greatly enjoyed working on this project.

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Montana shaped cutting board with juice catchers...

This board is being created out of hard maple.

The shape is the outline of Montana, with the shape and groves being routered in using a CNC router.

This board is 22 inches long, 13 inches wide and 1 inch thick. I am sure there will be many meals served from this board.

The client request was to have a cutting board that would keep all the juices from running onto the counter or table once the carving of the meat begins.

As you can see there is a grove all the way around the outside of the board which drain into a pocket on one end. The center "tree" allows the juice to collect and also drain into the same pocket.

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Custom Walnut w/maple inlaid strips cribbage board.....

Hi Dave, I just got the board today. I can't believe how beautiful it turned out! Thank you so much, you did an excellent job! You have gained one very loyal customer and any and all my referrals will come your way. Thanks again for a job well done! Sincerely,Jamie

This four person cribbage board was created for a client as a present for their brother.
The white strips are inlayed pieces of maple into the main board of walnut. It was 18 inches long and 10 inches wide.
The firefighter helmet and the inscription were lasered into the wood.





This is the peg storage slot routered into the back of the board, along with some personalized lasering.




An enlargement of the lasering done on the back.















Here I have glued the maple strips into the slots that were routered into the walnut.


Clamps have come off and the surface is being prepared for drilling and lasering.





This is the photo we started out with to create the logo on the front of the board. The helmet number was added to add a personal touch.

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