Cribbage Board .tap file

[Bill_L]

I have a Shark CNC and as part of the clip art there is a cribbage board template. I can't seem to get that to work. The holes seem too small (maybe 1/16") and I'd expect to use a drilling toolpath. I need more practice on the CNC but wondering if anyone has a 'standard' cribbage board .tap file they'd be willing to share.

Thanks in advance!

 

[mkepke]

I've got some generic cribbage board hole patterns in .dxf format and also .svg (both vector formats).

Before that, maybe let’s try to fix the problem with your clip art:

* what CAM program are you using?
* what problems are you having? You said the holes are too small..is the file scaled appropriately?

-Mark

 

[Bill_L]

Hey Mark,
I figured it out. There were a couple of issues. I found a good video and download from Laguna (

) and that stepped through resizing the board. Initially, the holes were estimated to take 35 hours!! I wasn't paying attention to the Pass Depth which was set to 0.02 and I was drilling .6 with Dwell of a second or two at each pass. Ugh!!! I had to ungroup all the holes and then select all and set the size to .125. Not super intuitive but I'm pretty new with the CNC. I did a test board earlier this evening and it turned out great.

Side note - I love Calvin and Hobbes / Bill Watterson and made sure our kids grew up reading his strips. Sadly, some of his comics would likely cause him to be cancelled today.