# Live Edge Cribbage Board

**URL:** <https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/live-edge-cribbage-board/18675>\
**Category:** Finished Projects\
**Created:** [February 8, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/live-edge-cribbage-board/18675 "2023-02-08T20:35:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![RexH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@RexH](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/RexH)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/live-edge-cribbage-board/18675/1 "2023-02-08T20:35:08Z")

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Used my CNC to digitize the profile on this piece of walnut. I then imported the digitized numbers into OnShape where I created a CAD model that had the hole pattern follow the perimeter of the board. Then I exported the hole pattern as a DXF and brought that into VCarve to create the drilling toolpath. The special thing about this board is that it came from a tree on my daughter-in-laws family farm. I gave them the board as a keepsake.

 ![IMG_1480](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/b/4/b4bf4f46b740cc0241ba659ffc7c0efdad129ec7.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![ChrisM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@ChrisM](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/ChrisM)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/live-edge-cribbage-board/18675/2 "2023-02-08T22:35:18Z")

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Could you explain the process of digitizing the shape? I’m interested.

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**Author:** ![RexH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@RexH](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/RexH)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/live-edge-cribbage-board/18675/3 "2023-02-09T13:50:41Z")

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Here was my process to digitize the live edge:

1. Place the board on the CNC, bumping to the straight sections where I could get a consistent X axis.
2. Put my 30 degree V bit in the router and move it in the Z direction until it is maybe an 8th of an inch above the board.
3. Use the touch probe, or manually locate the lower left corner and set both X and Y values to zero.
4. Enter some gcode to move the machine in the Y direction a fixed amount (G91G0Y0.25) (move Y .25 inches)
5. Manually move in the X direction using the joystick until the tip of the V bit is at the edge of the board, then record the values in a spreadsheet. (Remember to hold down the button on the joystick so you only move in the X direction)
6. Rerun the gcode command to increment the Y (this line of code is remembered so you don’t have to retype it until you need to reverse direction)
7. Manually move the X again to get the next value.
8. Continue moving around the perimeter recording the values.