I made the blank out of maple. Here's the results of the cribbage board corel template I posted a while back.

Forgive the icky graphic, hehe, it was for my nephew... boys like pictures of warewolves holding severed monster heads (c:

I used an acrylic template for the holes, and a self centering drill bit, and my shopsmith drill press. MAN, there's a lot holes. I should have made it just one row instead of 3
Anyone with a CNC router know how much it would cost to build me a blank with the holes in it so I'd just have to laser?