My wife wanted a game of marble solitaire for Christmas. Since I had this big mill sitting around I decided to make her one. As I don't have any woodworking equipment, I decided to use a 12" round butcher block for the game. I made the layout in AutoCAD and ran the DXF file through LazyCam. Since the board has two sides, I decided to make a Chinese checker game on the other side of the board. I engraved "Merry Christmas Nancy 2009" around the top of the solitaire side of the board, but I did not mill quite deep enough so it is a little hard to read. I plan on milling a pocket into the side of the board into which I can install a drawer for the marbles. I used a 5/8" ball end mill for the solitaire side (it uses bigger marbles) and a 1/2" ball end mill for the Chinese checker side. It was nice to be able to run a a very high speed and not have to worry about coolant. The board is made out of teak.
Vince