Advice on how to proceed
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The emptied space for the playing cards
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What it looks like with cards in play
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Any advice would be very appreciated

I'm trying to make space for playing cards on my wooden board. What's the best way to excavat the wood from a hard wood board. The image below resembles what I'm going for. Maybe a 1/8th inch shallow tray or channel.