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Readying laser-cut Carcassonne
I’ve been finding some time recently to continue working on my designs for a laser-cut Carcassonne board. It’s gone through revisions as I’ve been solving tricky problems and re-doing parts I wasn’t happy with. Now I’ve got some wood to … Continue reading
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New Instructable
http://instructables.com/id/Custom-Catan-Frame-and-Tiles/ I’ve made an instructable to complement / replace the instructions I’ve had up for a while. Making an instructable serves a few purposes. It is a way to make the instructions richer, with more photos and even videos. It … Continue reading
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Dominion Caddy: Apollo’s Garden
More work on my Dominion card “caddy” design. I call this one “Apollo’s Garden”. Here you can see both the original pencil sketch and the cleaned-up, tweaked and refined design in the vector file.
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Farkslaught
Wow, I’m getting a ton of hits from Fark right now! In honour of the current flood, I’ve added a coupon to my online store. Enter the code “FARKME” between now and Saturday and receive 10% off your order. Woot!
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Matchmaker
Today: finding well-matched pairs to make frames.
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Keep that shipping train going
20 packages got shipped out today. That’s a big bite out of the remaining orders. Chomp.
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Contrast
I've cut and etched a subset of the fancywood pieces. After applying a varnish, the color really changes. You can see here how the walnut got much more brown, the padauk darkened, and the curly maple changed minimally, picking up … Continue reading
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Woo!
From 1 hour, 35 minutes to 30 minutes, 10 seconds! Yay, data! (Sounds like what I used to say 55 minutes into every episode of Star Trek: TNG) Don't yet know if I can make all the orders by Christmas, … Continue reading
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Beautiful Day for Laser Beams
I was at the laser today. While cutting and etching a new board, I did another test of the pips. I printed all of the numbers out, and then some. I came home, sanded the board and sprayed on a … Continue reading
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Up In the Cut
I wrote the following in August, 2010: Finished my Catan frame prototype! Next, to test it out by playing a game with it. I have a feeling that the size won’t be perfect. That’s my lesson for tonight. When doing … Continue reading
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