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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.

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!

Today: finding well-matched pairs to make frames.

20 packages got shipped out today. That’s a big bite out of the remaining orders. Chomp.

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

The next step was to print the board out on paper. The lasercutters I'm working with look to the computer like just another printer, so this step tests out a surprising amount of the workflow. No changes to the design … Continue reading →

So first, I started doing some sketches of what might be possible if I were able to make 3-D wooden pieces… I thought it would be particularly nice if the pieces fit together instead of just lying on top of … Continue reading →