CATAN

[Tomanydogs]

We are a Catan family and everyone owns the game. My son asked me to cut the board pieces on wood. So I used 1/8 Baltic birch plywood and photocopied the pieces and glued them on.  Then my son son jokingly requested a box to put the pieces in. So my husband and I thought that it would be a good challenge for us. The box is made from 3/4”Wormy Maple with stained 1/4” Baltic birch top and bottom. The containers inside the box are 3/4” Western Cedar. The walls I designed on paper in a basket weave. The box measures 18 1/4” X 12 1/4” and 3 3/4” tall. With all the board pieces inside it weighs 11.6 lbs. We used a hole saw bit for the holes in the box and the rest was scrolled. We used Amber Shellac for the finish, which is why the wormy maple has an amber tint to it. 

[dgman]

Great looking game Irene! I’m not familiar with it, but it looks good to me!

[trackman]

CSame here, have no idea what the game is. But very good workmanship. Now on to google to see what Catan is about lol

Edited December 11, 2020 by trackman

[trackman]

Well just got back from watching a YouTube video on the game Don’t think I will be playing it this Christmas

[daveww1]

very nice job

[Tomanydogs]

On 12/10/2020 at 5:30 PM, dgman said:

Great looking game Irene! I’m not familiar with it, but it looks good to me!

Thanks Dan was a fun project to do especially to do it with my husband as we are both very green at woodworking.  We were quite excited how the box turned out with all the individual holders. 

Edited December 12, 2020 by Tomanydogs

[Tomanydogs]

On 12/10/2020 at 6:45 PM, trackman said:

CSame here, have no idea what the game is. But very good workmanship. Now on to google to see what Catan is about lol

Thanks trackman. The game looks complicated but it’s really easy to get the hang of it. 

[Tomanydogs]

20 hours ago, daveww1 said:

very nice job

Thanks Dave. 

[trackman]

9 hours ago, Tomanydogs said:

Thanks trackman. The game looks complicated but it’s really easy to get the hang of it. 

So is playing the piano after you get the hang of it LOL 

[wombatie]

Looks like you did a terrific job.  I have never heard of the game or seen it in our shops.

Marg

[Tomanydogs]

23 hours ago, wombatie said:

Looks like you did a terrific job.  I have never heard of the game or seen it in our shops.

Marg

Thank you Marg. 

[amazingkevin]

Amazing what a person can do!!! Such a beautiful project ,You aced this one!!!

[Tomanydogs]

On 12/19/2020 at 10:44 AM, amazingkevin said:

Amazing what a person can do!!! Such a beautiful project ,You aced this one!!!

Thank you Kevin. It was a fun project to do.