Alyouminium Catan board

I kept thinking about my idea for an aluminum Catan board held together by magnets. It would be expensive and time consuming to make, but the end result would be a kickass, over-engineered, rock solid catanian continent.

I would use 1/4" aluminum plate with two 1/8" dia by 1/16" thk neodymium disc magnets per edge. If there are 12 magnets per hex and 30 hexes in the 5-6 player board, then I would need 360 magnets. You can buy 500 of these here (extras for seafarers hexes) for $40. Two pairs of magnets holding two hexes together would generate up to 0.9 Lb of force.

Each hex would be 3 inches across the flats, not 79 mm like the actual game. They would need 12 9/64" dia by 7/64" deep holes. If you set up a vice in a drill press so you could just drop in a hex without having to worry about positioning I think you get drill all the holes in a couple of hours. The magnets would be epoxied in the holes.

I haven't decided what to do for the decals. Acid etching would bee cool, but difficult. Stickers would look cheap and take away from the work already put into the materials.

Light Fifty My Ass

This Saturday, Andy and I will come across a unique opportunity. It's not too often you get a chance to go to a shooting range and blast some shit with an M82A1. Even less often do you get a chance to do so with your boss (or your friend's boss). What you're seeing in the picture above is actually my boss's brother... glad I got the picture while he had a bullet in his mouth lol. For some reason, I didn't think you'd believe the sheer size of the bullet or the magazine unless I actually posted pictures... so here you go.


It should also be noted that you can probably only fit two magazines into a standard sized ammo box..... if that. I suppose I'll post some action shots/videos this weekend. Should be epic.

Well... it's done.

The Jeep and I have departed. I have a new automobile in my life now.

Catan

We should get this version of the game next

Kvelertak

This Norwegian metal band Kvelertak (Stranglehold) released their debut record last year and it's some good shit. This song, Mjod, is about mead and related Norse mythology. The whole album is fanfuckingtastic.

Nå ska me ta ein liten sang Den dreie seg om alkohol Me har ingen sånne tekstar Me vil gjerna ha litt spekter Suttung fulgte hakk i hel Odin kicka assen hans Suttung leve ei mer lenger Me har all den mjød me treng Full av all dis galskap Ska fyra opp ein liten tjall Setta på litt svartmetall Sammen med min beste venn Odin ga oss Suttung sitt mjød Det magiske mjød Det daglige brød Odin ga oss Suttung sitt mjød Det magiske mjød Det e bedre enn øl Nattens sønner at og lengter Så ska me pula Odins enka Mens me råe riff ska sjenka Svarte rever dekk attens Sjå Kvelertaks bestilens Odin ga oss Suttung sitt mjød Det magiske mjød Det daglige brød Odin ga oss Suttung sitt mjød Det magiske mjød Det e bedre enn øl

Now we're gonna sing a little song It's about alcohol We don't have any lyrics like that We want some spectrum Suttung followed close by Odin kicked his ass Suttung is not alive anymore We have all the mead we want Full of all this madness Going to light up a joint Put on some black metal And enjoy it with my best friend Odin gave us Suttung's mead The magical mead Our daily bread Odin gave us Suttung's mead The magical mead It's better than beer Night sons that and longs So were going to fuck Odin's widow While giving you awesome riffs Black foxes deck eighteen (?) See Kvelertak's order Odin gave us Suttung's mead The magic of mead The daily bread Odin gave us Suttung's mead The magical mead It's better than beer

Snoop Dogg's New Career Path

We took some company pictures with the propeller assembly that's going in the new levy near New Orleans. Its a bad scan of one of the pictures... it was already too bright and got worse when I scanned it... but the point here is that Snoop has been working at Bay Cast all this time. Who knew.

Thanksgiving plans?

So I'm back for break Tuesday night. What's everyone got going on?