Hackerspace News — 15 February

It's open!

🇳🇱 · Pixelbar

The party last Saturday was awesome! Thank you all for visiting, the presents and many thanks to all the other hackerspaces for helping out! This has really kickstarted the current space. We’ve also received lots of ideas and input on how we could create and arrange everything in the new (upcoming) space. Keilefest did a great job on the festival, with artists like WLDRF and the great food and beverages. But most of all, thank you Brenno for giving a presentation and explaining the world about hackerspaces (Dutch): Media coverage (Dutch) Radio Rijnmond interview Metro De Nieuwspeper

Lasercut Settlers of Catan

🇦🇺 · Robots and Dinosaurs

Hi All, Gav here! At the space recently we’ve had a few rounds of Settlers of Catan. People seemed to like it, so I figure we should have a set living on a shelf in the workshop. Some late night lasering later, and we have this: At the request of James, this version has recesses to hold the roads and cities in place, so that his more… enthusiastic… rolls don’t knock over the board: All the wood is bamboo ply, lasercut. The hex tiles are lightly sanded and given an acrylic paint wash, before being given a clear gloss. The base has a Jarrah stain (Yes, I know it looks terrible where the glue wasn’t sanded off enough), and I might end up clear-coating it later. The settlements and cities have their own little silhouettes, and I made a holder for each player’s unplaced pieces: Files are up here if anyone wants to make their own: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1343362