Wood-Burned Catan Board

Would you like to create a handcrafted board for your Settlers of Catan game? You can easily make this keepsake for yourself, or give it as a unique gift. Included here are thorough instructions, and wood-burning templates.

• 1/4 inch sheet of pine plywood
• Bandsaw
• Computer
• Copy machine
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Wood file
• Palm sander
• 220 grit sandpaper
• 10d nail
• Wood burner
• Various colors of stain
• Chip brushes
• Stain rags

Scale the provided hexagon template down, until the sides are 3 inches apart. Print it off, and trace nineteen hexagons onto a sheet of 1/4 inch pine plywood. Cut them out on a bandsaw, and sand them down with 220 grit sandpaper. Arrange them in a large hexagon shape, to insure that the sides are even, and well-fitting.

Scale the provided border template, to fit around the nineteen hexagons. Trace six of them onto a sheet of 1/4 inch pine plywood. Cut them out on the bandsaw, and use a wood file to create the puzzle piece shape at each end. Sand them with 220 grit sandpaper.

Scale the five templates, to fit the hexagon tiles. Print them off. Place the design on a tile, and using a 10d nail, press the nail along the lines of the design, so that when the paper is removed, there is a faint indent in the soft pine. Trace over the lines with a pencil, to make them more visible.

Here is a list of how many to do of each design:

1 Desert

3 Mountains

3 Clay Bricks

4 Logs

4 Sheep

4 Wheat

Using the same technique, as in the last step, transfer the ship design to the border pieces. I provided pictures of each border piece, so you would know what designs went on each ship.

Using a universal point, wood burn all of the tiles and border pieces. For stain, I used Varathane Summer Oak Wood Stain for the Border, and American Chestnut for the tiles.

Below, I provided a PDF file of the rulebook, for those who do not know how to play.