Slate II: thirty-two more
Thirty-two new concepts, none repeating the fifty-one already on the other pages. Same rules: each names the research hook it stands on and carries a risk tag. Where a vendor seat independently reached the same hook in its ideation round, the card says so; that convergence is a signal the joke is real. Running tally across the pages: 83 concepts, 51 drawn.
Slate II, drawn all thirty-two, by hand; concept cards with the research behind each follow below
Series A The can, second pressing
pick
Thirteen flavours, one local
menu-board sticker, 4 × 3 inches
ZYN's classic line has exactly thirteen flavours. So does Local 13's job list.
THE LODGE MENU · 13 FLAVOURS NUCLEAR OUTAGE · REFINERY TURNAROUND · SHIPYARD TANK FARM · RETUBE · STACK · BAGHOUSE · PRECIPITATOR WATERWALL · HEADER · ECONOMIZER · SUPERHEATER · REHEATER none of them mint.
Stands on: thirteen classic flavours verified live [FACTS, can anatomy]; the boiler-component names are trade memory, check them with him.
nicotine-parodycomponent list unverifiedAlign the arrows
3-inch round, two big arrows and nothing else
The child-lock arrows on the rim become a fit-up instruction.
◄ ALIGN ARROWS TO OPEN ► ALIGN FLANGES TO WELD
Stands on: the rim alignment arrows in the anatomy lane, still marked needs-verification; the Grok and Kimi seats also reached for the arrows.
verify on a physical canFifteen to twenty
3-inch lid
The pouch count is changing. The hall number is not.
15 WAS THE COUNT. 20 IS THE NEW COUNT. 13 IS THE HALL.
Stands on: classic cans move from 15 to 20 pouches in Q4 2026 per PMI [FACTS, can anatomy 2024-26 changes].
nicotine-parodyThe outage strength
3-inch lid, black and safety orange
A strength that does not exist, for a season that does.
30mg · TURNAROUND SEASON ONLY NOT SOLD IN STORES. NOT SOLD ANYWHERE.
Stands on: a welder's post asking for a 30 mg version [x-vocab §1]; the 52-day outage testimonial on the local's own site [graphics-sources].
nicotine-parody, adult onlyRewards code
can-bottom style, 2-inch round with a fake code
The code under every can, redeemed for the one thing an apprentice never finds.
SCAN TO REDEEM: 1 SKY HOOK CODE: L13-1880-1924-NPV
Stands on: the 11- or 16-digit rewards code printed on cans [FACTS, can anatomy]; the Gemini seat also landed here.
nicotine-parody70 mm
3-inch lid with a dimension line
The only pressure vessel a boilermaker owns and never welds.
Ø 70 MM THE ONLY VESSEL WE DON'T WELD
Stands on: can diameter about 70 mm, verified live [FACTS]; the Grok seat used the same number five times.
cleanSeries B Vessel paperwork: the trade's own documents as stickers
pick
The nameplate
stainless-nameplate style, 3 × 2 inches, fill-in fields
Every vessel gets a nameplate. So does the member.
MFD BY BOILERMAKERS LOCAL 13 MAWP: 13 PSI OF BS YEAR BUILT: ____ SERIAL: NPV-____ HYDRO: PASSED
Stands on: boilermakers build code vessels [union-field §3.1]; the nameplate fields are trade memory, verify the wording with him.
field names unverifiedHydro tested
inspection tag with a hole, 2 × 3.5 inches
The tag they hang on a vessel after it holds pressure, hung on the man.
HYDRO TEST · PASSED · NO WEEPS LOCAL 13 · DATE: ____
Stands on: pressure testing is core vessel work [union-field §3.1]; three seats (Grok, Kimi, Gemini) also reached for hydro. The test ratio is memory, left off on purpose.
cleanInspected by No. 13
the little garment tag, 1.5-inch round
The tag in every new shirt, for a weld.
INSPECTED BY No. 13 NO POROSITY FOUND
Stands on: porosity as the trade's word for a bad weld [x-vocab §3]; the Gemini seat also had an "inspected" card.
cleanWarranty void
silver tamper seal, serrated edge, 2 × 0.75 inches
The seal that breaks when the wrong trade touches the joint.
WARRANTY VOID IF WELDED BY A FITTER
Stands on: the vessel-versus-pipe jurisdiction line [union-field §3.6].
clean52-day outage calendar
4 × 3 inch grid of 52 boxes to tick
One box per shift. The last box is the eagle.
52 DAYS · TICK ONE PER SHIFT □□□□□□□□□□□□□ … □ 🦅 LOCAL 13 · OUTAGE SEASON
Stands on: a contractor's testimonial on the local's site: rigging and welding "in a 52 day outage" [graphics-sources]; "the eagle lands" = payday [x-vocab §2].
cleanpick
Trainer 2024 · 450 tons
"I worked on" job sticker, 3-inch round
The hard-hat tradition of job stickers, for the job they actually did.
I WAS THERE TRAINER TURNAROUND 2024 450-TON REACTOR LIFT · 400 HANDS · LOCAL 13
Stands on: the Boilermaker Reporter, Spring 2024: about 400 Local 13 boilermakers and travellers, 450-ton reactor lifts [FACTS 21]; the Kimi and Grok seats also picked Trainer. Employer name kept off the sticker.
cleanSeries C Tools as portraits: hardware over human forms, the union's own rule
Turnbuckle
turnbuckle-shaped die-cut, 4 inches
The rigger's sentence, on the rigger's tool.
TAKE UP THE SLACK LOCAL 13 RIGGING
Stands on: turnbuckles, wedges and plumb bobs in the O*NET tool list [union-field §3.5]; "riggers who weld" [x-vocab §3].
cleanTube expander
3-inch round with the tool in silhouette
Nobody outside the trade knows what it is. That is the point.
ROLL IT TIGHT RETUBE CREW · LOCAL 13
Stands on: tube expanders in the trade's tool list [union-field §3.5].
cleanPlumb bob
teardrop die-cut, 3.5 inches tall
One word, the whole job.
TRUE LOCAL 13
Stands on: plumb bobs and levels in the tool list [union-field §3.5]; Kimi and Gemini seats both had a plumb-bob card.
cleanStinger
electrode-holder die-cut with a wasp's stinger, 4 inches
The W.A.S.P. gets its weapon.
W.A.S.P. · STINGER DIVISION HOT WHEN LIT
Stands on: the W.A.S.P. acronym [x-vocab §2]; the Gemini and Kimi seats both reached for the stinger. Pairs with the shield already drawn.
mild profanity via the acronymRod tube rainbow
eight tubes in a row, 5 × 2 inches, brand-free
The colour-coded tubes every shop has, as a palette.
PICK YOUR ROD black · gray · red · orange · blue · purple · pink · yellow
Stands on: the rod-canister colour range documented in the brief [union-field §3.5]. No maker's mark.
trademark if the maker's name appearsSeries D Rank, rite and rivalry, second round
Shop rocket
rocket-shaped die-cut, 4 inches
For the member who never leaves one contractor.
SHOP ROCKET NEVER LEAVES THE SHOP · 0 PER DIEM
Stands on: shoppie / shop rocket [x-vocab §2].
cleanOn the list
status sticker, 3 × 2 inches, two checkboxes
The two states of a boilermaker.
STATUS: ☐ ON THE LIST ☑ WORKING CALL THE HALL
Stands on: the list / out-of-work list [x-vocab §2]. Deliberately not "Book 1", which is IBEW slang [FACTS, gaps 7].
cleanNot that kind of rat
for his Scumbag rat, 4-inch die-cut
"Rat" means non-union. His rat needs a disclaimer.
RATS DON'T WELD. THIS ONE DOES. · LOCAL 13
Stands on: rat / rat shop [x-vocab §2]; the line "RATS DON'T WELD" came out of the Grok vocabulary lane. Needs his okay on his art.
his art, his say-sopick
Grinder and paint
paint-can label, 4 × 2.5 inches, product-label parody number two
The most honest can in the shop.
TOUCH-UP · COVERS UNDERCUT · HIDES POROSITY MAKES YOU THE WELDER YOU AIN'T LOCAL 13 · SHAKE WELL · SHAKE HANDS
Stands on: "a grinder and paint will make you the welder you ain't" [x-vocab §3]; parody packaging is a documented gap [GRAPHICS-HISTORY].
cleanPorosity
3-inch round with holes cut through it
A sticker with actual holes in it.
SWISS CHEESE NOT MINE
Stands on: porosity = Swiss-cheese weld [x-vocab §3]; the Gemini seat also had porosity.
cleanMirror weld certified
fake certification card, 3 × 2 inches
The welds nobody sees, certified by nobody.
CERTIFIED WELDS IN A MIRROR · UPSIDE DOWN · INSIDE A DRUM ISSUED BY: THE OLDHEAD
Stands on: "pipefitters very seldom weld in a mirror" [union-field §3.6]; drum work [x-vocab §2]; the Kimi seat also had a mirror card.
cleanBurn rods, not bridges
3-inch round
The solidarity one, for the days the rivalry jokes go too far.
BURN RODS · NOT BRIDGES ONE OF FIFTY LOCALS · PHILADELPHIA BUILDING TRADES
Stands on: a line from the Grok vocabulary lane [x-vocab copy 17]; the Building Trades Council's fifty-plus locals [union-field §4.1].
cleanSeries E Philly, second round
pick
The first boomer
3-inch round, engraved-portrait style, no face needed
Franklin walked off his apprenticeship and travelled to Philly. The original traveller.
B. FRANKLIN · WALKED OFF HIS APPRENTICESHIP TRAVELED TO PHILLY · 1723 THE FIRST BOOMER
Stands on: the "Zynjamin Franklin" meme is real [x-vocab §1]; Franklin's 1723 arrival is history from memory, verify the year before print.
date unverifiedHoagie, not sub
2 × 4 inch strip
Three things a Philly boilermaker will correct you on.
IT'S A HOAGIE. IT'S A JAWN. IT'S UNION.
Stands on: hoagie, never sub [x-vocab §5]; the Kimi seat hit "hoagie" five times, Grok twice.
cleanDelaware too
3-inch round, jurisdiction map silhouette
The territory in one line, including the county across the line.
40 COUNTIES · AND NEW CASTLE, DE LOCAL 13 TERRITORY
Stands on: jurisdiction verified, with a 40-versus-41 county discrepancy to settle [FACTS 16]; Gemini and Grok seats both had Delaware.
county count to settleThree-quarters from the edge
2-inch round with a printed ruler edge
A hard-hat sticker that tells you where hard-hat stickers go.
¾ IN FROM THE BRIM DO NOT COVER CRACKS · OSHA-FRIENDLY SINCE 1924
Stands on: the sticker-placement guidance in the culture brief: keep clear of the edge, never hide damage [sticker-culture §1].
cleanSeries F Hall and heritage, second round
Kansas City, MO (not KS)
3 × 2 inch typographic
Headquarters moved across the state line. The hall has not moved since 1924.
THE INTERNATIONAL MOVED ACROSS THE RIVER IN 2023. THE HALL HASN'T MOVED SINCE 1924.
Stands on: IBB HQ moved from Kansas City, KS to Kansas City, MO in July 2023 [FACTS 10]; charter 1924 [FACTS 14].
cleanBoilermaker with a degree
3-inch round, collegiate-seal style
The new partnership, worn with the right amount of attitude.
ROWAN × LOCAL 13 YES, I READ THE CODE BOOK.
Stands on: the June 2025 Rowan University partnership for construction-management certificates and degrees [FACTS 25].
university mark, use words onlyMud drum certified
2-inch hard-hat round
The certification that matters most and exists least.
MUD DRUM CERTIFIED LOCAL 13 · CRAWL IN, CRAWL OUT
Stands on: the drum as the live in-joke [x-vocab §2]; the phrase came out of the Grok vocabulary lane [x-vocab copy 5].
cleanWarning: contains boilermakers
warning-label parody, 3 × 1.5 inches, for the hall door
The FDA warning grammar with the union inside it.
WARNING: CONTAINS BOILERMAKERS. ADDICTIVE CRAFT. HABIT-FORMING SINCE 1880.
Stands on: the warning-statement format [FACTS, can anatomy]; the line "contains boilermakers, addictive craft" surfaced in the Grok vocabulary lane [x-vocab copy 15].
nicotine-parodyMy six picks from this slate then the rest by demand
- Thirteen flavours, one local — the menu board turns his 13 into a whole line.
- The nameplate — the trade's own document, made personal.
- Trainer 2024 · 450 tons — a real job sticker for a job they really did.
- Grinder and paint — product-label parody number two, the most quotable line in the trade.
- The first boomer — Philly history and the traveller joke in one.
- Warranty void — the cheapest to print, the fastest to land.