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8th Grade - VEX Robotics
Playground Circuit Express
Battle Bots
Snapping Turtle Building Directions
Three-String Box Guitar
We'll kick things off with a Skype session with maker and author Kathy Ceceri (http://craftsforlearning.com/)
What you'll get in your "guitar kit"
- 6-8 screw eyes (for tying the strings and tuning)
- 1 Drawer Pull (for bridge)
- Srings (three sizes) made of fishing line
- 3' piece of pine for the guitar neck
- Misc hardware for attaching the bridge and neck to your box
You need to provide the box for the body of your guitar
- Wood "Cigar" Box on Amazon (only $5.53)
Ways to customize your guitar:
- Choose your box (your guitar box as art)
- Lasercut
- Paint
- Create Stickers
- Finish the neck
- Decide how you want to play it
- Slide
- Frets
- Decide how you want to tune it
Avatar Maker Lasercut Image
* In Avatarmaker.com save as .svg file
* Open in Inkscape
* Ungroup - Delete Background - then Group
* Extensions - Color ñ black and white - Threshold Color (adjust to how you like it) then Apply
* Select All - Group
* Center on Canvas
* Save again on USB drive as .svg file (with your name in the file name. E.g. Jim-Avatar)
* Take USB drive to laser cutter to etch your avatar.
