Build Your Own Electric Guitar
John Armstong
Tue Jan 5, 12, 19, 26, 06-08:00pm, W31-031 Hobby Shop
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 11-Dec-2009
Limited to 5 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Hobby Shop membership
Fee: 50.00 for Materials and Guitar Parts
Students will select one from several designs (Stratocaster/Telecaster guitars; Precision/Stingray bass). In Dec. each student, with John’s help, will select wood and components – including the neck, to be ordered. Starting with raw lumber, students will prepare a solid or semi-hollow body blank using a system of router templates, transforming the blank into a completed body ready for finishing. Class fee of $50 will cover shop materials and a copy of Make Your Own Electric Guitar by M. Hiscock. Students will individually purchase all other materials and components. Costs will vary; typical minimum cost ~ $350 for a basic Telecaster or Precision Bass. No prior skills are needed for this class. The class will continue until Feb. 23. Shop time outside of class will be needed to complete instrument.
Contact: Ken Stone, W31-031, x3-4343, kenstone@mit.edu
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Intro to CNC Machining
Seth Hall
Wed Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 06-09:00pm, W31-031 Hobby Shop
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 05-Jan-2010
Limited to 6 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: MIT student
Fee: 80.00 for Materials and Hobby Shop membership
This course will introduce you to the programming and operation of our new CNC milling machine, and CNC lathe. Basic part design and use of the CAD software for each machine tool will be covered. To learn the CAD packages and operation of the machines, several small projects will be designed and manufactured, after which students will be encouraged design a small project of their own.
All students need to bring a laptop computer to install and run the CAD software. Separate sessions will be scheduled for downloading and testing project programs on the CNC machines.
Contact: Ken Stone, W31-031, x3-4343, kenstone@mit.edu
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Ring Maching
Hayami Arakawa
Wed Jan 6, Mon Jan 11, Wed Jan 13, 20, 09-11:30am, W31-031 Hobby Shop
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 11-Dec-2009
Limited to 6 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Hobby Shop membership
Fee: 35.00 for Materials Fee
This class will be a four-session introduction to making wearable rings using the Omax water jet, machine lathe, and techniques on polishing and buffing. The class will cover prototyping rings in plastic and then making them in stainless steel and titanium.
Contact: Hayami, W31-031, x3-4343, hayami@mit.edu
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