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Draft Agenda

 Pre-workshop homework

  • Create Autodesk account
  • Fusion 360 MLA
  • Aspire MLA (if used)

 Day 1

  • Glue blanks
  • Process Planning MLA (Processes, tools, anatomy of g code)
  • CAD design – modify provided CAD files or create new from template

 Day 2

  • Complete blank – scrape/plane/drill fixture holes
  • Finalize CAD design
  • Create tool path (include no-fly zones)
  • Prototype in foam
  • If prototype is successful, immediately cut body

 Day 3

  • Continue prototype and body
  • Measurement and QC (MLA)
  • Work on headstock
  • Cut/engrave acrylic lasered bean cover

 Day 4

  • Continue all day 3 activities
  • MLA development

 Day 5

  • Implementation strategies
  • MLA presentations
  • Evaluation

 

Considerations: CNC a guitar stand,  create new knobs and 3D print them, create a curriculum module around the CNC processes, create an acoustic bridge in CAD and 3D print it.

 

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