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  • About
  • Contact
  • Traditional Woodworking
  • Intermediate Projects
  • Guitar Fabrication
  • Manufacturing Technology I
  • 3D PRINTING
  • CNC Routing
  • CO2 LaserCutting
    • Student Laser Projects
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • GPHS MANUFACTURING BLOG
  Grants Pass High School Manufacturing

GPHS MANUFACTURING

HIGHLIGHTING STUDENT CREATIVITY AND THEIR SHOP

How to make a Guitar in 382 easy steps...

10/27/2016

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  We happened to run across a website that is in partnership with the National Science Foundation which offers STEM courses in CNC guitar building...www.guitarbuilding.org offers a range of styles that one can make on the CNC and since we have had quite a few solid body instruments built in the past with more traditional methods we thought we would give it a whirl.  Once again, we test all of the files our on inexpensive pine prior to machining more expensive chunks of material.  After making a few mistakes in our choice of toolpaths we hit upon the perfect combination of feeds and speeds as well as the correct order to run the files.
The site offers a number of different styles of body and they also sell complete hardware kits for each model.  We are machining the neck next so stay tuned for the completed project!

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Oh yeah, we also made a new stool for the CNC station (we broke the old metal one)!!!

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Making a Sam Maloof Rocking chair on the Shopbot CNC router...

10/7/2016

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We recently purchased the dxf files for creating a Sam Maloof designed rocking chair.  Two of our advanced students have taken the project on and we will do our best to document the project as it moves forward.  One of the things we decided to do is to run all of the individual files on Pine instead of the traditional walnut so that we can work out any bugs and techniques. 
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Here at Grants Pass High School in Southern Oregon, we have a lot to be thankful for.  Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in vocational education.  Yes, College is still a critical destination for our kids but the way in which students get there has evolved.  Do you think you want to be an Engineer?  An artist?  A Scientist?  All of these areas of study can benefit from the hands-on approach we offer in our modern shops.  What if College isn't in your immediate post high school plans?  Maybe you want to enter the trades or manufacturing.  We can help you get to almost any place you want to be.  This isn't your Fathers (or Mothers or Grandparents) shop class anymore.  We teach practical applications of Science, Technology Engineering Arts and Math and we do it with a hands-on ability that is unmatched in any School District in the area.  All of this in addition to having the opportunity to create some of the most amazing and beautiful work to come out of any High School we can think of.

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