How to Make a Paint-Stick Stir Drum

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Anyone old enough to safely use a handsaw can make this simple instrument in less than an hour.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

Cut the four corners off a square piece of a 2-by-4 so that you have an eight-sided piece of wood.
Step 2

Sand the rough spots to prevent splinters.
Step 3

Cut an inch off a paint stirring stick.
Step 4

Cut six more paint stirring sticks, each an inch shorter than the previous one. You should have a total of eight, including an uncut one.
Step 5

Wrap a couple of fat rubber bands around the eight-sided piece of wood and insert each stick in order of longest to smallest.
Step 6

Pull the end of each paint stick out so there is a gap between it and the wood.
Step 7

Sqeeze some wood glue in the gap and let the rubber band hold each stick in place while the glue dries.

Step 1

Hold the stir drum flat in one palm.
Step 2

Use an unsharpened pencil to lightly "stir."
Step 3

Experiment with the eraser end of the pencil or the unsharpened wooden end.
Step 4

Remember to hold the pencil loosely.

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