3 - 12" CIRCLE
22 3/4 HANDLE WITH 12"CIRCLE ON ONE END
LARGE RUBBER BANDS
SUPER GLUE OR CRAZY GLUE
WING NUTS
SCREWS
3 - 3/8" BY 2" PIECES
4 WOODEN PEGS
(FOR THE CIRCLES AND HANDLE WE USED HEAVY PIPE PLASTIC YOU COULD ALSO USE WOOD)
1. TAKE A 12" OUTSIDE DIAMETER CIRCLE AND A 22 3/4 LONG BY 2" WIDE HANDLE AND PUT THEM ON A SHEET OF PLASTIC. TRACE THEM BOTH ON TO ANOTHER PIECE OF PLASTIC TO MAKE THE TOP OF THE RUBBERBAND-JO. BY USING SAWS AND A ROUTER WE CUT IT OUT TO MAKE THE TOP PIECE.
2. AFTER WE CUT THE MAIN PIECE OUT WE THEN TOOK 2 MORE 12" CIRCLES ON WITH A HOLE CUT IN IT ABOUT 8" ROUND AND THE OTHER WITH A HOLE CUT IN IT AND GLUED THEM TOGETHER.
3. THEN CUT A 5" CIRCLE OUT OF THE MAIN PIECE WITH A JIGSAW. AFTER THE HOLE IS CUT THEN GLUE THE MAIN PIECE TO THE OTHER TWO ALREADY GLUED.
4. THEN TAKE THE CIRCLE WHERE NO HOLES HAVE BEEN CUT AND GLUE ON THE BOTTOM. THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE MAIN PIECE TO MAKE THE BACKING.
5. AFTER ALL THOSE PIECES HAVE BEEN SET UP GLUE THREE 2": WIDE PIECES ON THE HANDLE AND THE TOP PIECE OF THE RUBBER BAND-JO. THESE THREE PIECES HAVE 4 GROOVES IN THE TOP OF THEM FOR THE RUBBER BANDS TO FIT IN. YOU USE A SAW TO MAKE THE GROOVES.
6. NOW YOU PUT SOME WING NUTS ON THE HANDLE TO GIVE THE HANDLE THE LOOK OF A RUBBER BAND-JO. 2 ON EACH SIDE HELD TOGETHER WITH WOODEN PEGS.
7. AFTER EVERYTHING IS GLUED AND PUT IN PLACE YOU TAKE A DRILL AND SMALL BIT TO DRILL 4 HOLES ON THE HANDLE IN 2 SETS OF 2 FOR SCREWS. EXAMPLE: LIKE 4 SET UP ON DICE. THEN ON THE BASE YOU DRILL 4 HOLES IN A STRAIGHT LINE. THE SCREWS ARE FOR THE RUBBERBANDS.
8. NOW YOU CUT THREE LARGE RUBBER BANDS IN 1 SPOT ON EACH TO MAKE THEM STRAIGHT. WRAP THE RUBBER BANDS AROUND THE SCREWS ON THE BASE AND THROUGH THE 3 SLOTTED PIECES, GO UP THE HANDLE AND WRAP AROUND THE OTHER SCREWS.
9. PUT A TIN IN THE HOLE OF THE BASE BEHIND THE RUBBER BANDS FOR THE SOUND.
NOW YOU HAVE YOUR RUBBER BAND-JO.
PUT FINGERS ON RUBBER BANDS AND HOLD DOWN TO CHANGE PITCH. STRIKE THE RUBBER BANDS ON THE BASE WITH EITHER YOU THUMB ON THE OTHER HAND OR USE SOMETHING AS A PICK.