How-To: Altoids Tin Abacus

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How-To: Altoids Tin Abacus


Here at Makezine, we’re usually posting about all the high tech stuff that makers can jam into a small mint tin. However, Instructables user eclipsed takes an altogether different tack. Her how-to guide walks you through the process of turning an Altoids tin into a pocket abacus. To make your own, all you’ll need is an awl, some wire, beads, and of course an Altoids tin. While I don’t think I’ll be deleting the calculator app on my phone anytime soon, I think this cute and smart project is just another example of the creative possibilities with these popular tins.

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Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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