{"id":31910,"date":"2011-11-16T13:39:31","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T20:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/?p=31910"},"modified":"2011-11-16T13:39:31","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T20:39:31","slug":"the-incredible-folding-ukulele-from-maker-of-anything-brian-chan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/maker-success-stories\/the-incredible-folding-ukulele-from-maker-of-anything-brian-chan\/","title":{"rendered":"The incredible Folding Ukulele from &#8216;maker of anything&#8217; Brian Chan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>extraordinary project made with Ponoko Personal Factory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/showroom\/chosetec\/products\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/foldinguke1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"foldinguke1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/foldinguke1.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/foldinguke1-300x236.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Every now and then something shows up in the Showroom that simply astounds everyone of us at Ponoko. <\/p>\n<p>And the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/showroom\/chosetec\/products\" target=\"_blank\">Folding Ukulele<\/a> from artist, craftsman, and origami genius <a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/chosetec\/www\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Brian Chan<\/a> is exactly the kind of thing I&#8217;m talking about.<\/p>\n<p>With his design already drafted, Brian got in touch with Josh, one of our Community Support Managers, to prototype his project using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/laser-cutting\" target=\"_blank\">laser-cutting<\/a>. As you can see, the design is pretty complex, consisting of multiple flat pieces that need to fit together perfectly to create not just a 3D object \u2014 but a musical one! Josh&#8217;s reaction to project when he saw the plans?           0_0<\/p>\n<p>Get ready to be zero-eyed yourself when you see Brian&#8217;s ukulele in all of its foldable and musical glory:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8gaFRbOb6lw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When Dave ten Have, our CEO, saw the video and the project he was &#8220;totally stoked&#8221; and said &#8220;There is just something about that sort of idea that really speaks to the deep purpose of what we&#8217;re doing. It&#8217;s quirky and a little crazy, but it&#8217;s relevant to the creator. Made me smile.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/showroom\/chosetec\/products\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/foldinguke2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"foldinguke2\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/foldinguke2.jpeg 1244w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/foldinguke2-300x102.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/foldinguke2-768x262.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/foldinguke2-1024x350.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1244px) 100vw, 1244px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in strumming and folding up one of these yourself, the Folding Ukulele is available as either a kit or finished instrument, and there&#8217;s also a Supermini Ukulele. <\/p>\n<p>See the complete range of kit and completed folding ukuleles for sale in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/showroom\/chosetec\/products\" target=\"_blank\">Chosetec&#8217; showroom<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>An Instructable for constructing the featured ukulele is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/Constructing-the-Laser-cut-folding-ukulele\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>extraordinary project made with Ponoko Personal Factory<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Every now and then something shows up in the Showroom that simply astounds everyone of us at Ponoko. <\/p>\n<p>And the Folding Ukulele from artist, craftsman, and origami genius Brian Chan is exactly the kind of thing I&#8217;m talking about.<\/p>\n<p>With his design already drafted, Brian got in touch with Josh, one of our Community Support Managers, to prototype his project using laser-cutting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1066,5796],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maker-success-stories","category-design-ideas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The incredible Folding Ukulele from &#039;maker of anything&#039; Brian Chan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ponoko.com\/blog\/maker-success-stories\/the-incredible-folding-ukulele-from-maker-of-anything-brian-chan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The incredible Folding Ukulele from &#039;maker of anything&#039; Brian Chan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"extraordinary project made with Ponoko Personal Factory Every now and then something shows up in the Showroom that simply astounds everyone of us at Ponoko. 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