Chinese Abacus

This is my first insructable! Easy and the cost is next to nothing. The only material I had to buy was a box of 100 hex nuts. The bamboo chopsticks are from my dinning out on Chinese restaurants.

Bamboo Chopsticks
3"x5" Picture Frame
1/2" Hex Nuts
Hand Saw
Hot Glue
Metal file

Remove glass and cardboard from picture frame. Just leave the frame and the back board.

Cut them to size so they would tightly fit on frame. You can use a file to precisely make them fit the picture frame tightly.

String hex nuts in chopsticks and install segments in place then proceed to hot glue them

Trim fold out stand as shown in picture so it would not interfere when using the abacus

With bamboo stick make a stylus to operate Abacus. Hex nuts are easier to slide with a pointy stylus. I used the nail eyelets from picture frame as a stylus holder.

Abacus makes a great piece of conversation.

Enjoy!