Project Ideas to Get You Started

These projects are available just as samples and examples. Each download includes a picture or graphic and details on the project.

More projects will be added. Check back again for additional files. If you have something you would like to share with your fellow teachers, please send it to info@mastercamedu.com.

Picture Frame Project

Project description: With this project, your students can display their work and favorite photos at the same time. This 7.5 inch by 9.5 inch picture frame project designed for middle school students. Step-by-step instructions and illustrations are included in the Word file.

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Submitted by: Garett Lammers, Butler Middle School, Waukesha, Wisconsin

Name Plate Project

Project description: Designed to be cut out of wood, each student can individualize this project with their own name or clip-art images. Step-by-step instructions and illustrations are included in the PowerPoint file. This is great for beginners and includes pocketing and projecting a toolpath onto a surface.

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Cribbage Board Project

Project description: People love to play games. And who wouldn’t feel proud to use a board and game pieces they made themselves? Also makes a great project for gift-giving. This cribbage board project includes all the parts, dimensions and step-by-step instructions in the PowerPoint file. You supply the pegs and cards. This project is good for beginning students and includes contour and drill toolpaths.

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