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Summary: How to cut a mirror for making a kaleidoscope in this free toy making video
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About the Expert
Elliott Kwong Elliott Kwong has made kaleidoscopes in the past, and has gone to department stores to search for the right type of materials and reflective mirrors. In addit... read more
Hi my name is Elliott Kwong on behalf of Expert Village. Today I'm going to teach you how to make a kaleidoscope. I have a glass cutter here; this is a glass cutter that you can get a glass and mirror shop. It is relatively inexpensive actually I got mine for about $5. So let's try this baby! So let's measure this 3.1 centimeters right there. Measure 3.1 centimeters right here. Take the straight edge ruler, line it up and run the glass cutter through it. Like so. Then we are going to take this I'm going to break this off. We are going to have to make 3 of these okay 1,2,3.