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We held our second Camp at Gabe Pari’s shop, and we had a wide assortment of owners and projects on hand. Gabe’s come up with some pretty interesting ways to build his “fleet”of aluminum teardrop trailers using his machine, and he had one of his latest creations, an “off road”version on hand to show us. … Continue reading >>> 2010 SoCal Camp Shopbot Saturday March 13th was our second Camp in Utah. This time we held it at the shop of Noel Fields in the town of Magna. Noel has a business which runs the gamut from carved Shopbot pieces to numerous works of laser art and engraved objects. It had been about 4 years since our … Continue reading >>> 2010 Magna, Utah Camp Shopbot For the first time in a couple of years the weather Gods looked favorably on us during our Florida stay. Instead of iced windshields, (and motel rooms heated by hair dryers) we had a day in the low 70’s, which was appreciated by the Floridians as much as those of us who came in … Continue reading >>> 2010 Florida Camp Shopbot Robert Ball hosted this Camp at his farm for the second year in a row, and we had a good turnout of experienced Shopbotters as well as a few guests. The Atlanta area group has been holding smaller “User groups” at various shops throughout the year, so there’s been some pretty good communication within … Continue reading >>> 2010 Atlanta Camp After a hiatus of a few years we returned to New Jersey, this time in Clifton, NJ at CD Cases, the shop of Coy Frisbee. Coy’s business is building road cases, guitar stands, and stage equipment for professional musicians. He’s had his Shopbot for 8 years, and he’s still finding new ways to apply it’s … Continue reading >>> 2009 New Jersey The 2009 Minnesota Camp was held at Glen Kadelbach’s ( www.innovativefoam.com) 80 acre organic farm/shop complex, in Hutchinson, MN. Glen’s specialty is building with foam, and he had a large number of pieces on hand to show us. In addition to foam signs, and displays, he also ran us through some of his wide … Continue reading >>> 2009 Minnesota Camp We caught a beautiful stretch of dry, cool weather for our second Camp at Jim Hansen’s shop in Mystic, CT. Even though the day started out a bit chilly it soon became sunny enough for us to understand why Jim chose to “upgrade” his shop since our last visit with a large ( 10KW) … Continue reading >>> 2009 Mystic, CT We held our second Pennsylvania Camp at John Haggerty’s shop on Sat. Sept. 19th. John has a pretty eclectic business, and the Campers attending also came from a wide variety of backgrounds. The day started off with a discussion about the difficulties of doing business in today’s economy. And we had a good discussion … Continue reading >>> 2009 Souderton, PA After last year’s near washout due to hurricane driven rains this year’s Virginia Camp was held in picture perfect weather. And it really gave us a chance to see Jay’s unique shop setting which is on an over 80 acre parcel he owns.We had a good mix of experienced ‘Botters, and some new faces … Continue reading >>> 2009 Troy, VA It’s pretty hard to imagine a better venue for Shopbotters than a weekend which combines both a Camp and the Maker Faire. This year both events were full of new material, and I think everyone found something which amazed them on one level or another. The Friday Camp started off with Ted Hall going … Continue reading >>> 2009 San Mateo Camp Shopbot and Maker Faire |
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