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Erminio Marrese hosted his second Camp on Sat. May 17th. We had another good turnout, including 4 Canadian Shopbotters who drove South 9 hours to attend this one! This year’s group had a variety of interests, but the majority of attendees were using their machines to build some sort of furniture, cabinets, etc. In … Continue reading >>> 2009 Bedford Hills, NY (This is an excerpt from Grant Bailey who co-hosted the Camp with Hector Noriega). The morning started at 7:30 for Hector Noriega,Armando Rico,Gary Campbell, and myself.Befitting the first ever cabinetry and mill work Camp, we used a sheet of 1/4″melamine as a projector screen. As attendees arrived, sample parts from Shopbotters joined those of the … Continue reading >>> 2009 Houstin, TX Camp On Saturday March 28th we held our first Camp in Oakland, CA at the home of “Because We Can.org”, a design and fabrication shop in the SF Bay area which is run by Jeffrey McGrew, and Jillian Northrup. They have a great work space in which they perform the dual function of both designing, … Continue reading >>> 2009 Oakland, CA On Saturday March 21st, we held our Southern California Camp in Upland, CA at Gabe Pari’s shop. Gabe uses his machine to make a wide variety of products , and one of them is the Teardrop trailer ( and kit) pictured above. He also showed off some products which have been thermoformed from molds … Continue reading >>> 2009 Upland, CA Camp Shopbot We held our third Arizona Camp at Barry Boyd’s shop this weekend. It turned out to be a beautiful Spring desert day, and we had a pretty enthusiastic group attending this year’s edition. As with everywhere else the economy was a hot topic and we covered a few ways people are trying to deal … Continue reading >>> 2009 Queen Creek, AZ As usual Wayne Locke ran his Austin, TX Camp as a two day event. This is because the Shopbotters in this part of the country are very active, and we always have a good sized group for the event. Friday was an unusually warm day with the temps being in the upper 80’s. Things … Continue reading >>> 2009 Austin, TX Camp Shopbot With Winter being SO long in the North this year we were all thinking about heading down to Gary Campbell’s shop in Tavernier,FL for a chance to thaw out, while chilling out…Sometimes the best laid plans of ‘Botters, etc. however. A cold snap dropped South for a few days and we just happened to … Continue reading >>> 2009 Florida Camp Shopbot We had our 2009 Atlanta area Camp in a new location. This year Robert Ball and his family volunteered to host the Camp on their farm in McDonough, GA which is about 25 miles Southeast of downtown Atlanta. Robert’s interest in bats has generated both a business, and nickname in the Shopbot community; where … Continue reading >>> 2009 Atlanta Camp Shopbot Shopbot and the Maker Faire seem to be a natural fit for one another. It’s a chance for creative people to show off a little, and at the same time learn a lot from others doing the same… This Faire and Jamboree were no exception. There were 5 days of activities starting on Wednesday the … Continue reading >>> 2008 Austin, TX Jamboree/Maker Faire On Saturday Oct. 11th, we held our first New Hampshire Camp, at John and Donna Limoli’s shop in Derry. When we planned this Camp months ago we didn’t realize that we would be lucky enough to catch the “peak weekend for leaf peeping”as it is called in these parts. The weather was perfect, and … Continue reading >>> 2008 Derry, NH |
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