By Michael Berliner, October 8th, 2014 Andrew Pitts of Heathsville, Virginia, is a self-taught studio furnituremaker with 38 years experience. His beautiful, detailed furniture has been featured in numerous exhibitions and garnered more than a dozen awards. He is an active member of several local Virginia artists’ associations and the national Furniture Society. With his many years of experience, Pitts only …
Continue reading >>> Andy Pitts to other fine woodworkers: “Don’t be afraid of CNC!”
By Michael Berliner, September 1st, 2014 The ELF by Organic Transit, outside of their headquarters in Durham, NC
If you’ve been walking or driving around the revitalized and thriving downtown Durham, North Carolina, in the past year or so, then sightings of a colorful, pedal- and sun-powered trike called the ELF won’t surprise you. As described on Organic Transit’s website, …
Continue reading >>> Organic Transit’s human-powered transportation: good for people and the planet
By Michael Berliner, August 21st, 2014 Architect, designer and educator John Thomas Heida relaxes in his retro, flat-pack chair
John Thomas Heida is an architectural designer, a furniture designer, and a digital-fabrication specialist at the School of Visual Art’s Visible Futures Lab. He teaches at the New York School of Interior Design, School of Visual Arts and at …
Continue reading >>> Can you CNC a classic American chair? Of course you can.
By Michael Berliner, July 15th, 2014 photo (c) 2014 The Field Museum, photo by Emily Krakoff
Look closely and you can see John Zehren in The Field Museum’s Production Shop, just behind the shop’s full size ShopBot PRSalpha CNC router. John is the Exhibitions Productions Shop Supervisor, and has been with The Field Museum in various capacities since 1997. In …
Continue reading >>> Chicago’s Field Museum uses the ShopBot to put everything on display.
By Michael Berliner, July 7th, 2014 John Murray Productions of Oakland, California, is a full service event planning and production company specializing in scenery and stagecraft for corporate clients, focused on designing and producing innovative, memorable, and cost effective special events. Just a brief glance through their gallery of work and you see that John and his crew of 12 graphic …
Continue reading >>> John Murray creates dazzling environments for high-end corporate clients.
By Michael Berliner, July 5th, 2014 
Cheryl and Kent Wille of Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, are embarking on an exciting new chapter in their lives: taking their first steps in launching their own business together. KNC Woodcrafters offers its customers a variety of original, eye-catching home products made of quality woods, such as cheese slicers and cutting boards. They are currently working …
Continue reading >>> With a dream for a “second act” business, this couple is inventing their future.
By Michael Berliner, June 12th, 2014 Guest ShopBot blog contributor Dennis Michaud is an architect and was one of the founders and leaders of the highly successful California company, Blu Homes. Michaud’s new venture, Homebuilt, is more than a company; it aspires to also become a new business model for home building. In this post he shares his vision for Homebuilt: …
Continue reading >>> Homebuilt is Re-Inventing Homebuilding with Distributed Manufacturing (and ShopBots)
By Michael Berliner, June 11th, 2014 Thinking about adding CNC technology into your production? ShopBot Tools has announced a special offering for attendees at this summer’s International Woodworking Fair (IWF) in Atlanta, August 20 – 23. For those who are seriously exploring CNC solutions in woodworking (or virtually any material), ShopBot will demonstrate the cutting of your design, live at the …
Continue reading >>> ShopBot Will Test-Cut Your Design at IWF Atlanta 2014
By Michael Berliner, May 27th, 2014 The roar of robots racing, kids shouting and general mayhem filled the air as the FIRST Robotics 2014 Virginia Regional Competition got underway in April. FIRST Robotics’ mission is “to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire …
Continue reading >>> Handibot Tool goes to work in a FIRST Robotics Competition pit crew
By Michael Berliner, May 26th, 2014 The roar of robots racing, kids shouting and general mayhem filled the air as the FIRST Robotics 2014 Virginia Regional Competition got underway in April. FIRST Robotics’ mission is “to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire …
Continue reading >>> TEC Hub’s Handibot goes to work in FIRST Robotics pit crew
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