By Sallye Coyle, April 5th, 2018 Showing off projects created on a ShopBot CNC and a laser cutter
Do you own or have access to digital fabrication equipment such as a ShopBot CNC machine, laser cutter, or 3D printer, and an interest in education? Do you want to know more about the software and machines available for digital fabrication in …
Continue reading >>> Makerspaces in Education: Becoming Comfortable Using Your ShopBot and Other Digital Fabrication Tools
By Sallye Coyle, March 12th, 2018
While driving along Roxboro Road on my way to ShopBot Tools World Headquarters (as founder Ted Hall likes to call it) one morning, I spied a sign for the Wright School that I had carved on the ShopBot tool I have in my barn. It made me think about a few of the projects …
Continue reading >>> Signs of ShopBot Around Our Hometown – Durham, North Carolina
By ShopBot, December 14th, 2017 Make48 at the Kansas City Art Institute
The new TV show, Make48 is kind of a combination hybrid of Iron Chef and Shark Tank. You start off with an unveiled topic and some resources and then set the clock ticking. Twelve teams now have 48 hours to: come up with an idea that …
Continue reading >>> Make48 to Air Season Two this Spring!
By Jennifer Nix, November 13th, 2017 One of the many signs created by Neathawk Designs
When the recession of 2008 hit, housing and land developers found themselves hit particularly hard. Lindsay Neathawk was a graphic designer for a land developer, and soon was impacted by the recession as well come 2010—and found herself looking for a job. Instead of standing …
Continue reading >>> Neathawk Designs – “If You Think It, We Can Create It!”
By Jeanne Taylor, April 17th, 2017 The tastiness of making mistakes.
In the 52 years that the New York State Technology and Engineering Educators Association (NYSTEEA) has been meeting, there have been a lot of changes in the design software and equipment available to teachers and students. Schools have been adding digital fabrication equipment, including CNC, into …
Continue reading >>> NYSTEEA and Chocolate Mold-Making for STEAM
By Sallye Coyle, March 9th, 2017
Creating the right look for a character on the stage is one of the tasks of a costuming department in a theatre. When creating a hat for a character, a felt hat must have the material draped over a form, or hat block. The hat block must be able to accept pins to hold …
Continue reading >>> Fashioning Hat Blocks: Digital Technology Enhances a Dying Art Form
By Tim Babiasz, February 15th, 2017
As a US Army veteran with 28 years of service, Jerry Abney has never been one to back down from a challenge. Upon return from a tour in Iraq in 2004, the vision in his right eye deteriorated to the point of blindness. The very next year, he was diagnosed with retinoschisis of the left eye, leaving …
Continue reading >>> You Don’t Need to See to Have Amazing Vision
By Tim Babiasz, January 19th, 2017
Modify Furniture is joining forces with ShopBot Tools to launch the first ever Design Challenge! Whether you’re a seasoned designer or new to 3D, here’s your chance to show off your creative side, get your name out there, and even win a cool prize in the process. Entrants will be designing an invisibin™ drop-in to add form, …
Continue reading >>> The Modify Furniture Design Challenge
By Tim Babiasz, January 6th, 2017
ShopBot Tools founder & CEO Ted Hall has been keeping an eye on the role that digital fabrication is playing in the evolution of manufacturing. Through Ted’s Medium blog series, he touches on a range of topics, including how ShopBot has adapted not only to succeed, but to enable other businesses to grow and keep jobs from being …
Continue reading >>> ShopBot’s Ted Hall Looks at the Future of Manufacturing
By Sallye Coyle, September 8th, 2016 Friends from 5 Continents sharing one last evening at SZOIL after Fab 12 in Shenzhen.
The Location: This year’s gathering of the International FabLab network took place in early August in Shenzhen, China. About an hour from Hong Kong, Shenzhen is a new city, grown up in the last 25 – 30 years from …
Continue reading >>> Notes from Fab12 in Shenzhen, China
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