In March of 1999, a small group of ShopBot owners and other folks curious about CNC met in Bill Young’s shop on the coast of Virginia for the first of what was to become “ShopBot Camps.” Although these informal gatherings of ShopBot owners were sponsored by ShopBot, they were never intended to be sales tools, …
Continue reading >>> We’re going back to Camp!
By Jennifer Nix, September 10th, 2019 On Saturday, August 24th, ShopBot Tools held their first Open House in Durham, NC. The event was free and open to the public, but because it was our first time holding one we weren’t sure what to expect. Little did we know, we would have over 200 people come see us during the 4-hour …
Continue reading >>> Success! ShopBot’s First Open House
By ShopBot, August 8th, 2019 Reported by Chris Burns
The National Association of Music Merchandisers holds two conferences every year. The Summer NAMM show in Nashville, TN is filled with people from all different areas of music including musicians, audio technology experts, and instrument makers, just to name a few. Some of the businesses exhibiting build hundreds of instruments every …
Continue reading >>> Making Music at the Summer NAMM Show in Nashville
By Jennifer Nix, May 16th, 2019
Hone your craft. Build your brand. This was the idea behind Spring Make 19 in Cleveland, Ohio April 25th – 27th. As a first time sponsor of the event, we weren’t quite sure what to expect, but things got off to the races quickly!
The first day of the event, Thursday, April …
Continue reading >>> ShopBot in Cleveland — Spring Make 19
By ShopBot, September 4th, 2018 Make48 Film Crew at Work
As a product design student walking into an event where teams are tasked with designing a product, I didn’t quite know what to expect. Every day at school we brainstorm ideas, sketch them out, prototype them over and over, and then at the end of the project, market and …
Continue reading >>> 48 contestants. 48 hours. One winning idea.
By Jeanne Taylor, July 5th, 2018
The 13th Annual Maker Faire Bay Area, which took place May 18th-20th, once again did not disappoint. The weather was beautiful and there was an estimated attendance of 90,000! Packed with hands-on and how-to sessions, makers young and old were inspired and excited. New programming was added this year: Thursday After Dark at …
Continue reading >>> Popular Pastime Reintroduced by ShopBot Tools at the Maker Faire Bay Area
By Jeanne Taylor, April 30th, 2018 CMA 20th Anniversary Conference March 1-2, 2018 Denver, CO
ShopBot recently attended the CMA’s 20th Anniversary Conference in Denver, CO. We participated by sponsoring a lunch highlighting our 20+ years supporting small and medium sized cabinet operations with affordable and innovative CNC tools. Many of ShopBot’s first customers were cabinet makers and it …
Continue reading >>> A CNC Tool that Produces Profit for Cabinet Makers
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, February 9th, 2018
Say “Educational Technology” to a room of teachers, administrators, and vendors, and you will get many different definitions. Having recently attended the Future of Educational Technology Conference (FETC 2018) as a “civilian” rather than an exhibitor, I was able to attend workshops and presentations, visit the entire convention floor of vendors (387), and stop …
Continue reading >>> The Future of Educational Technology
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!
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