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
At ShopBot, we have been designing and building affordable CNC tools for almost 25 years. ShopBots were the first affordable CNC routers for small manufacturing. Our design choices have been based on our experience manufacturing and using low-cost robotic equipment that is optimized for small and medium production operations. Our leadership and innovation in mechanical …
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By ShopBot, December 28th, 2017 Jad Jadeja and the students from the Innovative Airflow Technologies and Turbo Tigers teams.
Dripping Springs might not be the biggest city in Texas, but big things are happening at its only high school. As a school that is totally committed to providing students with challenging learning opportunities in science, technology, and math, the …
Continue reading >>> High School Students from Dripping Springs, TX Use ShopBot Tools to Rout the Competition
By Sallye Coyle, August 8th, 2016 UI1 Mobile FabLab at a Maker Faire. An awning provides extra shelter when projects are set up outside the MFL.
It’s a great idea to take the digital fabrication equipment to the people, rather than the people having to travel to the equipment. As experience and the type of equipment available have changed, …
Continue reading >>> A Brief Timeline of Mobile Digital Fabrication Equipment
By ShopBot, September 2nd, 2015
When Grant Wolfe first started to learn how to use the ShopBot Buddy in his Construction Tech classes in school less than three years ago, he likely didn’t realize that he would be helping train Belton High School students on that same equipment today. The skills he developed in operating this equipment was not …
Continue reading >>> From Student to Instructor in Three Years!
By Michael Berliner, July 13th, 2015 Adam Buchwald of Circle Strings; photo ©Shem Roose
Adam Buchwald is the owner and principal luthier of Circle Strings, a company he first opened in Brooklyn, NY, in 2005, and now operates in Burlington, VT, where he and his family relocated in 2008. Adam focuses on building guitars, mandolins, tenor guitars and double …
Continue reading >>> Circle Strings custom guitars adds ShopBot to the mix
By Michael Berliner, June 19th, 2015
Andrew Coholic is the owner of Joe Coholic Custom Furniture Ltd., a custom cabinetry and furniture business. The company operates out of a 6,000 square foot shop in Timmins, Canada. Andrew runs the business that was started by his father Joe back in the early 1970’s. Andrew said, “My family has worked with …
Continue reading >>> Custom furniture maker finds surprising benefits of CNC
By Michael Berliner, April 19th, 2015 This Art Nouveau building in Belgium is an inspiration for Nick Buchhholz
Nick Buchholz has been an amateur woodworker for many years, maintaining a shop in his garage while working as a computer programmer for the National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona. He retired from his programming career in 2012 after 25 years with the …
Continue reading >>> Woodworker Nick Buchholz’s ShopBot helps him explore new areas of design
By Michael Berliner, October 9th, 2013 DIYAbility.org co-founder John Schimmel (rear, left) with workshop participants, including Matthew Altan (front row, far right). Read more about what Matthew’s been up to, below.
DIYAbility.org and digital fab are making a big difference in kids’ lives. They’re having fun, using technology, and are becoming empowered for productive & happy lives.
MAKING is helping children with disabilities discover their ABILITIES.
By Michael Berliner, January 8th, 2013 Teaching STEM in upstate N.Y. with help of ShopBot
Ed Wall has been a Technology teacher for more than a quarter of a century. As any veteran teacher will tell you, the key to success is to make the learning process fun! That’s exactly what Ed has been doing with his students in Elmira, New York. Ed teaches a STEM curriculum including classes in ACE SolidWorks, Drawing and Design for Production, Production & Construction Systems, Manufacturing Systems and Computer Integrated Manufacturing. And his teaching tool of choice is ShopBot! …
Continue reading >>> Ed Wall Brings STEM Curriculum to Life with ShopBot Tools
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