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Blog post written by Walter Dill ———————————— First, a little backstory about Walter Dill and Monica Uhl, aka DillUhlsional: Soon after our relationship began 7 years ago, Monica realized that together we are DillUhlsional, which is appropriate since we have hugely grandiose plans! 5 years ago, with significant support and editing from Monica and a … Continue reading >>> Truck Floor de Lis 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 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 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 … Continue reading >>> Why We Build Our CNC Tools the Way We Build ‘em The CNC below is frequently compared to our ShopBot Desktop and ShopBot Desktop MAX tools. This tool is imported from China by several different resellers in North America. It is also available directly from China from the internet. Prices for the tool vary from $2,800 to $6,500, depending on the reseller. From published specs, … Continue reading >>> All Desktop CNCs Are Not Created Equal The scene shop at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, has been making good use of their 4’x8’ ShopBot PRSstandard for creating various props for stage productions, including plywood forests of trees. Recently, the theatre department asked ShopBot to conduct a series of Master Classes for the Southeast Section of USITT (United States … Continue reading >>> ShopBot in the Theatre: USITT Master Class – Southeast Section 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 One of the many campsite areas from the 2017 National Scout Jamboree The 2017 National Scout Jamboree at the Bechtel Summit Reserve in West Virginia was a huge event for makers and an opportunity for 40,000 scouts and scouters to learn how much fun a Makerspace can be. The National Jamboree set up a … Continue reading >>> ShopBot Joins the 2017 National Scout Jamboree’s Makerspace 
Alberta shows off the sign she made on a ShopBot. May and early June was the time to visit a number of digital fabrication labs in middle schools, high schools, and community colleges around the US. Some labs are fine tuning their plans after being in existence for a year or more, while some are just starting their journey. … Continue reading >>> (Re)Visiting Digital Fabrication Labs in Middle and Upper Schools |
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