You may know that ShopBot Tools sells CNC tools, serving small-to-medium sized manufacturing companies. What you may not know is that we build our digital fabrication tools ourselves – using digital fabrication. We design and build our own tools, the electronic controls for the tools, as well as the software that runs the tools, which …
Continue reading >>> Why We Build Our Tools Ourselves
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
Well the last four years have been challenging to say the least. To get caught up as quickly as possible, in early 2014 we moved into a 6,000 sq ft space and purchased a large CNC machine to grow our custom closet business. In short, business has continued to increase and we have a growing …
Continue reading >>> Taking my business in a new direction
By ShopBot, June 3rd, 2018 Interview from 2014 IWF in Atlanta, GA
ShopBot’s former operations manager, ‘head camp counselor,’ and the penultimate editor of American Woodworker, Randy Johnson, is out championing CNC to woodworkers across the country. As an enthusiast of traditional woodworking, Johnson caught the CNC bug and has become an inspiring proponent of digital fabrication, CNC, and …
Continue reading >>> Former ShopBot COO Takes CNC to the Woodworking World
By ShopBot, May 17th, 2018 Images from a recent webinar on flattening and carving a log slab.
ShopBot Tools is opening its highly-regarded webinar training to owners and operators of imported CNC routers. Whether you bought an imported tool on eBay, or purchased from a US importer of Chinese tools such as Laguna, ShopBot invites you to join us …
Continue reading >>> ShopBot Offers Free Training for Imported CNC Routers
By Sallye Coyle, May 10th, 2018 Assembling the Weekend Dinghy
Imagine being a high school student and having the opportunity to pilot a plane or a boat, learn how to design and model planes and boats, and understand the businesses behind the aviation and marine industries—all while taking core high school courses. Davis Aerospace and Maritime® High School, a unique …
Continue reading >>> Building Boats, and a River to Float Them On
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, 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 Jennifer Nix, January 5th, 2018 Andy Glass hamming it up as he begins shooting a video in his shop.
To say Andy Glass keeps himself busy is an understatement. In addition to his YouTube channel Glass Impressions, he has a full-time day job, and does woodwork (of various kinds) in his “free” time. This is all while he …
Continue reading >>> Andy Glass Knows How to Make a Good Impression
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