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 …
Continue reading >>> Why We Build Our CNC Tools the Way We Build ‘em
By Jeanne Taylor, October 8th, 2018 “Tablescape No. 1.” • Hard rock maple, stainless steel • 58 x 90 x 32 inches. Now showing at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft – Texascraft 2018 • Winner of one of three Juror Merit Awards.
Meet Artist and Industrial Designer Brooke M Davis
We’ve been following Brooke M Davis’ work since 2012 after she …
Continue reading >>> Blending traditional and digital tools to make one-of-a-kind objects of beauty
By Sallye Coyle, September 11th, 2018
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
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 Thea Eck, August 4th, 2016 “My goal has always been to grow the business slowly and naturally,” reflects Dan Thomson.
Visionary Effects’ portfolio looks like a design-build team of 4 or 5 people each possessing varying skills, similar to many interdisciplinary studios. But in actuality, it is only Dan Thomson: owner, designer, fabricator, problem solver and animatronics guru.
Dan …
Continue reading >>> Visionary Effects’ interdisciplinary portfolio the work of one person
By Michael Berliner, July 8th, 2016
Buddy Warner with the hammer dulcimer he designed and built
If you’ve called ShopBot to ask about our tools, the name Buddy Warner may be familiar to you. His day job is to consult with prospective ShopBot customers, helping assess their needs and pointing them to appropriate CNC tool solutions (a fancy …
Continue reading >>> ShopBot CNC the “most profitable woodworking tool I’ve ever purchased”
By Thea Eck, June 29th, 2016
Hex Chests from the first Kickstarter campaign in 2014
Spellbooks from their second Kickstarter campaign in 2015
Elderwood Academy, like many young entrepreneurial companies, has its roots in the makerspace movement. When Quentin Weir and Dan Reiss fulfilled the orders for their first successful Kickstarter campaign, the two CNC machines required– …
Continue reading >>> Elderwood Academy Elevates the Culture of Gaming
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