Our Camp ShopBot season kicks off tomorrow, and we are sure excited about our winter/early spring line up! Our host Andy Redding from San Pasqual High School in Escondido, CA leads the way with his Camp on Saturday! This Camp filled up within a few days! (There was an attendance cap of 40 due to space limitations.) As teacher of Woodworking and Drafting, Andy is actively involving his high schoolers in digital fabrication and design. Randy Johnson, ShopBot’s Director of Education and past editor-in-chief of American Woodworker magazine, will be presenting to two of Andy’s classes on Friday before the Camp.
Georgia State University’s Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design hosts the Atlanta area Camp on Feb. 22. They are proud new owners of a 4×8 PRS alpha. This art school is known for its iron foundry program. They will be utilizing ShopBot’s 3-D capabilities for creating molds in Assistant Professor Mike Wsol‘s new course this summer! Though it is only 1 week away, you can still register for this Camp. We have over 50 people attending so far! Sign up using our Google Form HERE.
Wayne Locke of Locke Designs and Woodworks has hosted the Austin, Texas Camp for over 10 years! This 2-day Camp, held on February 28 & March 1, is like a yearly reunion from many ShopBotters. This year we already have over 70 people registered! Randy will be bringing the Handibot with him and there will be multiple guest presenters, and of course plenty of time to mingle and share ideas with other ShopBotters. Register for the Austin Camp HERE.
Our Northern Florida Camp is at Florida State University’s School of Theatre’s Technical Production Department in Tallahassee on Saturday, March 22. This should be a great camp as they just moved into a new huge facility, which was an old middle school. There are a few ShopBot models in the building including a 4×8 PRS Alpha and a Desktop with spindle. Registration is open so sign up using our Google Form HERE.
We end March with a new Pittsburgh area Camp at TechShop on Saturday, March 29. This is one of the first TechShop based Camps we’ve had! If you haven’t visited a TechShop before, you are in for a treat. They have lots of toys to play with besides a ShopBot. Our Pittsburgh hosts will be giving tours for anyone interested in seeing their whole facility. Register HERE for that Camp and stay tuned for further details.
Students and teachers are welcome at all Camps, as are those who are looking into purchasing a ShopBot. Other Camps in the works for April and May are TechShop Chandler in Arizona on April 26 and North Carolina in May. We will also have Camps in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, NYC, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Virginia, Seattle and more later this year. Stay tuned! If you want to make sure you are on our mailing list, drop us a note at CampShopBot at g mail dot com.