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Randy Johnson (upper left) greets the group as John Oliver (lower right) from ShopBot tech support looks on. The annual Michigan Camp ShopBot started in 2011 when a new privately-owned makerspace opened in Ann Arbor, MI. So many attended that it was easy to say, let’s do this again. Fast forward to 2016 and … Continue reading >>> Camaraderie continues at 6th annual Michigan Camp ShopBot Teachers and students with their finished projects When Rick Sheldahl, Career and Technical Education Director of the Durham (NC) Public School System, and Don Ramsey, carpentry instructor at Southern School of Energy and Sustainability visited ShopBot in 2014, they were looking for an affordable CNC machine that could help their students set up a production … Continue reading >>> Durham Public School System Invests in CTE and STEM Education In mid-July, 14 people with an interest in education came to ShopBot for 2 ½ days of training. Unlike most regular trainings offered at ShopBot, we also had two other types of digital fabrication tools that are commonly found in FabLabs and MakerSpaces: an Epilog 60W minihelix laser and a Dremel 3D printer (a HUGE … Continue reading >>> Report on the Digital Fabrication in Education Training, July 14 – 16, 2016 Autodesk Forge DevCon 2016 Last October at the NY Maker Faire, 100kGarages collaborated with Josh Worley of Opendesk on an event we named MakeLocal. It took all the steps that go into shopping for a product and having it fabricated locally, specifically for you, and compressed that big-picture concept of local digital manufacturing into … Continue reading >>> MakeLocal at the Autodesk Forge Developer Conference
Hello! This year Port Townsend is offering an intermediate CNC course called Intermediate Digital Design and Fabrication beginning July 18th. I am Andy Pitts, and I am teaching the course and thought you might like a bit more insight into my plans. My philosophy goes along the lines of teaching … Continue reading >>> Intermediate Digital Design and Fabrication at Port Townsend
July 22-25 – Las Vegas, NV – It’s that time of year where woodworkers from across the globe gather in Las Vegas to grow as a community, learn, and exchange ideas within the backdrop of the AWFS Fair. Every year at the AWFS Fair, ShopBot has a chance to showcase … Continue reading >>> AWFS 2015 in Review Custom Pressure Foot Back in November, Production Support made a tune-up visit to Freedom Challenge Ministries in Balstrop, LA. After performing basic maintenance, a more advanced training on the software was done to help those in the shop become more efficient in getting from a customer order to cutting a file. One of the efficiencies … Continue reading >>> Production Support Projects In 2003, the director of technical education at the Clark County School System in Las Vegas, NV took a big step: CNC (computer numerically controlled) equipment was introduced into the woodworking programs at most of the middle schools and high schools in the district. It was a bold step, one taken to introduce technology (computers) … Continue reading >>> CNC and STEM (STEAM) Education: 1 |
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