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During this somewhat strung-out MAKEcation I’ve been working on my boat project as well as the art project. Just digging out and cleaning up my previously described, 16-year-old pram project has been a job in itself. But I’ve started cutting a few needed parts and sloshing around a bit of epoxy to move the boat-building … Continue reading >>> Back to Boats … Sketchup model of Bill’s Exmore, VA shop. Here’s the street view. Well, I’m only about a month late getting started on my MAKEcation! I’ve been bogged down by all those small projects at ShopBot that just seemed too important to leave unfinished. Bill Young and I also spent some time on developing resource … Continue reading >>> Only a Little Late Getting Started … Rob Bell www.zomadic.com, San Francisco, CA Rob specializes in out-of-the-box approaches to making new and creative use of CNC. Rob is also very excited to tell you about Sketchup, Google’s free modeling program, and ShopBotting in Rob’s ShopBot Magic. > Read more about Rob David Buchsbaum Beacon Custom Woodwork, Atlanta, Georgia David Buchsbaum shares his … Continue reading >>> About Our Contributors ShopBot has been keeping me pretty busy … for years. It’s been a long time since I’ve taken a real vacation. Well … I’m not really the type that relaxes just doing nothing, but I have been wanting to take some time to do something a little different for me. Different would be using a … Continue reading >>> Plotting a MAKEcation … After last year’s near washout due to hurricane driven rains this year’s Virginia Camp was held in picture perfect weather. And it really gave us a chance to see Jay’s unique shop setting which is on an over 80 acre parcel he owns.We had a good mix of experienced ‘Botters, and some new faces … Continue reading >>> 2009 Troy, VA I first met the ShopBot folks about a year and a half ago while working as a graduate researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the Digitally Fabricated New Orleans Style Shotgun House. The House project was directed by Professor Larry Sass and his Digital Design and Fabrication Research Group, and funded by MIT … Continue reading >>> Physical Design It’s pretty hard to imagine a better venue for Shopbotters than a weekend which combines both a Camp and the Maker Faire. This year both events were full of new material, and I think everyone found something which amazed them on one level or another. The Friday Camp started off with Ted Hall going … Continue reading >>> 2009 San Mateo Camp Shopbot and Maker Faire Recently, Wired Magazine posted a blog article about a “FabLab” that was being set up in Jalalabad Afganistan. Front and center is a picture of the Lab’s ShopBot. The article mentions Amy Sun who is a primary collaborator of Neil Gershenfeld in the FabLab movement (MIT Media Lab and author of: FAB: The Coming … Continue reading >>> Fab Assembler With Winter being SO long in the North this year we were all thinking about heading down to Gary Campbell’s shop in Tavernier,FL for a chance to thaw out, while chilling out…Sometimes the best laid plans of ‘Botters, etc. however. A cold snap dropped South for a few days and we just happened to … Continue reading >>> 2009 Florida Camp Shopbot Shopbot and the Maker Faire seem to be a natural fit for one another. It’s a chance for creative people to show off a little, and at the same time learn a lot from others doing the same… This Faire and Jamboree were no exception. There were 5 days of activities starting on Wednesday the … Continue reading >>> 2008 Austin, TX Jamboree/Maker Faire |
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