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Bill Young brought in this sign, made from acrylic that has been V-Carved, plywood that has been pocketed and cut out, and a peg that was 3D printed. At the bottom of the sign is a strip of LEDs, their changing colors programmed with an Arduino. While it is a simple enough project, it contains … Continue reading >>> What can you teach from making a sign? I’ve just posted a new blog to 100kGarages that highlights the Kickstarter campaign of a design company called AtFAB. AtFAB (Anne Filson and Gary Rohrbacher) is all about digital fabrication and the way that digital fabrication enables a new kind of distributed manufacturing. It’s all about how to return competitive, small-shop manufacturing to communities with … Continue reading >>> A Start at the “New Industrial Revolution” I’m getting back into reporting here after too long a time spent deep in software. I thought I’d start with a report on an Indexer project. Reporting on this project lets me describe some things that have been going on at ShopBot as well as highlight a feature of the (new) ShopBot 3.8.x Version software. … Continue reading >>> Indexer Spinning for Autodesk University Invalid Displayed Gallery At the first Detroit Maker Faire we ran into a group that was getting ready to set up a facility that would let people learn how to use a variety of machinery, and then use that same machinery to build their own projects. As they described it it would be like a … Continue reading >>> 2012 Ann Arbor, MI Camp Shopbot Invalid Displayed Gallery Dave Rosenbleeth invited us back for the second Ft. Lauderdale area Florida Camp and this year was a two day event. Shopbot used it as a sort of “launching pad’ for a few new items, and we had a great turnout from a pretty wide geographic range ( including Brian Moran of … Continue reading >>> 2012 Florida Camp Shopbot Bill shows off a small CNC which was cut out of recycled plastic. As most of you already know we had to postpone this Camp from it’s original date until Nov. 5th due to some “post hurricane damage” incurred by our host, Angus Hines after his “gravity attack” while working on his shop roof…..Luckily … Continue reading >>> 2011 Tidewater, VA Camp Shopbot As promised earlier we are moving some of our Camp sites for the upcoming year. The first new site we visited was at Dave Rosenbleeth’s shop (Professional Millwork) in Oakland Park, FL. We also tried something a little different the day before the Camp by holding an abbreviated version of the training which people receive … Continue reading >>> 2011 Oakland Pk, FL Camp Shopbot Angus Hines has had a pretty busy year. He’s been doing the rounds of all the Maker Faires, as well as working on a bunch of Shopbot cut projects, and earlier in the year he held a User group for owners in his area. After everyone attending was suitably screened, and sniffed, by Fabulous … Continue reading >>> 2010 Tidewater, VA Camp Shopbot For the first time in a couple of years the weather Gods looked favorably on us during our Florida stay. Instead of iced windshields, (and motel rooms heated by hair dryers) we had a day in the low 70’s, which was appreciated by the Floridians as much as those of us who came in … Continue reading >>> 2010 Florida Camp Shopbot |
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