|
|
||
|
Screen Display Whether you are Running XP or Vista, you can configure the layout of ShopBot Software windows to your own preferences. The main Console Display of for inputting Commands and viewing running files can be sized, positioned, or even hidden if all you need to do is to start files running. The Preview Screen … Continue reading >>> Vista Views II: Setting Up Your Vista (or XP) Computer for ShopBot; My Preferences Well, maybe not my shop … I note in a recent Make Magazine Blog that Make‘s publisher Dale Dougherty sat forward in his seat about the same time I did during Tuesday night’s presidential debates. Tom Brokaw had just asked whether, in order to solve the energy and climate crisis, we should support … Continue reading >>> "100,000 Garages …" I got the chance to visit the Museum of Modern Art’s “Home Delivery” show just after it opened in July with my family. We had a great time visiting all 5 of the houses, and it was pretty amazing to see the ShopBot-Cut house sitting right there in the middle of Manhattan (see story … Continue reading >>> The MoMA Home Delivery Exhibit [House Finished] I’ve probably been making things with a ShopBot as long as anyone, except of course for Ted. I got one of the first tools…so early in ShopBot’s history that Ted came to my shop to help put my ShopBot together!… but by the end of the first week had already cut the parts for … Continue reading >>> A ShopBotting Dinosaur Evolves Last week I took a day off and made a field trip to the Eastern Shore of Virginia. I’m always happy to get to see the Chesapeake Bay and to eat crabcakes but I was particularly looking forward to visiting Bill Young’s current project: Cutting the 600+ sheets of plywood that make up the … Continue reading >>> ShopBot CNC Housebuilding We had such a great turnout at last year’s San Mateo, CA Maker Faire that we decided to combine a Northern California user group with this year’s event. As you can see from the “rebar man” statue above there was no shortage of creativity , and we had some great Show and Tell projects … Continue reading >>> 2008 User Group/Maker Faire
In prior articles I wrote about my vacuum table and how I used the Fein Turbo III vacs to hold my parts. The Feins are quiet and ready to connect and run right out of the box. ShopBot can even provide you with them! For … Continue reading >>> Ed’s Ugly One Hour Vacuum Source My First Camp ShopBot Since my last article in July I hosted my first Camp ShopBot on September 8th. I had been to a couple of camps and one Jamboree before so I had an idea of what to expect, but no idea about all that goes on behind the scenes. Well, let me … Continue reading >>> My first Camp ShopBot/Ed’s Vac Stack For many ShopBotters, owning a ShopBot is a business proposition. Sure, a lot of ShopBots are used as production tools in manufacturing environments and as small components of a bigger business. At the other extreme, an increasing number of non-commercial ShopBots are being used for hobby, home, or D-I-Y projects. However, many ShopBots are purchased … Continue reading >>> ShopBotting for Profit We held our First camp Shopbot on the Virginia “mainland” Sat. Sept. 8th, 2007. (The first Camp Shopbot of any kind was held on the “Eastern Shore” in Willis Wharf, VA at Bill Young’s shop). Ed Lang was our host for this event, and he put together a good one ! Ed is a … Continue reading >>> Troy,VA Camp |
||
|
Copyright © 2024 ShopBot Blog - All Rights Reserved Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa |
||