http://www.shopbottools.com ShopBot Tools CNC Routers http://www.shopbottools.com/mSupport/controlsoftware.htm 4/22/10 7:00PM The newest ShopBot Control System, Version Sb3.6.36, is now available for free download. http://www.shopbotblog.com 4/11/11 9:35AM Highlights of the Camp ShopBot at Gabe Pari's shop in Upland, CA. http://www.shopbottools.com/mCompany/newsletters.htm 4/11/11 9:15AM ShopBot's Newsletter - April 2011 edition. http://www.shopbottools.com/mCompany/newsletters.htm 1/12/11 10:15AM ShopBot's Newsletter -latest edition. http://www.shopbottools.com/mCompany/newsletters.htm 1/12/11 10:15AM The January issue of ShopBot News has gone out. Read it here if you don't subscribe. http://www.shopbotblog.com 1/12/11 10:00AM In Part 2 of 4, Ilan Dei creates the nesting 2Dtoolpaths and cuts the seats and backs for the chairs. http://www.shopbotblog.com 11/28/10 11:55AM Ilan Dei describes the process of fabricating a set of chairs for a client - from recreating the design from a prototype to finishing the final product. http://www.shopbottools.com/mSupport/controlsoftware.htm 10/31/10 7:00PM The newest ShopBot Control System, Version Sb3.6.26, is now available for free download. http://www.shopbotblog.com 10/28/10 7:30AM Camp ShopBot reports from PA and MN. David Buchsbaum describes making curved mullions for a kitchen cabinet job and Ed Lang starts a Recipe for a Sucessful Business. http://www.shopbottools.com/mCompany/nexgen.htm 10/1/10 7:30AM If you'll be visiting North Carolina for the NexGen Woodworking Technology Show we invite you to visit ShopBot (20 min from RDU airport) and see LEAP tools -- Lean, Efficient, Alternative, Production tools for breaking your "big iron" addiction. http://www.shopbottools.com/features.htm 9/30/10 12:30PM ShopBotter John Rucker's company, Solar-Currents, uses ShopBot Buddy to cut prototypes parts for Mobile Solar Array (MSA). http://www.shopbotblog.com/index.php/2010/09/the-good-the-bad-and/ 9/12/10 10:00PM Report on this year's IWF show. New things for ShopBot, but overall show has disappointing participation. ShopBot invites all to visit Durham factory during October NexGen Event. http://www.shopbottools.com/controlsoftware.htm 9/9/10 7:00AM The newest ShopBot Control System, Version Sb3.6.24, is now available for free download. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonz/4814678393/in/photostream/ 7/21/10 3:00PM Today, FabLab Amsterdam began to assemble its new ShopBot. Follow the progress on the FabLab Flickr page. http://www.shopbottools.com/pressmedia.htm#Certified%20Woodworking 7/20/10 3:00PM Problem: Cabinet shop faces slowing demand and increasing price competition. Solution: Capitalize on CNC to develop unique new product lines. http://www.shopbottools.com/pressmedia.htm#Dodo%20Cases 7/20/10 2:45PM The Shopify Build-A-Business competition for new Web stores today announced the winner of its $100,000 grand prize. The store that achieved the highest revenue total during any two consecutive months from January to June — using Shopify’s e-commerce platform to sell its wares — was San Francisco-based DODOcase, makers of protective cases for the Apple iPad that have the look and feel of a luxury, hardcover notebook. http://www.shopbottools.com/pressrel.htm#MMIR 7/14/10 3:38AM ShopBot has signed on as a sponsor of the Manufacturing Makes it Real Tour. Presented by North Carolina State University’s Industrial Extension Service, which recently completed a campaign to produce a billion dollars in economic value for the state of North Carolina, the statewide bus tour will recognize North Carolina manufacturers, their products and their employees.. http://www.shopbottools.com/pressrel.htm#Jason%20Sacks 6/24/10 11:13AM Desert racer Jason Sacks took the runner-up spot in the Sportsman class at the inaugural Xtreme Outlaw Off-Road Race (XO250) sanctioned by VORRA Racing held this past weekend in and around Reno, NV. Jason took his ShopBot Tools-sponsored desert racer to second place behind teammate Terry Shelton in a race marked by last-minute route changes, obsolete maps and course vandalism. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/06/chris_schaies_mechanical_irises_for.html 6/13/10 10:56AM You may have seen ShopBotter Chris Schaie's mechanical iris at the San Mateo Camp ShopBot or 2010 Bay Area Maker Faire. Chris gained some well-deserved attention from Make Magazine and other media as well as many interested onlookers who've been asking how they could get one. Chris gave in and is offering his mechanical iris for sale as a complete door system. Be the first to add one to your shop, house or office door or wherever else you want to make an impression on guests. http://scripts.mit.edu/~emu/fab/?p=2132 6/13/10 9:06AM MIT's Amy Sun reports from the Fab Lab in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. http://www.shopbottools.com/spotlight.htm#Erik%20Guzman 6/07/10 3:43PM Weather Beacon by Erik Guzman is a kinetic sculpture that converts weather data into flashing lights and rotating parts. The aluminum parts were fabricated by Erik on a ShopBot at New York’s School of Visual Arts’ Fab Lab, and the installation will be on view for free at the World Financial Center Plaza in lower Manhattan through December 31. http://www.shopbottools.com/pressrel.htm#Fastest%20Tool 6/07/10 10:06AM Widely known in the woodworking and sign making industries for the speed and performance of its powerful, affordable CNC systems, ShopBot Tools has signed on as title sponsor of off-road racer Jason Sacks in the Xtreme Outlaws 250, taking place June 17-20 in and around Reno, Nevada. http://www.shopbottools.com/jamboree.htm 4/27/10 2:30PM The eighth-annual ShopBot Jamboree returned to Durham, North Carolina on April 23-24 with a focus on starting, running and growing a successful business using CNC – or digital – fabrication. Approximately 200 fabricators, manufacturers, do it yourselfers, sign makers, cabinet makers, artists, craftspeople and entrepreneurs from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds joined speakers, vendors and ShopBot staff for three days of training, application demonstrations, show and tell, presentations and networking with fellow ShopBot enthusiasts. http://www.shopbottools.com/pressmedia.htm#Idea%20Foundry 4/16/10 2:45PM The Idea Foundry was the Brain Child of Alex, Mandy and Nikki with the cooperation of a dozen others who helped build the place a little over a year ago. Since then the space has morphed and transformed itself almost weekly to accommodate new equipment and ideas to the point some of the more exotic non-working equipment had to be edited out... http://www.shopbottools.com/pressmedia.htm 4/01/10 2:30PM American Woodworker editor Randy Johnson recently had the opportunity to tour a few Las Vegas, Nevada area high school woodshops to talked shop with the teachers and some of the students. http://www.shopbottools.com/training 3/31/10 3:30PM We're testing out live streaming of our regular CNC training sessions. Join us this weekend or check out the schedule for the next session. http://www.shopbottools.com/pressmedia.htm#Crestview%20Doors 3/29/10 10:05AM ShopBotters David and Christiane Erwin, of Austin, TX, founded mid-century modern door company Crestview Doors to provide other design-conscious homeowners with an alternative to the colonial-style front doors you can get at a big box store... http://www.shopbottools.com/training/ 3/29/10 9:58AM A new video has been posted on the ShopBot Training page. http://www.shopbottools.com/projects.htm 3/26/10 4:30PM A family of slotted stools, or stools for the family ... ShopBotter Sallye Coyle offers up a size variety of simple slotted stools for a beginning CNC project with files already set up for different size ShopBots. http://www.shopbottools.com/pressrel.htm#Jamboree%202010 3/22/10 4:25PM After one year on the West Coast, one year in Texas and a one-year break, the ShopBot Jamboree will return to Durham, North Carolina this spring. Current and soon-to-be ShopBotters, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in digital fabrication, distributed manufacturing, serious DIY, sign making or cabinet making is invited to join the ShopBot community for two days of application demonstrations, show and tell, vendor presentations and networking with fellow ShopBot enthusiasts... http://www.shopbottools.com/pressmedia.htm#Dwell 3/22/10 1:45PM We talked to a handful of movers and makers to see what's in store for the wider manufacturing world... http://www.shopbottools.com/pressmedia.htm#Ben%20McCoy 3/22/10 1:20PM The Ohio Technology Education and Engineering Association (TEAA) named Ben McCoy the winner of its annual Ohio Technology High School Teacher Excellence Award... http://www.shopbottools.com/pressmedia.htm#Dream%20Wedding 3/1/10 3:55PM Jillian Northrup and Jeffrey McGrew of Because We Can were recently asked to help two friends create the wedding of their dreams. As usual, they delivered... http://www.shopbottools.com/signage.htm 2/15/10 12:30PM ShopBot will be exhibiting at ISA International Sign Expo 2010, April 8-10 in Orlando, Florida, and we'd like to invite all ShopBotters and soon-to-be Shopbotters to attend for free.... http://www.shopbottools.com/ecabinets.htm 2/12/10 12:30PM New major revision of Thermwood's eCabinets with added features now available. Updated eCabinet/ShopBot "Link" now supports free evaluation viewing. http://www.shopbottools.com/pressmedia.htm#Mike%20Lyon 2/11/10 2:00PM For various reasons, very modest exhibition catalogues are sometimes worth noting in Print Quarterly. This is the case with Figuring it Out: Prints and Drawings by Mike Lyon. http://www.shopbottools.com/pressmedia.htm#Maker%20Business 2/10/10 10:20PM Kicking off our Maker Business series is this piece by Jeffrey McGrew, who along with his wife Jillian Northrup, and their trusty CNC machine named Frank, are a two-person (and a bot) design and fabrication juggernaut. http://www.shopbottools.com/pressrel.htm#RBK%20Box 2/08/10 12:52PM ShopBot Tools, Inc. has introduced a new control box and control board for its PRSstandard CNC systems. The new PRSstandard Control System includes RBK Series motor drivers contained in a sealed, aluminum, industrial unit. The RBK drivers provide higher speeds and smoother cutting than ShopBot’s previous generations of PRSstandard models. http://www.shopbottools.com/jamboree.htm 2/04/10 11:40AM The eighth-annual ShopBot Jamboree is coming back to Durham, NC this spring. Keep up with the details as they are finalized. http://www.shopbottools.com/pressrel.htm#ISA%202010 2/02/10 10:40AM ShopBot Tools will be an exhibitor at the International Sign Association’s Sign Expo 2010, this spring at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. http://www.shopbottools.com/features.htm 1/28/10 3:00PM President visits a Fab Lab at Lorain County Community College (Ohio) and sees ShopBot in action. http://www.shopbottools.com/pressmedia.htm 1/27/10 2:52PM When $4 a gallon gasoline spooked American consumers out of their big SUVs in the summer of 2008, car makers realized they had to start getting serious about "green" cars. Manufacturers are still serious about green cars, even though average gas prices are below $3 a gallon in most of the country. Now what's driving the U.S. market toward new technology are government regulators—which is evident at this week's auto show in Washington, D.C. http://www.shopbottools.com/pressrel.htm#ShopBot_in_the_News 1/26/10 2:01PM A garage renaissance is spilling over into such phenomena as the booming Maker Faires and local “hackerspaces.” Peer production, open source, crowdsourcing, user-generated content — all these digital trends have begun to play out in the world of atoms, too. The Web was just the proof of concept. Now the revolution hits the real world. http://campshopbot.blogspot.com/2010/01/2010-atlanta-camp.html 1/25/10 10:15AM Robert Ball hosted this Camp at his farm for the second year in a row, and we had a good turnout of experienced Shopbotters as well as a few guests. The Atlanta area group has been holding smaller "User groups" at various shops throughout the year, so there's been some pretty good communication within the local 'Botting community. http://scripts.mit.edu/~emu/fab/?p=1808 1/25/10 10:05AM MIT's Amy Sun gives a report on the happenings at the Jalalabad, Afghanistan Fab Lab, including what they've been making with their ShopBot. http://www.shopbottools.com/pressmedia.htm 1/22/10 4:14PM President Obama, while at Lorain County Community College, visited the Fab Lab in the technology department of the college.