NAMES Show reservations & OT question for electronics gurus

I'm doing an engineering project setting up a production line for a
small aircraft company in Quebec - It includes some CNC equipment and
I need to locate or build an inexpensive accelerometer and digital
recorder to measure vibration and shock - My knowledge of this area
is so old that I'm sure it's out of date technically - Any
suggestions on an inexpensive approach using an
accelerometer/interface/computer/software approach that I could build
myself or purchase at a reasonable (read cheap) price? -

On another topic - Hope to see as many of you as possible at the
NAMES show in Detroit again this year - The NAMES folks are
attempting to get us more space for CNC and also to move our area
closer to the seminar rooms - Two seminars again, one on Saturday and
one on Sunday -

If you want me to reserve space for you at NAMES please contact me
off list and I will keep a log of those participating to be published
to this group later -

Roland Friestad
Contributing Editor
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