Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC-Workshop - Thanks

Roland,
Do you have a contact list of all those that attended the work shop.
I had someone that talked to me about doing some tech writing and I have
lost his email. I need someone to do the PDF files for our new combo board.
Thanks
Jim Cullins
Sound Logic

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From: "rolandfriestad" <cardinal.eng@...>
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Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 7:55 AM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC-Workshop - Thanks


> It's nearly a week after the close of the First Anual CNC-Workshop
> and things here at my shop are still not back to normal - Real soon
> now, however -
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> We even got a front page color spread in the local newspaper - Must
> have been a slow news-day to write about a gathering of 175 "CNC-
> Nerds" -
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> I want to thank all of the folks who attended and all of the
> commercial vendors who came to display their products and answer
> questions - It was a real effort, particularly due to the
> unseasonably high temperatures -
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> Also a great big thanks to those who donated products and software
> for the raffle, held to help to defray expenses - I never realized
> how expensive tents, tables and chairs could be on a temporary basis -
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> As has been mentioned, the EMC group worked like dogs to get the
> MAZAK running but didn't quite complete the project - Ray Henry will
> have to get a bigger whip - Seriously though, these guys are
> knowledgable and dedicated and deserve a lot of credit - Ray tells me
> that some of the EMC crew are planning to return in a couple of
> months to complete the project - I'll keep you posted -
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> Everyone seemed to have a good time and there will definitely be
> another CNC-Workshop next year, probably about the second week of
> May, I'll post the dates as soon as a decision has been made -
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> In the next couple of weeks the web page for the CNC-Workshop will be
> updated with lots of information, photos, etc., about the "doings" -
> Right now I have to catch up on several projects for CNC customers
> that were put on hold during the Workshop -
>
> One suggestion that was made was the idea of holding a smaller, more
> specialized CNC-Workshop at other times during the year whose purpose
> would be to do a "Group Retrofit" of a particular machine - The
> benchtop mill that we retrofitted during the Workshop was a Grizzly
> G1006 - If 10 to 15 people were interested in such a project, we
> would make a group purchase of mills, ball screws, etc., and could
> retrofit all of the machines during a week-long "CNC-Workshop-G1006" -
> Other Workshops could be held for other machines or even to build a
> batch of CNC Controllers as a group effort -
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> If anyone has an interest in such a project, send me an E-Mail to
> Info@... -
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> Again, my thanks to everyone for an enjoyable, educational, (and
> tiring) week of intense CNC "stuff" -
>
> Roland Friestad
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