> now we have your write up to learn from Well, you want to start out with somebody a whole lot better looking than me, that's for darn sure...
> how much of it is the age of the current exhibitors That's the way I see it, alas. Machining is becoming a lost art and all the practitioners (the ones with magic in their fingertips from a lifetime of experience) are headed for that big swarf pile in the sky. We have few young turks to replace 'em and very few of those were showing off their wares; some of 'em were in the EMC booth, eh? On the other paw, until you become an Olde Farte, you don't have enough time to play with this stuff, sooo maybe that's some of it, too. > You looked like you were having a ball, but there was > obviously room for more tables in that room. It's performance art, that's for sure... I don't have any numbers, but the show seemed only slightly smaller than last year and plenty of folks were walking around sight-see-ing. The tables were pretty much end-to-end throughout the whole arena, with not many empty spaces on top. Sherline was conspicuous by their absence. The good folks at Village Press said they did enough biz to justify the trip, which is excellent news. Plenty of vendors around the edges seemed to be doing decent biz, too. A good time was, methinks, had by all... -- Ed ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users