On Jan 21, 2009, at 4:04 PM, Ed Nisley wrote: > Here's a writeup of my Cabin Fever Expo adventures, with > Brian's incriminating picture. There's a link to my > handouts and I'll get more of my code up as examples of > what (not) to do. > > http://softsolder.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/cabin-fever-trip-report/ > > Cabin Fever's demographics are grim; in a decade most of the > exhibitors will be gone. EMC may be a way to get more young > folks into the craft, but we definitely gotta buff up our > image...
Do you really that is going to happen? I am kind of jealous if I read about this: http://makerfaire.com/ for instance. This isn't really about (cnc) machining, but you have to start somewhere. I have the impression that there are lots of opportunities in the US. It seems to be so much easier to get your hands on interesting stuff. But, maybe you are just good at advertising. I have to admit that I think the same thing is happening here in the Netherlands. People don't have any idea where there high tech stuff is coming from or where it is made. They take it for granted. They don't want to get their hands dirty but want someone else to do it. Or even better: do it cheap, in China for instance. But still, we do have enthousiastic apprentices in our workshop. They still exist. If you have this attitude of tinkering in your head, it has to come out. There will be less capable people with really advanced skills but they will be there. I can't believe this type work will disappear. How can you have any kind of industry without people making things from scratch. You can't buy everything. Dirk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
