Ed did a great job, I tried to not bother him much due to the constant traffice he had and his "Booth". I would have lent a hand but the wife was being very good corralling the kids at the boat pond that every ten minutes I ran past it she had that "how long can he look at this stuff) look so I did not push my luck.
As to catching peoples (especially the younger generation), I was sharing my "stange hobby" with abuddy I started commuting to work with. That night when he picked me up, he said "do you think that gadget of yours could cut out a pinewood derby car design....." With that, for next year, you might consider cutting out a pinewood derby car from a block of plastic. Its an "object" so many have struggled with (especially if they have young boys in cub scouts) and which can easily show the uses of a 3+ axis milling tool. When my buddy said that, it was an "Ah hah..." moment. The rest of the show was very good as Ed noted. One high school kid and his dad had a small working diarama of a belt driven machine shop made with lego along with a variety of found object engines. They were handling out directions to make a paint can steam engine to any and all takers. Other model makers were exceptionally generous with thier creations carefullly showing my two boys (3 and 5) how each engine worked. The boys for a time were all captivated (until they remembered the boats). Looking forward to next year. Perhaps I can help you Ed and bring my 3 axis router (kit built) with a couple of computers for people to try installing from the Live CD and running the simulators. Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
