East TN is a lot closer than E. WA. Multiple 750 mi days of windshield time get old. Galesburg was two of those and a nice soft 500 mi day. However, I seem to be aging. Converting machines to linuxcnc is just fine. Coding is not my thing. I have ideas but not the skills to convert them to useful code. I'm chasing Gene H down the time line but I'm a few behind him. Hope everyone has a great time .... as if I should worry. :-)
Dave On Wed, 2013-04-03 at 19:02 -0400, Pete Matos wrote: > Thanks Stuart would love to make it but prolly not gonna happen. I am in > East Tennessee ...peace > > Pete > > > > On Wednesday, April 3, 2013, sam sokolik <sa...@empirescreen.com> wrote: > > My father and I will be there.. I don't know if for the whole week or > > at least the end of the week/weekend. I can't wait to see every one > > again. It has been a few years for sure. I have to agree with cradeks > > assessment of the Wichita fests. No classses - but lots of people to > > talk to and lots of eye candy (machine porn). I can surely answer > > questions to the best of my ability - or know who knows... I remember > > spending a bit of time just watching John K surface a piece of aluminum > > on one of stuarts mills.. Or Chris and Kim working on a linear scale of > > one of stuarts monsters. GOOD TIMES :). I don't know if I will have any > > thing to really work on this time. (the last few fests I was either > > making comps for the K&T or playing with a home made pwm amp). I don't > > think we want to ship the Cincinnati Malicron chucker down to work on ;) > > > > Sam > > > > On 04/03/2013 03:58 PM, Stuart Stevenson wrote: > >> Pete - I also wish you could make it. The more the merrier. Where are > you? > >> > >> Gentlemen, > >> The Fests as Roland's were very interesting and fun. When I attended > >> there it was without an agenda and few questions prior to arrival. I just > >> watched and listened and LEARNED. Very useful time spent. > >> The meetings at my shop were largely the same. I spent a little time > one > >> on one with a few people but mostly just learning by listening and > talking. > >> And having fun. These guys are all interesting intelligent people. > >> Stuart > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Pete Matos <petefro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Honesty it sounds like my kind of scene, wish it was a little closer to > my > >>> area I would certainly attend. Peace > >>> > >>> Pete > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wednesday, April 3, 2013, Chris Radek <ch...@timeguy.com> wrote: > >>>> On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 12:18:30PM -0500, Karl Schmidt wrote: > >>>>> Is there a page for the show? > >>>> Having been to a number of these fests over the years, I want to > >>>> try to say what they are and aren't, so nobody travels and is > >>>> disappointed. I'm not sure this is my place to do, but I'm bold > >>>> enough to do it anyway. Of course I'm only speaking for me, and I'm > >>>> not even the host, so take it as you will. > >>>> > >>>> Most of us developers don't live near each other, and so we like to > >>>> get together in person every year or five to work on and discuss > >>>> things that are easier in person. Also we like to get away from our > >>>> normal day-to-day obligations and have some fun working on the > >>>> software or some hardware it runs. > >>>> > >>>> Stuart has a bunch of machinery running LinuxCNC, and some more that > >>>> should be, one of these days. One of his machines was the first > >>>> dual-pid feedback (motor encoder and linear scale) systems we > >>>> experimented with, another is a puma-style robot running genserkins > >>>> that, um, mostly works. > >>>> > >>>> Fests before we had them at MPM were at Roland's (Cardinal), where > >>>> we worked on a Mazak VMC. That was one of the first big machines > >>>> running (the new at the time) EMC2; it used classicladder to run a > >>>> tool changer, etc., and it was on that machine I developed and > >>>> tested rigid tapping. At another fest at Roland's, Jeff implemented > >>>> CSS on a test lathe. At all of the fests, we enjoyed a lot of > >>>> BSing, pizza-eating, and argument about how the software should > >>>> progress, and surprisingly-late-night hacking sessions. Those are > >>>> some of the most productive times. > >>>> > >>>> Anyway, that's some history. In the past I've seen people > >>>> disappointed when they show up not equipped to share and help (with > >>>> the software, with a retrofit, with pulling some wires, ...) but > >>>> expecting to go to presentations or classes, or to get extensive > >>>> one-on-one tutoring. That's not to say that you can't show up > >>>> hoping to learn (positively you should!), but be prepared to learn > >>>> by jumping in and doing (or just watching), not by being tutored or > >>>> by attending classes. There isn't a website for the fest because > >>>> there's really no schedule and no classrooms and no presentations. > >>>> You will notice there's also no entry fee! These things are > >>>> related! > >>>> > >>>> I'm not sure what new things will come out of this fest, but I have > >>>> high hopes and I'm really looking forward to it. I haven't seen > >>>> most of the old folks for 3 years now, and I'm thrilled that I'm > >>>> going to get to see some of the new folks too. > >>>> > >>>> Chris > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>> Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > >>>> Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire > >>>> the most talented Cisco Certified pr > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. > Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire > the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. 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