This is a tough year for shows. Roland really wanted to have the CNC Workshop in spite of his difficulties. He finally had to accept the harsh reality that it was too much to accomplish given the combination of his health and moving out of his old company digs.
The Mach 3 Convention planned for April has also been cancelled due to unexpected changes in the sponsor's Army Guard obligations and the uncertainty of being able to reschedule the facility at this late date. I will be a NAMES and would certainly be able to attend an EMC Fest immediately afterward in Ann Arbor. Going to Stuart's would be neat, but I will have to think about the long trip with no tie in to a commercial show. Late June or even July would work best for me. It is beginning to look like Village Press/Digital Machinist magazine is going to pick up the torch for a CNC Workshop in 2010. They are based in Traverse City, MI so I would guess they would plan on Michigan or similar for the show. NOW is the time to make them aware of the unique needs of the EMC fest so that they can evaluate the possibilities should we try to work with them. Regards, Steve Stallings > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:45 PM > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Workshop / EMC fest > > Chris Radek wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 11:33:05AM -0600, Jon Elson wrote: > > > >> Is there any news to report on a new venue to replace to > CNC Workshop > >> and/or EMC fest? > >> I'd like to see a replacement for the full range of the > CNC Workshop, > >> but if we are only going to have an EMC Fest, I'd like to > attend that. > >> > >> If the CNC Workshop doesn't happen, then I'm going to attend the > >> NAMES show for sure. Have to start planning, it is only 6 > weeks away! > >> > >> Thanks in advance for any news anyone can report, > >> > > > > > > I think it's up to us to decide. Nobody is going to be > able to make a > > full Workshop replacement this year because there's no > longer time. I > > also haven't heard any talk of anyone wanting to do it. > > > > So I propose we narrow our goals to something EMC-specific. > That's my > > interest anyway. > > > > We've had several offers of venues for an EMC meeting. I think > > Stuart's is the most appealing because of interesting > ongoing projects > > there. So that's my preference. > > > > > Stuart is closer to me than Ann Arbor, so I also prefer that. > I'd also love to see his shop, and the 5-axis Cinci mill! > I'm planning on going to NAMES, too, and I think Steve > Stallings is also going there. So, maybe we need a breather > between April 17 and the EMC fest. Probably June would be > fine, though, if people were already reserving some time that month. > > As for projects, I will have my commutation converter for > Panasonic brushless motors, and hopefully it can be adapted > to other motors, too. > Also, I'd like to work on a low-pass filter on the D term of > the PID, to try to get rid of the 1/2 F sampling jitter. > (Yes, a surprisingly sparse offering for a whole year....) > > Jon > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, > San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open > source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost > innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the > source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
