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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 professionals. Visit the >>> Employer Resources Portal >>> http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emc-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> 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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