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 <[email protected]> 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 <[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 pr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
