I like Houston. I have a cousin with a machine shop there. A man that used to develop and install MDSI's OpenCNC lives there. I would have a couple people to bring from Houston.
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Chris Kelley <tensait...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 6/26/2013 10:26 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > > Lacking a date and place by Nov 1 2013 I will set a date to have the > > meeting in Wichita next year. This time we will post it in all places so > > more can see it and plan for it. Any suggestions on the date are welcome. > > Maybe this message should be posted everywhere also. > > thanks > > Stuart > > I'm talking to the other folks at my hackerspace/makerspace about hosting. > I have no doubt that they'd be happy to do it. > > At TX/RX Labs, we have 6 different machines running LinuxCNC: 2 routers > (3x4 and 2x2), a Bridgeport Series 1 CNC, a 3D printer (Mendel), an Emco > CNC mini-Lathe, and a PCB mill plus a Powerhawk mill and Okuma lathe slated > for future LCNC conversion. (Another member is bringing in another knee > mill running LCNC this weekend.) We also teach classes on using LCNC at > least twice a year. Our facility is approximately 16,000 sq/ft. Half is > air-conditioned and includes a conference room with projector/screen, a > classroom with 18 workstations, electronics bays, wireless internet, and a > full kitchen. > > We're in Houston, so if you don't like the heat we could hold the meeting > later or earlier in the year, we're a non-profit so exact dates are really > flexible. But, on the many plus sides, Houston has more restaurants per > capita than anywhere in the world (so good food is no problem), and the > Labs are in the center of Houston, so they're all close. > > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Ron Ginger <rongin...@roadrunner.com > >wrote: > > > On 6/26/2013 10:26 AM, emc-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > > > Lacking a date and place by Nov 1 2013 I will set a date to have the > > > meeting in Wichita next year. This time we will post it in all places > so > > > more can see it and plan for it. Any suggestions on the date are > welcome. > > > Maybe this message should be posted everywhere also. > > > thanks > > > Stuart > > > > There are discussions underway by a few guys to resurrect the CNC > > workshop in Detroit next June. A hacker space is involved to be the > > site. It is early, but it is started. > > > > ron ginger > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > > > Build for Windows Store. > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: > > Build for Windows Store. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Addressee is the intended audience. If you are not the addressee then my consent is not given for you to read this email furthermore it is my wish you would close this without saving or reading, and cease and desist from saving or opening my private correspondence. Thank you for honoring my wish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
