Just wondering if there would be any interest in a CNC show/swapmeet in the Nothwest.
I am located in Central Washington and can get a place to hold it if there is enough interest. There are two volunteers in our office who would put it togethor.

Any interest?

mike

I'd be interested if it was in the Puget Sound area. I'd bet you could get more people from Oregon up to Vancouver,BC if the event was near Seattle.

No doubt you are right but wrong side of the state for me to setup anything.

Besides maybe you Westside guys might enjoy some sunshine and winery tours:)

mike

<Raises hand> SW WA state here. Where would it be held?

Zillah, Wa -about 20 miles from Yakima

mike

Hi mike, That sounds cool.......I would be interested in attending.
Steve

I am a newbie here, but I would be interested. (Yakima)

Welcome
GPNJUICE , glad to see someone else from the valley. What is your interest?

Thanks Steve.

I have come up with a 24x24 router/engraver/plasma table. the frame is

made from one sheet of 18ga. It goes togethor fast. We could assemble one

(or more) and set it up at the get togethor. A hands on kind of thing?

When would be a good date for this?

mike

I would be there if you pulled it off

Not looking like it is going to fly, but it was worth a try.
mike

All is good!

I just found this post today, I'm from Vancouver BC for a weekend event I would be interested, I think if you keep this idea up and maybe plan for a year from now you could have a pretty nice event set up

I would attend a show or swap meet in the Seattle area.

IF it were during good wheather, i'd ride MC up to attend one. couldn't afford to drive the guzzler tho. Maybe we could utilize a pacific northwest forum (club) ? Salem, or

im from around vancouver as well, would be intrested

I am interested in going any place in the NW. All we now is someone to put it on.:)
mike

Last year at the Gears show in Portland, I attended a seminar on home brew cnc machine construction and programming. There have been some hobby cnc vendors and displays at the show in the past.

I was just in the process of getting my trip planned to be there next month and recalled reading this thread and thought I'd offer up the Idea of latching on to a show that is already ongoing and aimed at home machinists.

I will also admit lest people show wp this year expecting to see a lot of tooling and cnc related stuff that, of late, the shop tool vendors have been a little sparse at this venue. Gears is not as big and dose not have the draw as Cabin fever, but it may still be a possible springboard for cnc related activities in the NW.

Just my two cents worth.
George

George
do you have any more info. I am interested.
mike

I am located in Portland, OR and would be willing to travel up to Vancouver BC if needed. I am a neebie, so any machine or tooling expos would be great, just to get more accustomed to the industry... knowledge is priceless! So let me know if there are ANY events happening in WA, BC, or OR. Thanks!

http://216.197.127.227/index.html

I believe this is the show George was talking about.

Looks like fun. thanks for the link. Portland would be a great place to have a cnc meet also.

mike

I am down for whatever... Portland, Salem, Eugene, LA, SanFran, SanDiego, Seattle-Tacoma, or even Vancouver B.C.! Let me know if anything is happening, big events or small, I would like to get as much experience as possible since I am a NEWBIE who has a Dyna CNC and would love to pick up more tools (who doesn't) and build my own machine as well. So let me know if anything comes up!

There are 2 shows I know of, one is a small home built tools which is this coming August
30th and 31st, 2008. Here is the link; http://216.197.127.227/index.html I also read a thread about meetings in the Portland Oregon area for machinists and engineers in general. here is the link; http://users.easystreet.com/depmco/pme/meetings.htm
I went to the Northwest Machine Tool Expo at the Portland Convention Center last May and it was pretty good for having suppliers and workshops, but wasn't HUGE by any means. I will go again this next spring just for the classes-lectures.

OK, so let's see if there is anything else going on in the mean time... anyone?!?

I would love to attend a Pacific NW Show. I don't know that I would have a booth, but I would love to interview people in the biz.

Ivan Irons
http://www.cncinformation.com

I'm in for a Portland(ish) show. I'd drive up to 200 miles for a potentially lame (no offense) 1st annual convention like thing.

I am in the Seattle Area and would travel to any part of WA State or Oregon.

Ivan Irons

I would like to see something happen in the Northwest and am still willing to donate or help to get something going.

Any good organizers out there?

mike

Hi, I am new to the forum. I think a spring cnc swap meet would be great. I have more than a truck load of surplus electronic mechanical and cnc/tool items available for this kind of event. I am in Battle Ground WA near Vancouver. A trip to Western WA, would not be a problem. Another local group to alert would be the Portland Model Engineers. They have a web site and Yahoo group if you google them.

I am down for a swap meet if it is in Oregon or on the Oregon side of Washington.

I just found this thread. I would be interested in a swap meet as well. I am in the Seattle area but could travel some distance. What are we thinking? a warehouse or someone's back yard, or ?

I have hundreds and hundreds of pounds of linear rails, ballscrews, brushless motors, etc. that I would be interested in swapping. Also some nice CO2 lasers. I could even hold a little laser demonstration of a 35 watt and a 50 watt RF excited laser.

I wonder how bad my wife would kill me if we held it at my house on the river....:)

I wonder how bad my wife would kill me if we held it at my house on the river....:)

I think she would be happy as im sure where ever you have all that stuff stored she would like to see it go. :banana:

But really I think for this to happen all were missing is someone to step forward with a spot

I think she would be happy as im sure where ever you have all that stuff stored she would like to see it go. :banana:

But really I think for this to happen all were missing is someone to step forward with a spot

Portland/Vancouver is probably the best compromise in terms of distance for the majority of people who posted in this thread. I'd be more than willing to hold it at my place but I am all the way down in Salem. If anyone is interested let me know.

Me and the wife used to go to the coast each year and we would stop in salem and go to Lancaster Mall for the sword store there

Me and the wife used to go to the coast each year and we would stop in salem and go to Lancaster Mall for the sword store there

The sword and tobacco shop is still there. Where are you located?

Im an hour east of Vancouver BC. I love ATVing on the dunes, for that I love coming to your state

Portland area would be great and I am still interested
KTP - where are you located? Would be glad to help
mike

east of seattle on the skykomish river (great salmon/steelhead fishing in my backyard!).

Hey, I just got a yamaha Rhino side by side ATV, I would love to go to the dunes in my state (never been). Is that in eastern washington?

Sounds like a great place.

There is a dune area in Moses Lake and a couple of others I think. My kids ride in them, I will see what I can find out.


mike

I'm in the portland area I will be there if it happens.

Kyle M.

I'm in the portland area I will be there if it happens.

Kyle M.

My impression is this: If a get together isn't centered around another large event (ie expo) then it isn't going to happen. So if anyone knows of any machine related events happening this year speak up!

Seafair! oh wait..salt water and machinery....hmmm...

I was thinking more along the lines of the machinery expo in Portland like last year.

I would Definitely go id there is one in Washington/orgeon area

I was thinking more along the lines of the machinery expo in Portland like last year.

When is this expo this year?

The G.E.A.R.S. show is here in Portland in Sept., Might be a good time to get together.

When is this expo this year?

I don't think they are doing one this year which I am a little bummed about since I missed it last year.

The G.E.A.R.S. show is here in Portland in Sept., Might be a good time to get together.

That isn't a bad idea. I'd be interesting in going.

If anyone wants to get together for a swap meet prior to Sept. we can do it at my place down in Salem. Otherwise I am up for driving as far as Portland.

I don't know about anyone else but I need to book time off work and get the wife on board so picking a time is needed. So if we like the idea of around the GEARS show I found the web site http://216.197.127.227/index.html and the show is Aug, 30-31 a wee bit before sept.

I don't know about anyone else but I need to book time off work and get the wife on board so picking a time is needed. So if we like the idea of around the GEARS show I found the web site http://216.197.127.227/index.html and the show is Aug, 30-31 a wee bit before sept.

I'd be able to make it there Aug 31st.

OK, now we have a time, now we just need a place

mike

OK, now we have a time, now we just need a place

mike

Tailgater in the GEARS parking lot? :banana:

I am intersted also. I wanted to go to the Mach3 seminar but could not make it then.
If this show is in Tacoma/Seattle area I can make it in about a 4.5 hour drive, from the west.
and on a side note I am building a 6'x12' plasma table.
47MLB

Please visit: <http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?p=462505#post462505>

We also have a related thread regarding this going on.

Although preliminary my machining instructor is open to hosting it (Location NOT expenses! -- Typical school budget.). Once I know more about it's size and details we will put in a formal proposal with the school.

Please read my last message and give me feedback.

It looks like there is interest in getting together, but it's kind of hard without a formal organization. Pretty hard to get anyone to let us have space when they ask who wants it and we cant come up with a name.In the interest of getting this started, I have purchased the domain name PNWCNC.com, and am hosting the site. As of now there is nothing there until we can come up with an organization to use it. Please send replies and ideas to: host@pnwcnc.com.

We can register the organization, much like any other hobby club, and then be "legit" I think it's something like $8.00 in Oregon and around $25.00 in Washington. (Quoting from memory on a Ham radio club.) Registering in WA would be an advantage if somebody wanted to do one in major city like Tacoma or Seattle, (as opposed to someplace like Scapoose OR)
We need to set up a meeting in a Denny's to work some of this out.


>I tried to send you a detailed email to the PNW... addy but VISTA blocked it with some sort of error message.