7th Brisbane CNC User Group Meeting - 1st May 2010 (SPECIAL EDITION IN MALENY)

[ClaudioG]

Details for the next Brisbane CNC User Group meeting are as follows;

Date: Saturday 1st May 2010
Time: 9am till ~5:30pm followed by Boris's famous wood fired pizza for Dinner
Where: Maleny (email borisdan at mac dot com for address)
What to Bring: A machine, parts, work pieces or something else of interest.
Cost: $5.00 per person

ALL ARE WELCOME.

This one will be a BIG one and should not be missed - last year was a huge hit and I still don't stop hearing about it. Unfortunately I missed last year and won't be able to make it again!

Tentative schedule is as follows;

9am till 12pm - Short show and tell by all attendees, Boris showing "digital" joints in real wood and ply
12pm till 2pm - Visit the Maleny Wood Expo (www.malenywoodexpo.com.au) and lunch at your own expense
2:30pm till 5:30pm - More presentations (details to follow)
5.30pm - The Pizza oven will be humming, and people are invited to put together their designer pizzas for dinner washed down with juices/drinks and byo booze in moderation.

General discussion from there onward.

Also, I need some volunteers to present on a topic that may be of interest to the group (CNC software, CAD, CAM, machining techniques, etc.). Post your offer here or sent me a PM / email

RSVP by posting a reply to this post and let me know if you are bringing a machine so I can allocate space and power for it.

Tentative meeting dates for the rest of the year are;

Saturday 5th June 2010
Saturday 7th August 2010
Saturday 2nd October 2010
Saturday 4th December 2010

Cheers,

Claudio


RSVP's
Confirmed: 1
Maybe: 0

CNC Machines
Confirmed: 1
Maybe: 0

Name - user ID - status
1. Boris - kozakmamai - Confirmed

(always check my last post for latest RSVP list as the system won't let me keep editing this initial post)

[Ashley Cobb]

Yes claudio count me in. I would like to try and do a demonstration on laser digitizing.

Cheers

Ash

[dustooff]

Yep count me in.
parts of a machine to show.
Andrew Burchill

[electrolight]

Hi there
I'm not going to be able to make it to the next meeting at Boris's.
I will most likely see you at the meeting after.

Brian

[Chrisjh]

Hi All,

I will be there. I am trying to encourage a couple of blokes to come along as well.

If anyone is interested I can do a simple basic introduction to G Code Programming. Let me know so I can prepare some handout notes for people to follow.

Chrisjh

[ToolMach_Aust]

I will be there

Mark Kyle

[kozakmamai]

Date: Saturday 1st May 2010
Time: 9am till ~5:30pm followed by Boris's famous wood fired pizza for Dinner
Where: Maleny (email borisdan at mac dot com for address)
What to Bring: A machine, parts, work pieces or something else of interest.
Cost: $5.00 per person

Draft schedule subject to improvement:-
1. 8.30 to 9 am arrival time Coffee tea juice and biccies
2. 9 to 12 Show and tell. All attendees to bring to show/describe/share info.
Ben Culley has offered to do presentation on using Sketchup and saving a dxf file. Chris has offered a presentation on programming gcode. Ash will give a quick overview on using the web page he has set up for the group. This is important for the future development of the group.
I will do a presentation on using the router to cut "traditional" type joints in solid wood/ply including "japanese" type joints. presentation in two parts. On screen and router. Also..have developed a mechanism for epanding table project, and would like critique and improvement suggestions/brainstorming on method etc. Morning tea in between but on the run.


12 to 2 pm Visit and lunch at working with wood exhibition in Maleny.

2.30 Overflow from morning session.
Then
Ash will do presentation and demo of 3d scanning to produce a file for cutting. This is experimental at this stage and lots of help is needed. Ash and I have built a "box" to house the set up...and it will be interesting to see how it goes. If anyone else is interested in this please contact Ash to share any info/expertise/ or offer of help to Ash on the day.

Revisit any sessions from the morning.

Sit around the wood fired pizza oven preparing pizzas..drinks plus BYO booze in strict moderation for as long as.
Boris

[ClaudioG]

Come on guys, Boris is putting in a BIG effort for this one so try and get up there as it will be well worth it. If it wasn't for a wedding, I'd be going.

RSVP's
Confirmed: 5
Maybe: 0

CNC Machines
Confirmed: 1
Maybe: 0

Name - user ID - status
1. Boris - kozakmamai - Confirmed
2. Ash - Ashley Cobb - Confirmed
3. Andrew - Dustooff - Confirmed
4. Chris - Chrisjh - Confirmed
5. Mark - ToolMach_Aust - Confirmed


(always check my last post for latest RSVP list as the system won't let me keep editing this initial post)

[Peda]

I will be there but won't be staying for the evening pizza.
Thanks
Peter

[dgreensill]

I will be there! May be bringing a friend as well.

[Gregory B]

I will be there
Greg Burns

[Zig]

Is there an 8th one planned?