CNC BBQ2 Adelaide update OCT 16&17

[rgee]

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Homanndesigns will be giving a presentation on MODBUS
Plasma cutters, Lasers, Mills, Lathes, Engravers, Burnt meat
looking forward to meeting you all there Peter R coordinator.


<meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 3.1 (Win32)"><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } --> </style> A-CNC-G South Australian CNC BBQ Invitation 16 & 17^th October 2010
I would like to invite all interested CNC people to the Second A-CNC-G BBQ to be held on the 16th and 17^th of October 2010, the location a New 325 square meter factory in Pooraka.
It has been well over a year since our last successful BBQ held at Redarc and attended by 35 enthusiasts, where we all enjoyed a very interesting factory tour of their modern electronics facility. This meeting will be more hands on, and down to the business of owning, operating and constructing your own CNC equipment. Whether your interests lie with mill, lathe engraver, robotics or any other form of Mecatronics, you will be sure to find something of interest as well as many like minded people who share your passion. So mark your calendar and get ready for this festival of blokes in sheds.


So far we have the following machines available for display


RHUSEC a 1.5 tonne Taiwanese mill converted to run with Mach
2.5 tonne of Taiwanese ACRA lathe
SEIG X3 to Mach conversion
Boxford Lathe conversion in progress
Custom wood lathe construction project
3x3 engraver/ router with cnc teknics kit and 3phase brushless spindle
Table top mill home construction with Mach control
PCB drill/ engraver made from old large format plotter
Laser engraver adapter for mill
1 rotary tables and 1dividing head cnc conversion
Large floor-mounted laser cabinet
plus several multimedia presentations of remote builds in progress.
If you would like to bring along your creation, please contact us so we can discus the logistics. The more machines on display, the better the event for every body.


Meeting format
The meeting will start on Sat 16^th in the afternoon with the set-up of displays and receiving of heavy machinery. This should be over by 5.00pm when we will adjourn for a meal somewhere to be decided, depending on how many visitors we have and general interest.
On Sunday morning there will be time between 8am and 9am for any late arrivals with heavy lift requirements - 9am till 12.00pm is reserved for presentations and networking, 12.00pm to 1pm is the main event, the BBQ, 1pm till 3pm is reserved for further presentations. After 3.00pm there will be networking and the breakdown of displays for those who have to leave early.
There is a list of potential topics for presentation. I will make this available soon, as I would like for you, the CNC community, to throw in some ideas of what you would like to discuss, or are willing to talk about yourself. You need not spend hours researching and preparing a topic, just a few brief words with questions and answers will do, even with a few photos.
There will be a projector and computer with printer available for presentations.



Until we get an idea of how many people are attending, I cannot answer the question of how much we will pay for the BBQ. I will make an announcement about this a week before the event.


Anyone wishing to contact me regarding displays, presentations, or any other topic please Email me at
sapug_peter@internode.on.net
Looking forward to meeting some new people, so if you have not been to one of our meetings before please do join us, even if you are just a beginner or seasoned professional I am sure you will have an enjoyable week end . Peter R coordinator

[phomann]

Yes, I'll be there and give a talk on Modbus. If anyone has any particular aspects they want covered, let me know. Otherwise, the plan is to cover the basics of the Modbus protocol, and then how to set it up and use it in Mach3.

I'll also bring a small machine over for display, plus a few goodies for the door prize.

Cheers,

Peter

[rgee]

Australian CNC Group BBQ2 Registration

Who are we? The CNC Group was formed from the Members of the South Australian PIC User Group who decided there was a need for a group specializing in machine control, mecatronics and robotics.

Over ten live CNC machine of all types there is bound to be something of interest.


This is your opportunity in little old Adelaide to get a world class CNC experience.
An extensive program includes the following
10 plus working commercial and home made CNC machines on display
Networking with many experienced CNC enthusiast .
Charcoal BBQ lunch
Networking Dinner
Laser engraver demo
Lathes, mills, engravers, demos
Getting started session for those with little experience in CNC
Software and hardware door prizes
you will leave full of new information, ideas and inspiration

Since my first post on two forums over 500 people have shown interest and we have attracted four sponsors. our last successful BBQ held at Redarc was attended by 35 enthusiasts, where we all enjoyed a very interesting factory tour of their modern electronics facility.


Location of event
The event will be held in a factory at Pooraka the address will be made available by email with your personal invite.
There will be a timetable sent to you via email a few days befor the event.
The meting will start on Sat 16^th in the afternoon with the Set-up of displays and receiving of heavy machinery, this should be over by 5.00pm where we will adjourn for a meal some ware to be decided depending on how many visitors we have and general interest.
Sunday morning there will be time between 8am and 9am for any late arrivals with heavy lift requirements . 9Am till 12.00pm is reserved for presentations and networking. 12.00pm to 1pm is the main event the BBQ. 1Pm till 3pm is reserved for further presentations. After 3.00pm there will be networking and the breakdown of displays for those who have to leave early.

Demonstrations and events for the week end to include
How to make your own machining wax
Make your own welding shield gas
Tool path processing for printed circuit boards
A basic introduction to EMC machine control
Show and tell multimedia presentations of peoples builds
and many more


We have four sponsors for the meting

Homann Designs mission is to become the preferred supplier of
CNC upgrade components and systems.
http://www.homanndesigns.com/
20 View St
HIGHETT 3190
AUSTRALIA
+61 421 601 665


AusXmods is your one stop shop for cnc equipment,
general electronics, and soon to be general engineering supplies. http://www.ausxmods.com.au/


Vetrix
The home of affordable, innovative software solutions for
your CNC machine including
Aspire, VCarve Pro, Cut3D, Cut2D and PhotoVCarve.
http://www.vectric.com/


CNC cupcake world
Ebay Seller
http://myworld.ebay.com.au/silvers-1...MEFSX:SELLERID
your CNC kits linear bearings cake and cupcake decorating world


I would like to take the opportunity to thank these sponsors for helping make this meting possible.

Early bird Registration Prize
There will be one of the door prizes made available for draw to any of the people that register befor midnight Friday the 8^th of October, this will be drawn on Sunday the 17^th of October at 3 pm with the other door prizes, prizes will only be available to those present at the draw.


With over 500 people showing interest in the BBQ places will be capped so don't leave your registration to late. There will be a entry fee of $10.00 to cover the costs associated with running the meting. This fee includes both days and the BBQ on Sunday. there will be drinks available for a small donation.


Looking forward to meeting some new people, so if you have not been to one of our meetings before please do join us, even if you are just a beginner or seasoned professional I am sure you will have an enjoyable week end.
Peter R coordinator


YOU MUST USE THIS FORM BY RETURN EMAIL TO GET YOUR PERSONAL INVITE
Entry form
please take a moment to answer the following questions, just copy and paste this section into a email and sent to
sapug_peter@internode.on.net
this short survey will help us tailor the weekend to your wishes.

How would you rate your level of CNC interest?
Just curious
Have plans to make one
Have experience with home brew CNC
Trade experience
CNC Guru (…..........)
I will be attending Saturday yes/no
I will be attending Sunday yes/no
I will be bringing machinery yes/no
I will be bringing friends (how many?( ))
I will need heavy lift equipment yes/no
I will be attending the Saturday night dinner (pay as you go) yes/no
I will be attending the BBQ on Sunday yes/no
I work in ? Wood , plastic or Metal or ? (…..................)
I will be bringing pictures/videos of my CNC machine.
I would like to be included in a beginners session yes/no
I wish to present a topic on (….............................)
I would like to attend a discussion on the topic of (….................)
My trade / area of expertise is(..............................)


Safety
you will be attending a factory with working machines please dress appropriately for the environment. Safety glasses will be your responsibility to supply, nobody without safety glasses will be allowed near working equipment. All foot ware to be enclosed, steel caped preferred.
Only the owner of equipment to operate, all machines left unattended to be powered down.
The organizers decision on any matters safety related is final.


Email privacy
No personal information collected for this event will be passed on to any body it will only be used for the organization of the meting.