Cabinet making Camp Shopbot !

[billp]

We are headed to the New England School of Architectural Woodworking-www.nesaw.com/ (http://www.nesaw.com/) for a cabinet making Camp on Oct. 5th 2013
The focus of this Camp will be panel processing, cabinet building, door making, and specialty carving.
The school is located at;
1 Cottage St.
Easthampton, MA 01027
And in the same building Mason Rapaport has a shop in which he uses his Shopbot to design, and create high end furniture,
http://rapaportdesigns.com/index.shtml
We'll be posting more info on this Camp over the next few months, so keep checking back here.

[billp]

Here's a peek at the agenda for this Camp:
The emphasis at this Camp will be "CNC solutions for Cabinetmaking and Architectural Woodworking.
Presenters will include Randy Johnson - Education Director for ShopBot Tools and the former Editor in Chief for American Woodworker magazine (www.AmericanWoodworker.com/CNC (http://www.AmericanWoodworker.com/CNC) http://www.AmericanWoodworker.com/CNC> ), plus Greg Larson, the Director of the NESAW, and Mason Rappaport (http://rapaportdesigns.com/ <http://rapaportdesigns.com/> ) a professional furniture builder.

Presentations will include discussions on cabinetmaking software, panel cutting strategies, custom door making, specialty mill work, bit options, and vacuum hold-down. These presentation will provide a solid and useful overview of the topics. So whether you're in the field or just want to know more about CNC, this event will give you many ideas to think about, including how to get additional in-depth training.

Camp hours will be;
8-9 Registrations / Coffee and donuts
9-Noon - AM sessions
Noon-1 Lunch
1-4 PM sessions

There is NO charge to attend the Camp but we do ask that you drop us a note at -campshopbot@gmail.com. to let us know that you plan to attend.
Makes planning a lot easier...

[billp]

Here's a note from Greg Larson, our host at this Camp about finding his location:
Directions to NESAW:

Note: do NOT rely on GPS because it will get you to the building but won't tell you how to get in. The building owner often locks the doors at street level and we are below street level on the first floor.
From Rt. 91

Traveling north:Take exit 17 B, bear to the right at the end of the ramp and follow signs for Rt. 141 West, stay on 141 (about 4 +miles) until you come to a Sunoco Gas Station on your right. There is a narrow driveway immediately right after the gas station (before the big brick building). Take this, go through iron gates and down the driveway to a large parking lot. This is the back of One Cottage St. Park in the parking lot. Walk past a white garage with four blue doors into an inner courtyard. Go up the loading dock B and through the grey door. Our office is straight ahead and our shop is the first door on the right .
Traveling south:Take exit 18, go right off ramp onto Rt. 5. About 1 mile on the right, is East St. Follow that to its end and turn right on Rt. 141. About 1 1/4 miles on the right is a Sunoco Gas Station. Follow directions from above.
From North/South Rt.10:

Follow route 10 to center of Easthampton. At the center intersection, follow signs for Rt. 141 East. About an 1/8th of a mile on your left is Liberty St. This is just before the 7-11 store. Take Liberty and drive about an 1/8th of a mile. On your right, you'll see a driveway marked with a sign for Riverside Industries and a large greenhouse. Go right into that driveway, cross the small bridge, and park in the large parking lot behind One Cottage. Walk past a white garage with four blue doors into an inner courtyard. Go up the loading dock B and through the grey door. Our office is straight ahead and our shop is the first door on the right.
If you get lost, call us at 413-527-6103 (tel:413-527-6103).

[billp]

Ryan Patterson will also be coming to the Camp, and he'll give a demo of his program Cabinet Parts Pro !
if you have not contacted us yet, but plan to attend, please drop us a note ASAP as it helps quite a bit in the planning of all this...Thanks!

[billp]

Steve Connolly was kind enough to follow up the above directions and create a photo map to get us to the Camp! Then our host, Greg Larson added the 'orange line' which takes you to the front door of the shop. We'll try to get some signs up as well.

[billp]

Many thanks to Greg Larson, and Mason Rappaport for being kind enough to invite us into their shops for this past weekend's Camp. We had a good turnout of both experienced, and new to the process ,Shopbotters from a number of Northeast states.
Here is a Blog of the Camp done by one of our attendees, Jack Chen, who is a teacher at Sewanaka high school, in New York:
http://100kschools.com/blog/2013/10/shopbot-camp-easthampton-ma/