myxpykalix
03-10-2009, 02:06 AM
It has occurred to me that there is a vast wealth of untapped knowledge, talent, and experience on this forum that if it were coordinated in the right way could be beneficial to many of us (those of us with less talent and experience that is).
Joe Crumley has the right idea of creating and teaching a workshop on sign creation. Why couldn't those of you with other talents like painting/staining techniques like Danny Ray or Dan Dunshee or anyone else take the time to create a workshop and charge a fee for others to learn what you know?
You would make money, you could control who you let in (so as not to teach the competing signmaker in your town) your secrets and us students could learn more uses of the bot to take back to our respective areas.
Sign creation, painting/staining techniques, 3d file creation, cabinetmaking and a whole host of other things i haven't thought of.
This doesn't have to be supported by or sanctioned by Shopbot but obviously you would have to take the time to create a course outline with the ability for the students to "take something home" for their efforts.
I know I couldn't travel all the way to California to learn from Danny Ray but if there was someone in my surrounding state who could teach me something i would make the effort to get to it.
That is why somehow we could set up a database of those who might be interested in doing this and what their course would be and the fee they would charge and where they are located. Maybe set it up by state?
I just think that if i could learn how to do a sign like Joe, or a finish on mdf like Danny Ray or Dan Dunshee how that might also help me make money by learning something new and we have all these "teachers" here with all this untapped potential.
Joe Crumley has the right idea of creating and teaching a workshop on sign creation. Why couldn't those of you with other talents like painting/staining techniques like Danny Ray or Dan Dunshee or anyone else take the time to create a workshop and charge a fee for others to learn what you know?
You would make money, you could control who you let in (so as not to teach the competing signmaker in your town) your secrets and us students could learn more uses of the bot to take back to our respective areas.
Sign creation, painting/staining techniques, 3d file creation, cabinetmaking and a whole host of other things i haven't thought of.
This doesn't have to be supported by or sanctioned by Shopbot but obviously you would have to take the time to create a course outline with the ability for the students to "take something home" for their efforts.
I know I couldn't travel all the way to California to learn from Danny Ray but if there was someone in my surrounding state who could teach me something i would make the effort to get to it.
That is why somehow we could set up a database of those who might be interested in doing this and what their course would be and the fee they would charge and where they are located. Maybe set it up by state?
I just think that if i could learn how to do a sign like Joe, or a finish on mdf like Danny Ray or Dan Dunshee how that might also help me make money by learning something new and we have all these "teachers" here with all this untapped potential.