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Posted by on May 16, 2007, 12:13 pm
I live in Englewood, Ohio, North of Dayton and I want to start a
Robotics club working on using the handy board and developing the
RepRad fabricator for making parts for the bots. I would like to open
up my home for meetings. I live at 808 Bonnycastle, Englewood, Ohio,
45322 (937)836-7033 englewood1@hotmail.com. I propose we meet on the
first Saturday of the month and set an agenda. I have already built
the handy board and I'm collecting parts for Darwin replicator, check
out www.reprap.org on the internet. I could use a machinist type for
fabing some parts on a lathe.
Dean Schrickel, P.E.
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Posted by Gordon McComb on May 16, 2007, 6:20 pm
englewood1@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I live in Englewood, Ohio, North of Dayton and I want to start a
> Robotics club working on using the handy board and developing the
> RepRad fabricator for making parts for the bots. I would like to open
> up my home for meetings. I live at 808 Bonnycastle, Englewood, Ohio,
> 45322 (937)836-7033 englewood1@hotmail.com. I propose we meet on the
> first Saturday of the month and set an agenda. I have already built
> the handy board and I'm collecting parts for Darwin replicator, check
> out www.reprap.org on the internet. I could use a machinist type for
> fabing some parts on a lathe.
If I lived near Dayton I'd come!
In addition to posts here, you might consider starting a Yahoo group for
your club. You can post messages there, and interested folks can sign up
to be members.
Speaking of Reprap, I once saw in action an FDM to create some amazing
3D parts. I can't imagine how much it cost, but I always thought if I
ever won the lottery I'd buy one -- if nothing else just to have it! But
it one could really be built with just $400 worth of parts, I wouldn't
even need to win the lottery.
-- Gordon
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Posted by Joe on May 17, 2007, 12:19 pm
wrote:
> englewo...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I live in Englewood, Ohio, North of Dayton and I want to start a
> > Robotics club working on using the handy board and developing the
> > RepRad fabricator for making parts for the bots. I would like to open
> > up my home for meetings. I live at 808 Bonnycastle, Englewood, Ohio,
> > 45322 (937)836-7033 englewo...@hotmail.com. I propose we meet on the
> > first Saturday of the month and set an agenda. I have already built
> > the handy board and I'm collecting parts for Darwin replicator, check
> > outwww.reprap.orgon the internet. I could use a machinist type for
> > fabing some parts on a lathe.
> If I lived near Dayton I'd come!
> In addition to posts here, you might consider starting a Yahoo group for
> your club. You can post messages there, and interested folks can sign up
> to be members.
> Speaking of Reprap, I once saw in action an FDM to create some amazing
> 3D parts. I can't imagine how much it cost, but I always thought if I
> ever won the lottery I'd buy one -- if nothing else just to have it! But
> it one could really be built with just $400 worth of parts, I wouldn't
> even need to win the lottery.
> -- Gordon
Hello,
I live in Dayton too, I started this group (http://groups.google.com/
group/DOROBO) on google groups a while ago, but it doesn't get much
interest. Sounds fun, I think it would be great to have an actual
place to do robotics projects, were people can pull resources together
and create bigger and better things than they would be able to on
there own.
I haven't seen evidence that there is large hobby robotics following
in the Miami Valley area, but I do know a few people that are.
Joe McKibben
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Posted by Gordon McComb on May 17, 2007, 1:45 pm
Joe wrote:
> I haven't seen evidence that there is large hobby robotics following
> in the Miami Valley area, but I do know a few people that are.
You have to let people know about it, and the timing has to be right.
The interest appears highest in tech centers of the country, and around
colleges that specialize in technical courses. It'll be hard to start
any club during the summer. At the start of the new school year shoot
off some e-mails to the department heads of the nearby high schools and
colleges to let them know about the group.
Post your own projects and "seed" the board with your own postings. It's
not exactly cool to go to one board and lure away users to another, but
there's nothing wrong in inviting cooperation and interest.
Be sure to get your group added on all the FAQs and link lists that are
out there.
-- Gordon
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Posted by Joe on May 17, 2007, 3:22 pm
wrote:
> Joe wrote:
> > I haven't seen evidence that there is large hobby robotics following
> > in the Miami Valley area, but I do know a few people that are.
> You have to let people know about it, and the timing has to be right.
> The interest appears highest in tech centers of the country, and around
> colleges that specialize in technical courses. It'll be hard to start
> any club during the summer. At the start of the new school year shoot
> off some e-mails to the department heads of the nearby high schools and
> colleges to let them know about the group.
> Post your own projects and "seed" the board with your own postings. It's
> not exactly cool to go to one board and lure away users to another, but
> there's nothing wrong in inviting cooperation and interest.
> Be sure to get your group added on all the FAQs and link lists that are
> out there.
> -- Gordon
Oh, I am sorry I did not mean to try to lure anybody away from this
board, I'm kind of new to this forum/message board thing. I was just
showing I was trying to do the same thing and looking for people who
lived in Dayton that were interested in Robotics.
I do apologize though, I just thought it was neat somebody else kind
of had the same idea I did. You had suggested starting a Yahoo group
and I was just saying that I had started one in Google Groups and we
have a few members already that live in the Dayton area.
How do I go about getting my group added to theses FAQs?
Sorry again and Thanks,
Joe McKibben
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> I live in Englewood, Ohio, North of Dayton and I want to start a
> Robotics club working on using the handy board and developing the
> RepRad fabricator for making parts for the bots. I would like to open
> up my home for meetings. I live at 808 Bonnycastle, Englewood, Ohio,
> 45322 (937)836-7033 englewood1@hotmail.com. I propose we meet on the
> first Saturday of the month and set an agenda. I have already built
> the handy board and I'm collecting parts for Darwin replicator, check
> out www.reprap.org on the internet. I could use a machinist type for
> fabing some parts on a lathe.