Please remember that TechShopRDU will be CLOSED on Monday, 31MAY10 in observance of the Memorial Day Holiday.

Come check out the woodshop! The bandsaw, Sawstop and planer are now operational and they're connected to our new dust collection system, thanks to Matt Santelli, Evan and Mike. The drill press is also available.

Many new classes have been posted! You can go to our Classes Page any time to see the current offerings, but the newest ones up are:

* Tuesday May 4th Laser Cutting & Etching SBU (10:30-12:00pm)
Vertical Mill SBU (6:00-7:30pm)
* Wednesday May 5th CNC Vinyl Cutter SBU (6:30-7:30pm)
* Thursday May 6th Laser Cutting & Etching SBU (6:30-8:00pm)
* Tuesday May 11th Precision Vector Cutting of Printed Material from a Digital File (6:30-7:30pm)
* Wednesday May 12th CNC Vinyl Cutter SBU (6:30-7:30pm)
* Thursday May 13th Laser Cutting & Etching SBU (6:30-8:00pm)
* Tuesday May 18th Precision Vector Cutting of Printed Material from a Digital File (6:30-7:30pm)

Watch for more classes being scheduled soon.

The public calendar can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/TSRDU

two days left, and lots still to be done. We have opened at 7:30, and could really use the help on finishing up the move. The roads are largely fine- but be careful on Stirrup Creek Drive- still a bit of ice at the turns and twists. As always, the coffee is hot and strong...just like me...come on down and enjoy the fun and camaraderie of moving!

peter (not in the cog anymore...the cog is gone)

In a slight excess of enthusiasm, Chuck and I moved the Janome machines and small boxes to the upstairs of the new Tech Shop -- carefully wrapped in plastic for protection from dust as the walls go up.

Sewing had 247 square feet of space at Tech Shop Durham -- which we generally found to be a bit snug. Scott told me yesterday that Sewing will have slightly over 400 Square feet in the new location -- breathing space!! And the lighting is plenty bright for aging eyes.

Textiles will be upstairs, with one new wall that will need painting -- we might as well do them all for symmetry, cleanliness and the like. If anyone is inspired to make the walls plaid, have at it! I can help with a base coat.

Scott is including notes about plans and progress in his blog. Watch that for dry wall finish dates, we can go paint dates, and the like. We will have more electrical outlets, more space, and there's time to chat about what goes where.

As soon as the layout is more definite, I'll send a a floor plan. I'm way out of touch, since I worked in Fort Worth most of the time from June to December, so please forward to folks you know have been using the space.
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Best regards,
Rose Britton

Dear all-

I'm in the cog, the coffee is hot, the popcorn fresh, and we have about 20% of TSD to move. Come on down and help out if you can!

peter

Come one, come all! We are loading the big machinery this morning. Loads of fun to be had by all! We can especially use folks with loading experience, and forklift operators...but anyone with an ounce of energy would be gladly welcomed. As always, the coffee is hot and strong and the popcorn is fresh...

TSD is open for packing/moving activities. Please come down and help if you are able.
peter

Mark Plaga put together this navigatable panorama composite:

http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=b77bf9e8-cc43-45eb-8478-aa52b256fb67

Check it out!