brunneng
10-26-2003, 07:52 PM
Men Metal and Machine's - Cabin Fever - Visalia
I went to it on Saturday (I coud only get a room at the hotel for Friday night).
This was the first event I've been to and since it was so close, I just couldn't not go. It was well worth the trip and I'd say there were several hundred people (if not a thousand) in the main room at any given time, not counting displayers.
I had the pleasure of talking with Neil in person and now he has a face - hello again. I also picked up Rudy Kouhoupt's first book and got it signed - very cool. I also sat in on the session of him explaining the 5-cyl engine currently in HSM. I couldn't imagine a nicer day spent than with him in his shop. I also met a few guys from some the the yahoo groups.
Most of the displayers were very nice and happy to talk and a few only seemed to want to talk to modelers in "their" particular area of interest, but that's what I expect. We all have different personalities.
I was surprisied at how loud the room was and after a few hours there was quite a layer of smoke from the IC engines.
I talked to the rep from MetalExpress.com and was joyed when he said they were considering openning an outlet in Stockton, CA in maybe 6 months. That's only 30 minutes from me - I hope it comes off. I talked with Chris Wood of LittleMachineShop.com for a few minutes - he was pretty busy - but he had a video going of a soon to come out quick change gear box for the mini-lathes - yahoo!(™ http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net//wink.gif.
It's also quite of a blur in memory. There was a lot for a first timer to absorb and next time I'll take a video along with a still camera but I really enjoyed it.
Now explaining it to family members is a different matter.
Q: What was there?
A: Complex hand made engines that run.
Q: What else do they do?
A: They work/run.
Q: and that's it?
A: what do you mean "that's it?". They run... dozen's, hundred's, thousands of tiny hand made parts and they actually run... go away
-Kevin
I went to it on Saturday (I coud only get a room at the hotel for Friday night).
This was the first event I've been to and since it was so close, I just couldn't not go. It was well worth the trip and I'd say there were several hundred people (if not a thousand) in the main room at any given time, not counting displayers.
I had the pleasure of talking with Neil in person and now he has a face - hello again. I also picked up Rudy Kouhoupt's first book and got it signed - very cool. I also sat in on the session of him explaining the 5-cyl engine currently in HSM. I couldn't imagine a nicer day spent than with him in his shop. I also met a few guys from some the the yahoo groups.
Most of the displayers were very nice and happy to talk and a few only seemed to want to talk to modelers in "their" particular area of interest, but that's what I expect. We all have different personalities.
I was surprisied at how loud the room was and after a few hours there was quite a layer of smoke from the IC engines.
I talked to the rep from MetalExpress.com and was joyed when he said they were considering openning an outlet in Stockton, CA in maybe 6 months. That's only 30 minutes from me - I hope it comes off. I talked with Chris Wood of LittleMachineShop.com for a few minutes - he was pretty busy - but he had a video going of a soon to come out quick change gear box for the mini-lathes - yahoo!(™ http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net//wink.gif.
It's also quite of a blur in memory. There was a lot for a first timer to absorb and next time I'll take a video along with a still camera but I really enjoyed it.
Now explaining it to family members is a different matter.
Q: What was there?
A: Complex hand made engines that run.
Q: What else do they do?
A: They work/run.
Q: and that's it?
A: what do you mean "that's it?". They run... dozen's, hundred's, thousands of tiny hand made parts and they actually run... go away
-Kevin