Pete Keillor wrote:

It was a great show. I attended Bob Swinney's seminar on phase
converters and Mike Rehmus' on 3D cad. There was a good one on
backyard metal casting with demo by Rick Chownyk. Also met Bob, Mike,
Errol Groff, saw Dick Triemstra, Brian Lawson, etc. Not to be missed.
I picked up some tooling, couple books, and the die filer kit from
Andy Norquist of Metal Lathe Accessories. Andy is very friendly and
knowledgeable, great to talk to.

Hi Pete, I was the guy that ran out to the parking lot go get my laptop so Bob had a
computer to his presentation with. Sorry I didn't get to say hi to you.

Based on Rehmus' demo of Alibre Design, I've loaded it and started
through the tutorials. Looks pretty good. I'll decide later if I'm
going to go with Express (free) or pay for one of the commercial
offerings. I've already received a discount offer, so I think the
prices are pretty good.

I bought the low end copy last Monday. I get Model Engine Builder magazine, I was tempted
to buy a license and Mr Rehmus's demo sealed the deal. The B drawings in the mags sold me
on it.

The crowds were down, at least as measured by the line to get in, but
still good. I heard multiple times that the show is going back to
Southgate next year, so it's back to a day trip for me, at least until
the wife retires and we move to Texas.

It is a bit closer to me now. The venue is a bit expensive and not working out so well
form what I was told from a gent I'll not name but who is part of the leadership that runs
the show.

I took some pics, will try to upload later. I've got to get on some
honey-do's right now. And soon, my son is coming home on leave for a
few weeks. He's bringing his RRA M4 with him. We plan on buying a
couple .45's and spending some time at the range. Anybody got a
recommendation on a good inexpensive 1911?

I *still* don't have a 1911 or an AR but I'm way over the national average of firearms
ownership.

I've got pics to upload also. I'm working a lot of hours lately so it may take a while to
get them up.


Wes
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"Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect
government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller