Darudude good to hear from you.
No I didn't join the KW Make Group . . . it looked interesting, but there were two things that held me back:
The first was finances as I was laid off for a couple of weeks over the summer and am now only working 3-4 days a week . . . with my job still very much in jeopardy.
The other issue for me was that since I have access to a complete machine shop (though my current tenuous employment) and have a fairly well equipped home shop, the group seemed to offer me primarily a networking opportunity at a fairly heavy cost of about $600/year.
For that much money I could buy a lot of Arduinos (maybe a couple of Megas and a Gator version) or better yet purchase a used lathe or mill for my home.
Unfortunately, the laser that I had access to last year is located at my former division; however, there are rumors of an amalgamation of the two buildings, so if I manage to survive the coming corporate shake out . . . I might just have the use of it once again.
