I hope your equipment arrives in time. Yell if you need any local support.
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This topic induced enough FOMO to push me into going.
Making stuff at a maker festival makes sense.
Will pack diamond drag bits, mounts, etcā¦ for just in case, if that helps. Currently planning to bring my half ar$ed MP3DP, but only if itās not going to be an embarrassment. Let me know whether to bring the LR3 instead.
@SupraGuy, @niget2002, @probrwr and others cheers for sharing your mounts, mods and build journeys.
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Iāve never been to a Makerās Faire (they donāt have even the equivalent in Aus) but Iāve been to a ton of wooden boat festivals.
One thing I learned from my good friend and co-conspirator Michael Storer was to leave the perfect stuff at home if you want to engage the crowd. The boats that were built built like pieces of furniture were greatly admired and attracted a good audience, but they stood well back in admiration, knowing they could never achieve that level of finish.
The imperfect ones were fantastic - people would see a mistake or a run in the epoxy and think āI could do that!ā and would happily come closer to inspect and chat.
So take your half asred MP3DP and be prepared to talk your socks off! 
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Everyone have fun! I will be here across our nation waiting for play by play!
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Iām sure your stuff will arrive tomorrow.
Is there a particular window for setting up? Or does everything happen Saturday AM?
We will share pictures here (or a new thread?) should be plenty of coverage between here and twitter. Maybe Iāll get to come your way for a RRF one day soon!
Bring it, if it prints we will run it, if it doesnāt we should get some time to help you get it closer if not running.
Exactly!
Setup is Friday after 12 If you are setting up at my area, if you want your own space it is after 2, Event Details - RMRRF.COM Not exactly sure I am shooting for getting there at noon I guess, might take my time.
Shipping update, between 1-5pm tomorrow is the new arrival time and it has moved a bit so I am confident. I will relax a bit when I see the condition of the boxes, I think the host has a cam to check.
Bag is packed, took a shower, relax time and start the journey super early tomorrow morning. Canāt wait to meet some of you in personā¦and the rest of you donāt burn the place down while we are not around ā¦or you will get grounded when I get back. Keep a close eye on K Cummingsā¦that ātripā might be a ruse.
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Sadly events like this donāt really exist in Aus (perhaps thereās one in Melbourne?) but if you do find yourself visiting, Iām sure we have enough members of this forum within a few thousand k to arrange a get together! 
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Sounds like a good reason to start one up yourself! 
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Before or after I start the LR3?
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This is inaugural event in Denver. So until this weekend, they donāt exist here either 
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Same here, though will most likely be looking for the rebroadcast on Monday. I am a Star Wars Nerd and a member of the 501st. I have an event in Durham on Saturday to support the Cancer center there, so will be dressed up hoping to make someoneās day a bit brighter!!
Safe travels to everyone!!
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Not it!!!
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I swearā¦ I just edit myself before posting.
But seriously, I fly out of Iowa on Sunday, and will be in Boulder until Wednesday. Iād look at shifting my flight around, but my youngest has a performance Iāve committed to on Saturday.
Also, youād think the skin would grow thick after 50 yearsā¦ but thereās no āgā. Think diesel engines, not authors.
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My last name is Eberl, not Erbel and not Eberle. I have had 2 people pronounce it correctly the first time. Most just see it and pause while they think about it.
I have also heard: Donāt bother making jokes about peopleās names. There are no jokes you can make they havenāt already heard.
Since you have the same name all the time, there are no original mistakes.
Those pretty much explain it. I donāt get mad anymore when someone botches my name. But I do notice every. single. time.
Iām definitely not throwing Ryan under the bus here. I didnāt notice the mistake, and I would have written the same thing.
Words are hard
ā An engineer, probably.
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My grandparentās last name is similar. I lived with them when I was in college. If someone called and stuttered when trying to pronounce their last name, Iād just hang up.
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They were handing out awards at one of my kidās events and they mispronounced his last name. He wasnāt used to it, so he just assumed it was someone else.
It is something I am so used to. When a sub was taking attendance and they came to āJeff ā¦ā. I would just say, āhereā.
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Iāll admit I saw Eberle until I took another look. My last name is unusual, and Iāve heard some bizzare variations on the pronunciation, most stemming from the āGā in my name is a hard spind (like good) and people seem to really want to pronounce it with a soft sound (like giant).
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It just dawned on me, if it were Eberle or Eberly (like the telescope) then you would be Jeffeb4.
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No. Itās dumber than that. On AOL, I tried making jeffe and it was taken. So I made jeffeb. That got filled with spam, so I made jeffeb2. That filled with spam, so I made jeffeb3. Then spam filters were invented.
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