* Dr Andrew A. Adams [2022-01-24 08:48]:
>
> Arthur Torrey wrote:
>
> > I am a member of the Artisan's Asylum maker-space (formerly in
> > Somerville, MA, temporarily shut down while moving to Allston) and
> > would dearly love to be able to make the hardware that I can draw
> > and design in
Arthur Torrey wrote:
> I am a member of the Artisan's Asylum maker-space (formerly in
> Somerville, MA, temporarily shut down while moving to Allston) and
> would dearly love to be able to make the hardware that I can draw
> and design in LibreCAD (2D) or possibly FreeCAD, gCAD3D or some
> ot
* Jacob Hrbek [2022-01-21 18:22]:
> I am strictly against paying for freedom,
Never in the history of mankind freedom was every free of charge.
We all pay for freedom, and we never get it. And if anyting is worth,
it is worth paying for freedom.
> but i am not against limiting freedom until the
> Perhaps there could be a way to work with the hardware makers and
free cad developers to create a similar set up where for a reasonable
cost you can obtain the required drivers, firmware etc. -- Torrey
I am strictly against paying for freedom, but i am not against limiting
freedom until the dev
* Arthur Torrey [2022-01-21 04:09]:
> An excellent post by Paul Fernhout, but I see one really HUGE problem, namely
> that I don't know of ANY Free Software tool or tool-chain that can get a
> person from 'beer-mat' to 'g-code' (For those not familiar with the CNC
> world, g-code is the 'assem
On 21/01/2022 01:05, Arthur Torrey wrote:
An excellent post by Paul Fernhout, but I see one really HUGE problem, namely
that I don't know of ANY Free Software tool or tool-chain that can get a person
from 'beer-mat' to 'g-code' (For those not familiar with the CNC world, g-code
is the 'asse
An excellent post by Paul Fernhout, but I see one really HUGE problem, namely
that I don't know of ANY Free Software tool or tool-chain that can get a person
from 'beer-mat' to 'g-code' (For those not familiar with the CNC world, g-code
is the 'assembly language' of the CNC manufacturing world.
