Collaborate Disseminate
Well, that was fast! Last week, we wrote about a video by [Norbert Heinz] where he called out the Ortur laser engravers for apparently using the GPL-licensed grbl firmware without …read more Continue reading Ortur Laser Will Go Open-Source
We here at Hackaday are super-duper proponents of open source. Software, hardware, or firmware, we like to be able to see it, learn from it, modify it, and make it …read more Continue reading Fighting the Good Fight
For companies that build equipment like CNC machines or lasercutters, it’s tempting to use open-source software in a lot of areas. After all, it’s stable, featureful, and has typically passed …read more Continue reading Watch Out For Lasercutter Manufacturers Violating GPL
Getting great results from a laser cutter takes a bit of effort to make sure all of the settings are just right. But even then, if the air between the …read more Continue reading Hacking an Air Assist for the Ortur Laser
Last month in my hands-on review of the Ortur Laser I hinted that I had done a few things to make it work a little better. I made three significant …read more Continue reading Hacking the Ortur Laser with Spoil Board, Z-Height, and Air Assist
I couldn’t write very much without a computer. Early in my career, I wrote with a typewriter. Unless you are pretty close to perfect — I’m not — it is very frustrating to make edits on typewritten stuff. The equivalent …read more