November 2023 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th?

by John Stoffel

> I've got a conflict on the 14th. > Does the 21st or the 28th work for people? I think the 21st *might* be possible, but it's getting late in the year. It would be lovely to see more people, and to get more feedback on how the new meeting location is working out, especially for those of you on Jitsi. Technocopia is a louder space, so it's hard for us to give good remote meetings. John

Nov. 27, 2023

Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th?

by Tim Keller

Hey wlug folk, I've got a conflict on the 14th. Does the 21st or the 28th work for people? Thanks, Tim.

Nov. 25, 2023

Great meeting last night!

by Tim Keller

Last night we had a great meeting! I spoke about my trials and tribulations in using FOSS to run my mini mill. I was good to get back to the presentation format! We talked about cad and cam, controllers, gcode and degrees of freedom, closed loop vs open loop. I then showed off the mill making a wlug logo! Saw dust everywhere!! See you at the next meeting! Tim.

Nov. 10, 2023

Re: Video Conference, WLUG meeting?

by Tim Keller

Things were initially working, then I managed to close chrome.. I think in that intervening time the birthday party happened. Tim. On Thu, Nov 9, 2023, 7:11 PM Kevin Stratton via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I did not see the video conference at https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA. If > there is different link, please let me know. > > > On 11/8/2023 5:28 PM, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > > We've got a meeting tomorrow! > > Location: Technocopia <https://technocopia.org/> 44 Porland St 6th Floor. > Worcester MA 01604 > Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA > Time: 7pm > Date: 11/9/2023 > > Topic: FOSS for desktop manufacturing. > For my birthday last year I bought myself a cheap desktop CNC machine so I > could learn about subtractive manufacturing. > The goals were to use as much FOSS software as possible to run the machine. > This talk will be a high level presentation about additive vs subtractive > manufacturing, and from there we'll get into the nitty gritty. If things > going well, it'll finish with the machine doing some milling. > > Snacks and refreshments will be provided and we'll head off for dinner > afterwards. > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/HHFKC… > > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/RAB35… >

Nov. 10, 2023

Video Conference, WLUG meeting?

by Kevin Stratton

I did not see the video conference at https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA. If there is different link, please let me know. On 11/8/2023 5:28 PM, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > We've got a meeting tomorrow! > > Location: Technocopia <https://technocopia.org/> 44 Porland St 6th > Floor. Worcester MA 01604 > Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA > Time: 7pm > Date: 11/9/2023 > > Topic: FOSS for desktop manufacturing. > For my birthday last year I bought myself a cheap desktop CNC machine > so I could learn about subtractive manufacturing. > The goals were to use as much FOSS software as possible to run the > machine. > This talk will be a high level presentation about additive vs > subtractive manufacturing, and from there we'll get into the > nitty gritty. If things going well, it'll finish with the machine > doing some milling. > > Snacks and refreshments will be provided and we'll head off for dinner > afterwards. > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list --wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email towlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account:https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings:https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive:https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org…

Nov. 10, 2023

WLUG Meeting tonight! Topic: FOSS for desktop manufacturing! Location: Technocopia

by Tim Keller

We've got a meeting Tonight!!! Location: Technocopia <https://technocopia.org/> 44 Porland St 6th Floor. Worcester MA 01604 Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Time: 7pm Date: 11/9/2023 Topic: FOSS for desktop manufacturing. For my birthday last year I bought myself a cheap desktop CNC machine so I could learn about subtractive manufacturing. The goals were to use as much FOSS software as possible to run the machine. This talk will be a high level presentation about additive vs subtractive manufacturing, and from there we'll get into the nitty gritty. If things are going well, it'll finish with the machine doing some milling. Snacks and refreshments will be provided and we'll head off for dinner afterwards. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Nov. 9, 2023

Reminder: We've got a meeting tomorrow! (11/9/2023) Location: Technocopia

by Tim Keller

We've got a meeting tomorrow! Location: Technocopia <https://technocopia.org/> 44 Porland St 6th Floor. Worcester MA 01604 Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Time: 7pm Date: 11/9/2023 Topic: FOSS for desktop manufacturing. For my birthday last year I bought myself a cheap desktop CNC machine so I could learn about subtractive manufacturing. The goals were to use as much FOSS software as possible to run the machine. This talk will be a high level presentation about additive vs subtractive manufacturing, and from there we'll get into the nitty gritty. If things going well, it'll finish with the machine doing some milling. Snacks and refreshments will be provided and we'll head off for dinner afterwards. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Nov. 8, 2023

Re: Reminder: Next Meeting Nov 9th, 2023! Location: Technocopia

by Tim Keller

This morning I started working on a side deck! I'm going to have my little 3018 CNC mill and the laptop I use as the DRO. I'm going to talk about Additive manufacturing vs. Subtractive, the general toolchain I use and what software I've messed around with and what things I've found along the way. Tim. On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 3:53 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > > We've got a wlug meeting at Technocopia on Thursday Nov 9th, 2023. > > > I had hoped to have a pi5 and be using it as my daily driver, but > > I've been foiled in that attempt. > > > > Another option if people would be interested in it, I could bring my > > desktop cnc mill. > > Please do! I'd love to see it in action! > > > My whole goal has been to use as much FOSS as possible in the entire > > toolpath so I'm not entangled with a particular company that might > > go out of business. > > > If this is something people might be interested in, let me know. > > Absolutely. Though will Technocopia allow us to spin it up and let it > rip? :-) > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Nov. 8, 2023

Re: Reminder: Next Meeting Nov 9th, 2023! Location: Technocopia

by John Stoffel

> We've got a wlug meeting at Technocopia on Thursday Nov 9th, 2023. > I had hoped to have a pi5 and be using it as my daily driver, but > I've been foiled in that attempt. > Another option if people would be interested in it, I could bring my > desktop cnc mill. Please do! I'd love to see it in action! > My whole goal has been to use as much FOSS as possible in the entire > toolpath so I'm not entangled with a particular company that might > go out of business. > If this is something people might be interested in, let me know. Absolutely. Though will Technocopia allow us to spin it up and let it rip? :-)

Nov. 8, 2023

Re: So about that Pi5..

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Joe" == Joe Sherman via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: So this ZimaBoard is just an Intel Celeron, and looking at their site (https://zimaboard.com/) it's not always easy to get specs or info. Not that impressed so far. Now the ZimaBlade is a little more interesting, though you have to buy your own RAM, but maybe building a small CEPH cluster would be possible with this? Probably needs more than just 1 x 1gb ethernet though, since you'd like to keep the cluster traffic isolated. I've got the OrangePi 3 LTS, which has been working fine for me, though I admit I don't do much with it. And the one I have setup remotely seems to flake out on reboots at times and not come back up cleanly, which is annoying since it's a 30 minute drive to fix it. Sigh... > I keep hearing less than stellar reviews for the Pi5 so not that > interested myself. I keep hearing a lot about the Zima SBCs, both > tue ZimaBoard and the ZimaBlade. And I hear they are kickstarting a > ZimaCube which will be a NAS box. interesting for sure. > On Fri, Nov 3, 2023, 2:04 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I went to microcenter on the 23rd of October and they said sorry and said the 3rd of November, > and today before I even left the house they say "sold out." > I can only speculate on how before they were even on the shelves they were sold out.. but > there we are.. > With that said, the orange pi 5 keeps looking even more interesting, though it completely > blows the price point out of the water at $100.. > Tim. > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as > "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/MXZVL… > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/TRBM2…

Nov. 8, 2023