Steam Engine Update
Time for an update on the OSE Steam Engine project. In the past month, I’ve pretty much finished up the technical aspects of what I am now calling the “Arrowhead Bump Valve” design, to distinguish it from the ball valve approach, which...
OSE Projects
People who are new to any established open source project are often bewildered and confused by the complexity of it all. Questions come up naturally: Where do I start? What needs doing? How can I contribute? How do I contact people? There are many ways...
Steam Engine Technical Drawings
I completed the first pass on the Steam Engine technical drawings a bit over a week ago. These are 2D drawings that specify each of the parts that make up the engine. This is a fairly major milestone in the steam engine project, since it enables CAD drawings...
Submission to the Open Hardware Summit
The second annual Open Source Hardware Summit is scheduled for Sept. 15, 2011 in New York City. The summit examines open hardware and its relation to other issues, such as software, design, business, and law. Since I can’t make it out to Factor...
