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Last week, our very own reg­u­lar blog con­trib­u­tor Jo Hinch­liffe, AKA Con­crete­dog, was spot­ted on the Open Source Hard­ware Asso­ci­a­tion (OSHWA) month­ly ‘show and tell’ livestream. 

If you don’t know, the show hosts inter­view projects that have achieved Open Source Hard­ware Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion in the pre­vi­ous month. 

Jo’s project is a small design for a mag­net mount­ed work hold­ing clamp sys­tem, designed with PCB’s in mind, but through­out the inter­view, it becomes clear they are used for much more. 

In the show episode, Jo speaks at length about using FreeCAD and oth­er open source tools and how they feel that it’s impor­tant to allow oth­ers to fol­low along using the exact open tools as the project creator. 

Whilst not FreeCAD-linked, the oth­er two projects on the show are fas­ci­nat­ing. A DIY board for sur­gi­cal stu­dents to prac­tice sutur­ing, and a non-con­tact DIY dynamo and light sys­tem for bikes, the lat­ter project is made in Solid­works, but after hear­ing Jo’s inter­view, the project cre­ator, William Kennedy,  men­tions that they real­ly should take anoth­er look at FreeCAD! Well done, Jo!