#flex-dev Logs

May 27 2025

04:22 AM Tom_L: morning
05:08 AM JT-Cave: morning
10:09 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> good morning
01:11 PM JT-Shop: Tom_L, using the shortcut key is somewhat momentary and does not work well for jog based on my 1 minute test
02:06 PM Tom_L: i saw that too
02:22 PM Tom_L: i think you're better off not using them
02:22 PM JT-Shop: I think using the shortcut would be ok to just toggle something
02:24 PM JT-Shop: https://www.google.com/search?q=pyqt6+capture+keyboard
02:49 PM Tom_L: yeah not for continuous use though
02:49 PM Tom_L: AI even gave some code there
02:50 PM Tom_L: you get the plastic wrap off yet?
02:51 PM Tom_L: that looks like a chore in itself
02:52 PM Tom_L: the python capture may make the key capture more responsive
03:02 PM JT-Shop: still unloading parts
03:05 PM Tom_L: should keep ya busy a day or two
03:06 PM JT-Shop: I didn't run out to get 3 gallons of aw32
03:10 PM Tom_L: 'start toolbutton select style' to do with the probe button logic?
03:11 PM Tom_L: PR #311
03:11 PM Tom_L: it works now anyway :)
03:13 PM Tom_L: i think that issue is resolved
03:16 PM Tom_L: got a couple subroutines that are buggin me
03:17 PM Tom_L: they work ok but i'm trying to improve a bit
03:19 PM Tom_L: probing between for distance i'd like to return to center instead of the start point which is slightly off center
03:33 PM Tom_L: if one point is in one quadrant and the 2nd point is in another, it fails due to one number being + and the other - when i:
03:33 PM Tom_dev: #2024 = [[#2017 + #2013] / 2]
03:33 PM Tom_L: then do a G90 to #2024
03:33 PM Tom_L: in the same quadrant it's fine
03:58 PM C3-Shop: found a piece of chinese shirt tail... looks real worn out
03:59 PM C3-Shop: toolbutton is just to show a border on active toolbuttons but it's not finished
04:10 PM Tom_L: ok i figured that out. just wasn't seeing it yesterday. very simple
04:10 PM Tom_L: whatever you did fixed the depressed probe enable issue
04:14 PM * JT-Shop takes 5
04:15 PM JT-Shop: the probe enable button is a checkable button but the estop and power were not unchecking it
04:16 PM Tom_L: i'll push these subs once i figure one more thing out
04:17 PM JT-Shop: I'm down to the last step of uncrating and that is to flip over the bottom rail
04:24 PM Tom_L: you should be used to dealing with heavy stuff
04:24 PM Tom_L: just don't pull a roy
04:25 PM JT-Shop: yup I'm pretty careful moving heavy things
04:25 PM JT-Shop: break is over...
05:08 PM Tom_L: PR includes updated subroutines now
05:09 PM Tom_L: roguish, the inside distance Y probe routine was off in case you're using it
05:10 PM Tom_L: i was adding probe tip where i should have subtracted it
05:14 PM JT-Shop: https://gnipsel.com/images/wildfire-lift/
05:16 PM Tom_L: i guess the cherry picker could handle the big pieces?
05:16 PM Tom_L: is the black plate part of it or shipping crate?
05:16 PM JT-Shop: the heaviest part is the rail with the cyl in it and it's 700 pounds
05:17 PM JT-Shop: on the end?
05:17 PM Tom_L: i suppose the ends are for shipping only but what about the diamond plate between?
05:17 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/wildfire-lift/wf-22.jpg
05:18 PM JT-Shop: on 22 the ends are the shipping frame and the diamond plate is the part you park the car on
05:18 PM JT-Shop: so only the ends are scrap
05:18 PM Tom_L: ok
05:18 PM Tom_L: yep
05:19 PM JT-Shop: on 14 one ramp is on top and one is on the bottom
05:19 PM Tom_L: i think all the probe stuff is where it should be now
05:19 PM JT-Shop: cool
05:19 PM Tom_L: improved return to center after probing but did find that one bug
05:20 PM Tom_L: funny how you can fight something, walk away and return and it just falls together
05:20 PM JT-Shop: yup
05:22 PM JT-Shop: trying to bait my buddy that lives around the corner into helping me white wash the fence or assemble the lift
05:28 PM Tom_L: he
05:28 PM Tom_L: h
05:28 PM Tom_L: good luck
05:31 PM Tom_L: get a bug sprayer and spray the fence
05:31 PM Tom_L: i put a sealer on mine when i first got it with a sprayer
05:32 PM xxcoder: ah yes JT T part is tom, and last name is sawyer ;)
05:32 PM JT-Shop: whitewashing the fence was a tom sawyer joke
05:34 PM xxcoder: figured that yeah lol. certainly a classic
05:34 PM xxcoder: aged quite well, even if it have issues nowdays
05:42 PM Tom_L: it was kinda random...
05:44 PM Tom_L: probably can't find those books in a library nowdays
05:46 PM xxcoder: yeah probably got worn out and not replaced
05:46 PM Tom_L: too ethnic
05:46 PM xxcoder: dont think its been published for while?
05:46 PM Tom_L: someone mentioned that to me a long time back
05:46 PM xxcoder: odd
05:47 PM xxcoder: thats a first time I hear of that book being called that
05:48 PM Tom_L: Yes, some of Mark Twain's books, particularly "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," have been banned or challenged in the United States. The book has faced objections and removals from school curricula due to concerns about racial slurs and its portrayal of characters
05:49 PM Tom_L: i consider them classics
05:50 PM Tom_L: Twain died in 1910 so that was a whole different era
05:50 PM xxcoder: definitely classic with problems. indeed
05:53 PM xxcoder: Astérix is quite good, have problem spots too
05:54 PM xxcoder: bit worse than mark twain honestly