#flex-dev Logs

Jun 24 2025

05:15 AM JT-Cave: niebubf
07:09 AM rdtsc-w: morning. yes Tom, but the main workstation in the lab is mabox/manjaro/arch linux. There is a way to install a .deb on arch, but it isn't pretty.
07:16 AM rdtsc-w: I keep getting a CC environment var warning, even after setting it explicitly. Looked back at the previous builds, and the two architectures often differ in size slightly. I'll try to look into it more tonight.
07:39 AM JT-Cave: got 10 miles this morning but it sure is hot
08:35 AM Tom_L: 90F today with late afternoon showers again
10:11 AM JT-Shop: grinder is 1.5" off the ground only 3" more to go to get the skates under it
10:11 AM Tom_L: cool
10:11 AM Tom_L: gonna deliver it today?
10:14 AM JT-Shop: nope, just trying to get it close to the door
10:14 AM Tom_L: maybe they'd help load it
10:14 AM JT-Shop: yup my friend said if I need help to holler at him
10:15 AM Tom_L: headin out in a few
02:07 PM JT-Shop: a spray rig
03:48 PM Tom_L: 91F
03:53 PM JT-Shop: same
03:54 PM JT-Shop: even with only 56% humidity I last about 10 minutes max outside
03:55 PM xxcoder: that sucks. here its sunny with very thin clouds. so basically sunny but with gray sky
03:58 PM Tom_L: it's a bit warm yes
03:58 PM Tom_L: afternoon rain seems to have evaporated
05:12 PM JT-Shop: hmm I think the grinder is high enough to put the skates under it
05:33 PM JT-Shop: I put the hardinge chnc on fb market place
05:35 PM JT-Shop: I think I'll put the vmc on there as well
05:35 PM JT-Shop: the bp knee mill and the samson manual lathe I'll keep until I'm older
05:36 PM JT-Shop: if they are gone then the 4 post lift would go in here
05:38 PM Tom_L: is the bp cnc'd?
05:38 PM Tom_L: that's the one you did the flex gui for...
05:38 PM JT-Shop: yup the bp knee mill had an analam 1100m on it and it has emc now
05:38 PM JT-Shop: yup
05:39 PM Tom_L: quite a bit of sq ft freed up
05:39 PM xxcoder: hopefully there will be buyers
05:40 PM JT-Shop: hopefully, but not a big market for that stuff here
05:41 PM Tom_L: abundance of cnc here
05:41 PM JT-Shop: lol 13 clicks on it
05:41 PM JT-Shop: parts only chnc are asking 3k
05:43 PM Tom_L: yours are small enough someone with a decent trailer could move em
05:44 PM JT-Shop: yup I moved them with a 16' double axle trailer
05:44 PM Tom_L: otherwise the movers would cost quite a bit
05:45 PM JT-Shop: I'm not sure if there are any riggers left around here
05:45 PM Tom_L: there are 2-3 i know of here
05:46 PM Tom_L: Belger & Hall i know for sure
05:47 PM JT-Shop: last time I use Larry he showed up with someone else with a crane as his was broken iirc and that was a long time ago
05:48 PM JT-Shop: prob around 2000 or so
05:49 PM JT-Shop: 2002 we started J&J Automation
05:52 PM Tom_L: you seem to get rid of stuff on marketplace pretty well
05:52 PM JT-Shop: sometimes up
05:52 PM JT-Shop: yu[
05:52 PM JT-Shop: yup
05:53 PM JT-Shop: it was amazing that someone at empire saw my ad for the grinder
05:53 PM Tom_L: you order the jack for the lift?
05:53 PM Tom_L: huh
05:53 PM JT-Shop: yup, ordered friday
05:54 PM JT-Shop: I forget who saw the ad and then told my friend that works there and he called me
05:55 PM JT-Shop: their limit is <$2500 for things without involving corp so I told them $2,490 is fine
05:55 PM Tom_L: heh
05:56 PM JT-Shop: I had it listed for $2,500
05:56 PM Tom_L: worth $10 to have access to it
05:56 PM JT-Shop: yup
05:58 PM JT-Shop: it would be nice to down size the machine shop and gain all that floor space
05:58 PM Tom_L: as long as you don't still use any of it
05:59 PM JT-Shop: I might use the bp knee and the samson manual lathe from time to time
05:59 PM JT-Shop: the rest are not used any more
06:02 PM Tom_L: i'm not sure if my bud still uses his 2 trees or not but he also has a manual mill & lathe
06:02 PM Tom_L: i know he finally quit racing
06:02 PM Tom_L: been doing some car painting for guys though
06:02 PM Tom_L: i haven't been out there in a while
06:03 PM Tom_L: i think he's 80 now
06:04 PM Tom_L: ran into him at the auto store.. he was picking up paint
06:06 PM JT-Shop: I haven't painted a car in a long time... last one I painted was my 66 mustang
06:06 PM JT-Shop: that I bought for $200
06:07 PM JT-Shop: I had to replace the fenders, doors and one quarter panel
06:09 PM JT-Shop: painted it corvette bright blue metallic
06:10 PM * JT-Shop calls it a day
06:46 PM rdtsc is now known as rdtsc_
06:59 PM rdtsc: restored a lot of motorcycles here; everything from jb-welding where a CB360 cam chain wore through the block, to a 70's Bugati 120cc dirt bike with shifter on the right and kickstarter on the left
07:00 PM rdtsc: that thing... carb was one solid block of scale... painstakingly restored it; custom piston rings etc
07:03 PM Tom_L: did you get your cross build figured out?
07:48 PM rdtsc: no; it might just work, dunno.