#garfield Logs

Dec 15 2014

03:53 ifny rue_bed: heya!
09:23 rue_more ifny, 1:30am eh?
14:26 ifny rue_more: 7am eh? ;)
14:27 ifny how's tricks?
14:27 ifny and what are you up to for the holidays?
19:31 rue_more ifny, 3d printing!
19:32 rue_more ifny, I'm doing electrician traiing at bcit aug to oct, I applied for bcit housing but like to have a plan B, you dont happen to live in a place with a spare room do ya?
19:34 Tom_itx what's bcit?
19:34 Tom_itx tech training place?
19:35 Tom_itx picked up a couple sticks of din rail today
19:35 rue_more yea, general schooling
19:35 Tom_itx i thought you were already a sparkie
19:36 rue_more not ticketed
19:36 Tom_itx you gonna move?
19:36 rue_more no
19:36 Tom_itx or temporary...
19:36 rue_more 3 months
19:36 rue_more home on weekend
19:37 Tom_itx leave the door unlocked
19:37 Tom_itx i'll swing by...
19:37 rue_more last time I stayed on campus I didn't even have anything in the room, just slept there
19:37 Tom_itx heh
19:37 Tom_itx just like home?
19:37 Tom_itx save the laptop
19:38 rue_more they want me to check out at noon on the last day of the course, how the hell I supposed to do that?
19:38 rue_more maybe I sleep in the truck for a night
19:38 Tom_itx last day you go home
19:39 Tom_itx how far away is it?
19:39 rue_more inclusive
19:39 rue_more $100 and 4 hours
19:39 Tom_itx why $100?
19:39 rue_more ferry
19:39 Tom_itx what's a ferry ride cost?
19:39 rue_more I'm on an isolated coastal area
19:39 Tom_itx i know
19:39 rue_more $100
19:39 Tom_itx really?
19:40 Tom_itx 1 way?
19:40 rue_more yep
19:40 rue_more yep
19:40 Tom_itx shit
19:40 Tom_itx i'm not movin any time soon
19:40 Tom_itx :D
19:40 rue_more hah, you should hear what the people commuting over it say
19:40 Tom_itx i bet
19:40 Tom_itx they're makin a killin on that
19:40 rue_more yep
19:40 rue_more its free one way, so ~
19:41 rue_more you tired of where you are?
19:42 Tom_itx not really
19:42 Tom_itx got good resources etc
19:42 rue_more yea
19:42 Tom_itx lots of scrap to play with
19:42 rue_more 57 cr2032, I wonder if that will be enough
19:42 Tom_itx who needs that many?
19:43 rue_more tonight its a kids workshop me and the maker group are puttin gon
19:43 Tom_itx in the shop?
19:43 Tom_itx or at a maker place...
19:43 rue_more I made 14 kits for that 'hoop and wire' game, we have 200 leds, 57 cr2032
19:44 rue_more a hall in the middle of the towns
19:44 Tom_itx those din things you printed, were those holders or what?
19:45 Tom_itx i noticed they make ends to keep thing aligned too
19:45 rue_more they are designed for holding circuit baords
19:45 rue_more to din,
19:45 Tom_itx i can see where din would be handy in a control
19:45 Tom_itx why are you printing them?
19:45 Tom_itx do you use din rail on stuff?
19:46 rue_more thing 789
19:46 Tom_itx that box i got had some in it but i took it out and can't find it now
19:46 rue_more http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:789
19:46 rue_more sometimes, but I dont have many pcb clips
19:46 Tom_itx http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:789
19:46 rue_more no wait, thats not it
19:46 Tom_L thanks
19:47 rue_more 101024
19:47 rue_more http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:101024
19:47 rue_more that one
19:47 Tom_L that looks like an end
19:47 rue_more that last one clips on
19:47 rue_more I modified it tho, with a screwdriver catch to remove it easy
19:47 Tom_L oh?
19:47 Tom_L that's not very wide
19:47 rue_more I'll post it as a ... 'remix'
19:48 Tom_L what's the thickness of it?
19:48 rue_more its 1cm, I actually narrowed my custom one
19:48 Tom_L by wide i mean on top
19:48 Tom_L does that line around the part help hold them down during printing?
19:49 Tom_L do yours look that good yet?
19:49 rue_more no, its a 'get the pen working before you start drawing'
19:49 Tom_L oh
19:49 rue_more did you see the images I posted last night?
19:49 Tom_L most of em
19:49 rue_more ok
19:49 rue_more thats prettymuch current
19:49 rue_more there are a few adjustments
19:50 Tom_L those must be hollow
19:50 rue_more anything over about 10cm wide warps casue I dont have a heated bed
19:50 rue_more there is a fill pattern
19:50 rue_more I use XXXX
19:50 rue_more there is a honeycomb one
19:50 Tom_L looking at the 2nd pic in the series
19:50 Tom_L on the 101024
19:51 rue_more huh, thats more hollow than mine
19:51 Tom_L do those have screw points in a certain place or just wherever you drill?
19:51 Tom_L i may have you make me some of those
19:52 Tom_L i'm gonna get some screw terminals i need mounted
19:52 rue_more I can do that, there is extra support material around the hole
19:52 rue_more you wouldn't want to just willy nilly drill
19:52 rue_more well, take a pic of the dimentions ya want
19:52 Tom_L http://store.mesanet.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=common&product_id=230
19:52 rue_more they would ship cheap cause they are ultra light
19:53 Tom_L i'd mount them along the rail
19:53 rue_more that said,t here must be a printer closer to ya
19:53 Tom_L 2 side by side probably
19:53 rue_more I could make the file for ya
19:53 Tom_L oh probably
19:53 rue_more ?
19:53 Tom_L i could make the file
19:53 rue_more want to see if there is one not owned/run by an asshole?
19:53 Tom_L not yet
19:53 rue_more I can make the stl
19:54 Tom_L i played with those a bit but forgot everything i knew
19:54 rue_more I seem to have the hang of it
19:55 Tom_L i've got slic3r and pronterface
19:55 rue_more wouldn't a barrier block with a jumper be cheaper?
19:55 Tom_L and openscad
19:55 Tom_L but i hate that
19:55 rue_more than that thing?
19:55 rue_more I'm getting used to openscad
19:55 Tom_L i'm using barrier blocks now
19:55 rue_more but so far, extruding dxf drawings is the cats meow
19:55 Tom_L i don't think i could ever get used to it
19:56 rue_more it does everything backwards
19:56 Tom_L i'd probably draw in solidworks
19:56 rue_more I really need to write a proper cad
19:56 rue_more yea, you can use just about anything
19:56 Tom_L build a winbox and use solidworks
19:56 rue_more I'd be happy to make you up soemthing if you want
19:56 Tom_L i'm gonna wait till i can get the boards first
19:57 Tom_L i may take a couple of those transformers out of the box too
19:57 rue_more tho, as is, it looks like you could fit two on the block
19:57 rue_more right from thingverse
19:57 Tom_L i don't really think i need all 3 of em
19:57 Tom_L i'm pretty sure 1 would do
19:57 Tom_L 6A
19:57 Tom_L yeah
19:57 Tom_L i could pull that in and mod it
19:57 Tom_L keep the track dimensions
19:57 Tom_L and mod the top
19:58 rue_more what size is your track?
19:58 e_more nods
19:58 Tom_L http://store.mesanet.com/index.php?route=product/product&filter_name=din&product_id=229
19:58 Tom_L 35mm
19:58 Tom_L i'm gonna get some of those
19:58 Tom_L they come with the aluminum top mount and screws
19:58 Tom_L made for the boards
20:00 Tom_L standard type 3 din
20:01 Tom_L how did you mod it for a screwdriver?
20:04 rue_more changed dxf outline and subtracted a box
20:04 Tom_L no, i mean where
20:05 Tom_L add a tab to the clip?
20:05 Tom_L to get the screwdriver under
20:10 Tom_L those dxf files are crap on that part
20:16 Tom_L acad or solidworks didn't like them
20:16 Tom_L i _was_ however able to import it into my cad cadm
20:16 Tom_L odd
23:51 rue_more oh, its just a hook you can slip a screwdriver into to pull the tab back to unclip it
23:52 rue_more librecad didn't have any problems with it
23:52 rue_more I'll post the files, give me some time
23:52 rue_more I just got back from the makers kids toy making thing