#garfield | Logs for 2016-11-16

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[00:09:27] <rue_shop3> ok...
[00:10:00] <Jymmm> rue_shop3: alive?
[00:10:07] <rue_shop3> far as I know
[00:10:14] <Jymmm> zombie?
[00:10:41] * Jymmm reaches for shotgun*
[00:15:48] <Jymmm> I (sorta) wish I knew calculus =(
[00:52:27] <rue_bed> haha kat, thats ahalarious
[09:54:59] <Jymmm> Nice job on making a rocket stove properly... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5bzH0YBK5Y
[13:05:53] <Jymmm> http://usedstainlesssteelbarrels.com/shop/stainless-steel-barrels/30-gal-304-used-stainless-open-head-barrel-1-51-21-2mm/
[13:06:04] <Jymmm> sexy ^^^
[16:45:29] <Tom_L> shipping is getting ridiculous
[19:47:34] <Tom_L> 28 + 15.50 = 3.50 over budget
[19:57:22] <rue_shop3> back from work
[19:57:50] <rue_shop3> Tom_L, yup, were still less tho
[19:58:04] <rue_shop3> k, so I owe ya $4
[19:58:46] <Tom_L> it left today and don't worry about it
[19:59:03] <Tom_L> the dude at the post was a total asshole
[19:59:17] <rue_shop3> ?
[19:59:23] <Tom_L> i've dealt with him before and try to avoid him at all cost
[19:59:30] <rue_shop3> hmm
[19:59:50] <Tom_L> nit picking everything
[20:00:03] <rue_shop3> wrong colour package, not postal tape?
[20:00:14] <rue_shop3> wrong font on hand written address?
[20:00:22] <Tom_L> you didn't sign the back of your card... i can't use it
[20:00:28] <rue_shop3> no command between province and country
[20:00:29] <Tom_L> you didn't fill in the weight
[20:00:35] <Tom_L> you didn't ..........................
[20:00:39] <rue_shop3> wow
[20:00:48] <Tom_L> he's a real prick
[20:00:57] <rue_shop3> :/
[20:01:09] <Tom_L> i usually go to my local post but i was near the main one and had to deal with him
[20:01:46] <Tom_L> so i started fucking with him in return
[20:01:52] <rue_shop3> hehe
[20:01:54] <rue_shop3> ?
[20:01:59] <Tom_L> he asked for this, i gave him that instead
[20:02:01] <Tom_L> etc
[20:02:18] <Tom_L> had to talk me thru the whole postal process
[20:02:26] <rue_shop3> ok, today I make motor kits for kids on the weekend
[20:02:31] <Tom_L> certainly changed my mood for the rest of the day
[20:03:11] <Tom_L> post certainly went up from my last one to you
[20:03:29] <rue_shop3> its just stupid heer
[20:03:50] <Tom_L> did you save anything in the end?
[20:04:27] <rue_shop3> atleast 15usd
[20:04:33] <rue_shop3> which is almost 20cad
[20:04:44] <Tom_L> yeah i guess it's worth it
[20:05:10] <rue_shop3> +- your effort
[20:05:27] <Tom_L> no big deal for me, just happened to run into him
[20:05:43] <rue_shop3> so, this NC file spooler has an intersting habbit or just stopping sometimes
[20:05:45] <Tom_L> the ones at my neighborhood post are pleasant
[20:06:11] <rue_shop3> it skipped cutting out my peice last night
[20:06:18] <rue_shop3> so, here we do again
[20:06:23] <rue_shop3> I can isolate parts of the job
[20:06:31] <rue_shop3> so I have it just doing the block it skipped
[20:06:33] <Tom_L> spooler?
[20:06:43] <rue_shop3> that sends the nc file to grbl
[20:06:49] <Tom_L> mmm
[20:07:17] <rue_shop3> have to make motor kits
[20:07:24] <rue_shop3> tablesaw
[20:07:27] <rue_shop3> and its dark
[20:07:32] <Tom_L> does it not download the whole file at once?
[20:07:42] <rue_shop3> hell no
[20:07:48] <rue_shop3> its got ram for 3 commands
[20:07:49] <Tom_L> we call that DNC
[20:08:10] <Tom_L> we had a couple of big machines we had to do that with
[20:08:20] <rue_shop3> oh drat
[20:08:23] <rue_shop3> its wednesday
[20:08:31] <Tom_L> trash night?
[20:08:34] <rue_shop3> I was supposed to go and meet someone yesterday
[20:08:42] <rue_shop3> oops
[20:08:49] <Tom_L> job related?
[20:08:56] <rue_shop3> no, I have to get a book back
[20:09:06] <Tom_L> oh
[20:09:11] <Tom_L> books are obsolete now
[20:09:13] <rue_shop3> its at a school thing done on tuesday evenings
[20:09:23] <rue_shop3> its the machinists handbook
[20:09:33] <Tom_L> yeah you wanna get that back
[20:09:41] <rue_shop3> I know!
[20:09:52] <rue_shop3> last week I thought it was wed, and I forgot too
[20:14:21] <rue_shop3> I need a 1 hour nap tho
[20:14:43] <Tom_L> that could go all sorts of bad
[20:15:55] <rue_shop3> I'm going to fall asleep any way the cake is cut
[20:16:38] <rue_shop3> either in this chair, or in bed
[20:16:57] <rue_shop3> the cnc is running, so I'm not doing nothing
[20:18:33] <rue_shop3> I'm using a 1.2mm carbide and I upped the cut speed to 12mm/min
[20:18:38] <rue_shop3> :)
[20:18:55] <Tom_L> what is that about 1/16" ?
[20:19:01] <rue_shop3> 3m
[20:19:03] <rue_shop3> 3mm
[20:19:13] <Tom_L> 1.2mm
[20:19:21] <Tom_L> cutter size
[20:19:22] <rue_shop3> yea
[20:19:29] <rue_shop3> its a carbide pcb drill
[20:19:31] <rue_shop3> 1.2mm
[20:19:41] <Tom_L> i get my carbide endmills locally
[20:19:51] <Tom_L> dunno if he has mm or not
[20:19:53] <Tom_L> never asked
[20:20:10] <rue_shop3> I dont want to have to educate the locals what they are just so they can tell me they cant get them
[20:20:25] <Tom_L> 2 or 4 flute?
[20:20:30] <Tom_L> 2 probably
[20:20:42] <Tom_L> on aluminum you wanna use 2 flute
[20:20:50] <Tom_L> steel 4
[20:20:59] <rue_shop3> 2
[20:21:03] <rue_shop3> its spiral tho
[20:21:41] <Tom_L> the small ones i get are 1/8" shank usually
[20:22:33] <Tom_L> http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/etching/mills1.jpg
[20:22:40] <Tom_L> stepped like those
[20:22:53] <Tom_L> those were unusually small though
[20:23:01] <rue_shop3> no
[20:23:07] <rue_shop3> (thats not what I have)
[20:23:10] <rue_shop3> but those are nice
[20:23:21] <Tom_L> i know you have drillbits right?
[20:23:37] <Tom_L> what size can you clamp on?
[20:24:03] <Tom_L> i got those to try pcb milling
[20:24:04] <rue_shop3> https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1R7gyIFXXXXagaXXXq6xXFXXXX/Hot-10pcs-0-3-1-2mm-font-b-PCB-b-font-Print-Circuit-Board-Carbide-Micro.jpg
[20:24:11] <rue_shop3> thats what I'm using now
[20:24:19] <rue_shop3> I ahve some of those short mills on order
[20:24:40] <Tom_L> those are pcb drills i think
[20:24:41] <rue_shop3> sorry, my eyes keep closing
[20:24:55] <rue_shop3> its annoying , cause I'm trying to find something on the comuter
[20:25:01] <rue_shop3> yes they are drill bits
[20:25:37] <Jymmm> WooHoo... I got two 55gal drums for $5/ea
[20:25:50] <rue_shop3> of parafin!?
[20:25:55] <Tom_L> the one i used to cut the blue boxes was .032"
[20:26:17] <Jymmm> No, empty drums. The paraffin comes in 50lb boxes
[20:27:32] <rue_shop3> ok thats 1 part
[20:27:40] <rue_shop3> "AAclip"
[20:28:05] <rue_shop3> may 9th
[20:28:06] <Jymmm> battery terminal?
[20:28:46] <rue_shop3> part of the kids motor kit
[20:28:48] <rue_shop3> I ahve to find the rest
[20:30:20] <rue_shop3> arg, I cant find it
[20:32:31] <rue_shop3> oh, I have some left
[20:33:36] * Tom_L goes to take rue_shop3's nap
[20:37:22] <rue_shop3> I found the cnc file for it
[20:38:17] <rue_shop3> and the copy on the server, may 9 2016
[20:38:29] <rue_shop3> but where it the cad file!?
[22:14:41] <katsmeow> i do like that SpotMini robot
[22:26:45] <katsmeow> http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/disney-robot-with-air-water-actuators
[22:30:29] <katsmeow> http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/bipedal-robot-marlo-at-wave-field
[22:34:56] <rue_house> kat!
[22:35:27] <rue_house> so the power arms, those are prettymuch what I'm doing with the 12' mecha,
[22:35:34] <rue_house> +- I'm using force feedback
[22:36:12] * katsmeow nods
[22:36:21] <rue_house> I ahve to get my force feedback stuff on track
[23:19:10] <katsmeow> i want one : https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=biggest+walking+dragon+in+the+world
[23:19:55] <katsmeow> connect it to a puter, get rid of the humans running it
[23:31:05] <rue_house> :)
[23:31:09] <rue_house> was that a while ago
[23:32:06] <katsmeow> still want
[23:35:37] <rue_house> its 6c out
[23:45:54] <katsmeow> [katsmeow PING reply]: 17 secs