#garfield Logs

Jun 30 2017

07:44 AM Tom_itx: 141.8G this AM
09:10 AM rue_house: k
02:21 PM Tom_itx: 158.5G ... not much better after 7 hrs
07:36 PM rue_house: no this is good
07:36 PM rue_house: is getting closer?
08:14 PM Tom_itx: it's running quite slow
08:14 PM Tom_itx: 160GB now
08:14 PM Tom_itx: only halfway there
08:15 PM rue_house: thats ok
08:15 PM rue_house: its getting as much data as is posable to get
08:15 PM Tom_itx: guess it'll run a couple more days then
08:15 PM Tom_itx: wonder if it would help to let it cool
08:15 PM rue_house: its only been 24 hours hasn't it?
08:16 PM rue_house: dont disturb it!
08:16 PM Tom_itx: it supposedly can be interrupted and resumed
08:16 PM Tom_itx: :)
08:35 PM zhanx: dont touch it!
08:47 PM zhanx: wanted a 3d printer, instead spent the over time money on the odds and ends to fix the cars
08:52 PM rue_house: zhanx, what do you have in the box for making the 3d printer?
09:01 PM zhanx: not much
09:02 PM rue_house: _do_
09:02 PM rue_house: keyword
09:02 PM rue_house: Ig ot a stethoscope! :)
09:02 PM rue_house: zhanx, cmon, what ya got
09:02 PM rue_house: zhanx, you running linux or windows?
09:03 PM zhanx: couple motors and a few drivers, and i always run linux
09:03 PM zhanx: no hardware yet
09:03 PM rue_house: k, you ever made an stl?
09:03 PM rue_house: you said a couple motor and a few drivers, thats something
09:03 PM zhanx: rue think back to elf
09:03 PM rue_house: was that 3d printed?
09:04 PM rue_house: Id ont recall, I thought it was 2d laser cut
09:04 PM zhanx: not laser cut on stl
09:04 PM rue_house: my brain MUST be failing, only half the things anyone says make sense anymore
09:04 PM rue_house: k, what size are the motors?
09:04 PM zhanx: either way i tossed the budget to cars so we can make more money etc
09:04 PM rue_house: doyou have pics?
09:05 PM rue_house: or like images from the great googlry
09:05 PM zhanx: 2 x nema 17 and 1 x nema 23
09:05 PM rue_house: excellent
09:05 PM rue_house: you need to find one more motor
09:05 PM zhanx: next weekeend i am just buying one
09:05 PM rue_house: does the 23 have a synchro spline on it?
09:05 PM rue_house: why?
09:06 PM rue_house: you can find an old photocopier
09:06 PM rue_house: you have a big hospital out there?
09:06 PM zhanx: no it doesn't, and because 8 months of find parts and can't find them al
09:06 PM zhanx: all
09:06 PM rue_house: dude, these are easy, trust me :)
09:06 PM rue_house: big hospital?
09:06 PM rue_house: yes no
09:07 PM zhanx: i know but i live in an area that has nothing
09:07 PM zhanx: nope
09:07 PM rue_house: no hospital?
09:07 PM zhanx: small one
09:07 PM rue_house: small like 4000 square feet?
09:07 PM zhanx: i wonder if it is that size
09:07 PM zhanx: no er
09:08 PM rue_house: thinking......
09:08 PM rue_house: got a phone book?
09:08 PM rue_house: I'm on the other sixe of the fence, trust me and I can help you
09:08 PM zhanx: rue after 8-9 months i am ready to just buy one, and yes its like 1/2 inch thick
09:09 PM rue_house: ok, what you got for small IT businesses
09:09 PM zhanx: me
09:09 PM rue_house: that *replace* printers for offices when they go down
09:09 PM zhanx: not kidding you
09:09 PM rue_house: hmm
09:09 PM rue_house: thinking.....
09:09 PM zhanx: 3 hours over time buys one
09:10 PM rue_house: it wont happen tho
09:10 PM zhanx: i work 5-7 tomorrow
09:10 PM rue_house: if you start making one now you will finish it before you could buy one
09:10 PM rue_house: I'm sure of it
09:10 PM zhanx: nope
09:10 PM rue_house: otherwise, you would have one by now
09:11 PM zhanx: i started a while ago, but now i just am ready to buy one
09:11 PM rue_house: I'm sure there is a brokendown printer somewhere around you, you just have no idea where
09:11 PM zhanx: true
09:11 PM rue_house: you didn't ask for help from someone who's made one tho
09:11 PM zhanx: i have
09:11 PM rue_house: I can look back to help ya
09:11 PM rue_house: hmm
09:12 PM zhanx: rue with my work schedule and time at home. buying one is best option. my time is billed at 150 an hour
09:13 PM rue_house: ok
09:14 PM zhanx: you can understand that
11:27 PM Tom_itx: 161G... slow as molasis
11:28 PM Tom_itx: i hope you get to keep a chunk of that z
11:29 PM Tom_itx: or you're just feeding someone else