#garfield Logs

Feb 02 2018

12:22 AM rue_: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/MEGA2560-MEGA-2560-R3-ATmega2560-16AU-CH340G-AVR-USB-board-for-Arduino-compatible/32823481047.html
12:25 AM rue_: !!!! chineese newyear is starting, nothing is gonna arrive in any kinda timely manner!!!!!
12:25 AM rue_: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Multicolor-RAMPS-1-4-3D-printer-control-panel-printer-Control-Reprap-Mendel-Prusa-RAMPS-with-high/32810770988.html
12:31 AM rue_: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/5-Pcs-3D-Printer-Module-A4988-Stepper-Motor-Driver-Polulu-StepStick-RAMPS-RepRap-XXM/32811289466.html
12:31 AM rue_: so...
12:32 AM rue_: in your defence, a kit is $20
12:33 AM rue_: ---------------------
12:33 AM rue_: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mega-2560-R3-1pcs-RAMPS-1-4-Controller-4pcs-A4988-Stepper-Driver-Module-for-3D-Printer/32365420911.html
12:34 AM rue_: zhanx, ok, thats the best I can find for now
12:35 AM rue_: you choose
12:35 AM zhanx: looking
12:36 AM zhanx: 17 or the kit for me
12:36 AM zhanx: for
12:37 AM rue_: yea, I dont know why the 2560 boards are that much, they seem to have gone up
12:37 AM rue_: oooooh
12:37 AM rue_: I'm an idiot
12:37 AM rue_: I'm shopping in CAD now...
12:37 AM rue_: hah
12:37 AM rue_: everything "went up" 20%
12:38 AM zhanx: for you
12:38 AM zhanx: screw it
12:38 AM zhanx: ordering it
12:39 AM rue_: later we can get you set up with the software
12:40 AM zhanx: bought it
12:40 AM zhanx: kit was 10 cents cheaper for me
12:43 AM zhanx: dont tell my wife
12:43 AM zhanx: i ordered 2
12:45 AM zhanx: i made bank this week she can be ok with it
12:46 AM rue_: k
12:46 AM rue_: in a few days or week, remind me to set you up with software
12:46 AM zhanx: k when they come in
12:47 AM zhanx: heck i might have it, or did you write it?
12:51 AM rue_: no, its just public domain software
12:51 AM zhanx: k
12:51 AM rue_: we can get you set up later
12:51 AM zhanx: one step closer
12:51 AM rue_: then your all ready
12:51 AM zhanx: then my nephew is learning alot
12:51 AM zhanx: and my oldest
12:51 AM rue_: maybe spend some time browsing thingiverse, for simple things to try to make
12:51 AM zhanx: i have
12:51 AM rue_: get them to browse too!
12:51 AM zhanx: and i was featured there also
12:51 AM rue_: make a folder of some stl files
12:51 AM zhanx: i made the greenman mask
12:51 AM rue_: :) ok
12:52 AM zhanx: rue_: like you i tend to make stuff if i can
12:53 AM zhanx: tomorrow i need to run out and fix a media display for a car dealership, 160 an hour
12:54 AM rue_: wow
12:54 AM zhanx: my base rate is 125 an hour
12:54 AM zhanx: i did say i am busy with work
12:55 AM rue_: yep
12:55 AM zhanx: i keep my boot out of it
12:56 AM rue_: hehehe
12:56 AM rue_: unless for collections?
12:57 AM zhanx: no they pay well so far
12:58 AM rue_: yep
12:58 AM zhanx: only had to call one
12:58 AM zhanx: got paid that day
12:58 AM rue_: so its Feb
12:58 AM rue_: this is the month I pay off my mortguage
12:59 AM rue_: :-S
12:59 AM zhanx: nice
12:59 AM rue_: extra $110/week in the account
01:00 AM rue_: http://ruemohr.org/
01:00 AM rue_: I thin the small font should be different
01:00 AM rue_: k
01:01 AM zhanx: really?
01:01 AM zhanx: rue
01:01 AM rue_: something a bit thicker and fancier
01:01 AM rue_: just a bit
01:01 AM zhanx: bad rue
01:02 AM rue_: I need to come up with a company webpage, me and a fellow are making paint spraycan handles
01:02 AM rue_: I cant find a style for a webpage I like yet
01:02 AM zhanx: nice
01:02 AM zhanx: i need to make one also
01:02 AM zhanx: i get asked about it alot
01:02 AM rue_: I'd like it to be 'assembled from materials' ...
01:02 AM zhanx: but then i am like my business cards don't have it
01:03 AM rue_: I'd like a page that someone who couldn't read would enjoy looking at
01:04 AM rue_: its kinda an old style I suppose
01:04 AM zhanx: make it with more colors
01:08 AM rue_: but why
01:08 AM zhanx: why not?
01:09 AM rue_: needs purpose
01:13 AM rue_: need tot hink
06:52 PM katsmeow: <coff>
09:09 PM katsmeow: 400 PCS SGS L6208 INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
09:09 PM katsmeow: New (Other)
09:09 PM katsmeow: $5.50
09:09 PM katsmeow: 2 bids
09:09 PM katsmeow: etc
09:56 PM rue_: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/not_public_dont_open/clasp-metric.dxf
09:56 PM rue_: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/not_public_dont_open/clasp-imperial.dxf
09:56 PM rue_: Tom_L,
09:56 PM Tom_L: ok
09:56 PM rue_: same, different units
09:56 PM rue_: gtg!
09:57 PM Tom_L: i'll try em both and see what numbers i get in the final import
10:08 PM Tom_L: that one was easy, now lemme try the other one
10:10 PM Tom_L: i forgot one step or i would have had them both
10:18 PM Tom_L: appear to come out the same now
10:19 PM Tom_L: hard to get an exact measurement because of the surfaces and polylines but they're both about 1.37" wide
10:20 PM Tom_L: lemme put a cutter on them to make sure
10:22 PM Tom_L: look the same to me
10:29 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/rue/Clasp_compare.jpg
10:29 PM Tom_L: easy once you find the right tool
10:31 PM Tom_L: there must be a hole in that part somewhere
10:32 PM Tom_L: i'm betting at the X Y 0 axis crossing
11:15 PM Tom_L: ok coolant all mixed up..
11:49 PM rue_shop4: Tom_L, its been poly'd
11:49 PM rue_shop4: thats odd
11:49 PM Tom_L: i did that
11:49 PM rue_shop4: ah
11:49 PM Tom_L: surface to poly
11:49 PM rue_shop4: I can see your verticies
11:49 PM rue_shop4: you should use more :)
11:49 PM Tom_L: more what?
11:50 PM Tom_L: that's how catia translated it
11:50 PM rue_shop4: ah
11:50 PM rue_shop4: low poly
11:50 PM Tom_L: does it look right?
11:51 PM Tom_L: and about 1.3" long?
11:51 PM Tom_L: i got a toolpath on it now
11:51 PM Tom_L: just need to copy it a few times on a plate
11:52 PM rue_shop4: the big end is made of7 polygons
11:52 PM rue_shop4: er, verticies
11:52 PM rue_shop4: I think the top is 3
11:52 PM rue_shop4: ?
11:52 PM Tom_L: it must have combined a few
11:52 PM rue_shop4: odd
11:52 PM rue_shop4: in the origional they should be arcs...
11:53 PM Tom_L: it's because it brought it in as a surface
11:53 PM rue_shop4: hmm
11:53 PM Tom_L: it all gets translated to polylines
11:53 PM rue_shop4: but with a low poly count
11:53 PM Tom_L: so?
11:53 PM rue_shop4: its something that drives me insane with thingiverse objects
11:53 PM rue_shop4: people dial the polygon count so low you can see if, when they aren't trying
11:54 PM Tom_L: how many aluminum parts are in this thing?
11:55 PM Tom_L: and are they all 1/8" thick?
11:55 PM rue_shop4: that one is 5/16
11:55 PM rue_shop4: the last one is 1/4
11:55 PM rue_shop4: if you want the next one, its 1/8" material
11:56 PM Tom_L: i would have moved the cutters if i'd have known the material thickness
11:56 PM rue_shop4: technically that one you just did, has two really small holes in it, but we hand locate and drill those
11:56 PM rue_shop4: moved the cutters?
11:56 PM Tom_L: is one at X Y 0?
11:56 PM Tom_L: and how big is the hole
11:57 PM Tom_L: you don't know where the holes need to be?
11:57 PM Tom_L: i can spot them if i knew, or drill them
11:57 PM rue_shop4: one is at 0,0
11:57 PM Tom_L: i figured that
11:57 PM Tom_L: what diameter?
11:57 PM rue_shop4: that piece ALSO has a slot thru it, at 90 degrees
11:58 PM rue_shop4: hmm 1 min
11:58 PM rue_shop4: this part is "A12"
11:58 PM rue_shop4: the hole at 0,0 is #43
11:59 PM rue_shop4: the other hole is 1/16, its harder to just locate, I can give you the dxf with it, if you want