#garfield Logs

May 06 2018

10:56 AM rue_bed: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/0-75mm-300M-roll-PMMA-plastic-end-glow-fiber-optica-cable-for-all-kind-led-light/32666637791.html
08:33 PM zhanx: but can you print with it rue?
09:07 PM zhanx: frame is squared up and with in 1mm all the way around
09:07 PM zhanx: swapped out fender washers for the plastic bearing guides and lock nuts on the threaded rod for the extruder
11:07 PM rue_mohr: zhanx, your power back?
11:07 PM zhanx: yep
11:07 PM rue_mohr: oh, the fiber is for fiber optics
11:07 PM rue_mohr: that listing is a good deal
11:07 PM zhanx: rue that was a joke
11:08 PM rue_mohr: zhanx, did you find your greenhouse? :S
11:08 PM zhanx: peices of it
11:08 PM rue_mohr: any of the plants recoverable?
11:08 PM zhanx: nope
11:08 PM zhanx: lost a few trays to damage also
11:09 PM rue_mohr: :/
11:09 PM zhanx: going to start over tomorrow
11:09 PM rue_mohr: did you start diggin a pit for th new greenhouse?
11:09 PM zhanx: no
11:09 PM zhanx: landlord said no
11:15 PM rue_mohr: WHAT!?
11:15 PM rue_mohr: ok, well
11:15 PM rue_mohr: he has to pay for the window tho, right?
11:16 PM rue_mohr: zhanx, shoot a pic of the printer for me, I cant visualize anything after 2 days of eating just cellery
11:17 PM zhanx: one serc
11:22 PM zhanx: https://imgur.com/a/hzintxS
11:22 PM zhanx: there you go rue_mohr
11:23 PM rue_mohr: sorry, new meals take longer to assemble
11:23 PM rue_mohr: wonderful
11:23 PM rue_mohr: I'd suggest those X rails next
11:23 PM zhanx: depending time this week the bed will be mounted
11:23 PM zhanx: still need to find rods
11:23 PM rue_mohr: ok
11:23 PM rue_mohr: the sub-bed?
11:23 PM zhanx: last 3 printers 6mm or 10 mm on them
11:24 PM zhanx: sub bed yes
11:24 PM zhanx: i got glass for the bed I need to cut to size
11:24 PM rue_mohr: I use about 12cm long by frame-limited widee
11:24 PM rue_mohr: for sub-bed
11:24 PM zhanx: really?
11:24 PM rue_mohr: the bed itself can come over the front and back rails
11:24 PM zhanx: shorter than i thought
11:24 PM rue_mohr: yea, to get range
11:25 PM zhanx: k
11:25 PM rue_mohr: it dosn't need to hold up the mona-lisa
11:25 PM zhanx: true
11:25 PM rue_mohr: the new bearing I designed got installed this weekend
11:25 PM zhanx: nice, pics?
11:25 PM rue_mohr: AWESOME improvement (in play)
11:26 PM rue_mohr: the only movement now is the rail bending
11:26 PM rue_mohr: I took videos
11:26 PM zhanx: i want to wire everything up but the end stops but i am busy this week
11:26 PM rue_mohr: ok
11:27 PM rue_mohr: software configurable for NO or NC
11:27 PM zhanx: should get them done sometime this week to test all the motors, and my have to test. pulled them from printers
11:27 PM rue_mohr: oh, take a page from the engineers, use some small wire to bond all the metal togethor
11:27 PM rue_mohr: eliminate possable static issues
11:27 PM zhanx: k
11:27 PM zhanx: that i can do easy
11:28 PM zhanx: run it to ground
11:28 PM rue_mohr: I used one strand of some stranded wire, looped around under the nuts at the verticies
11:28 PM rue_mohr: yep
11:28 PM rue_mohr: would you like a pic?
11:28 PM rue_mohr: your polyl ok
11:28 PM zhanx: sure
11:28 PM rue_mohr: ok]
11:35 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/reprap2/p1100038.jpg
11:35 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/reprap2/p1100037.jpg
11:36 PM rue_mohr: I dont know if that was enough food
11:36 PM zhanx: your name is in 37
11:36 PM rue_mohr: |: that could be anyones business card
11:36 PM zhanx: k
11:37 PM rue_mohr: <<>>
11:37 PM rue_mohr: you see what I mean tho
11:37 PM rue_mohr: just slipped under the washers
11:37 PM zhanx: yep a wire wrap
11:38 PM rue_mohr: its a strand from some stranded wire
11:38 PM rue_mohr: easier to strip
11:38 PM rue_mohr: and cheaper
11:38 PM zhanx: something every one has laying around
11:38 PM rue_mohr: my wire pile breeds
11:39 PM rue_mohr: ? how the hell did the foot of the printer end up *IN* the handle of the scisors?
11:39 PM * rue_mohr squints
11:39 PM rue_mohr: katsmeow, how you doin?
11:40 PM katsmeow: tired
11:40 PM rue_mohr: zhanx, the rails are bonded as well, other end iirc
11:40 PM rue_mohr: katsmeow, today I finished making the last of the 6 tubes for the innermost ring
11:40 PM katsmeow: k
11:41 PM rue_mohr: me and a fellow were talking, decided its prolly best to make the first ring before bending all my other pipe
11:41 PM katsmeow: why is the innermost made of 6 pieces?
11:41 PM rue_mohr: its two parallel rings
11:41 PM katsmeow: o
11:41 PM rue_mohr: with zigzag web
11:42 PM rue_mohr: so, this week I will try to cut and join the peices
11:42 PM rue_mohr: my idea is to use, probably the end bits I cut off the pipes, to make a sleeve to back the inside of the join for welding
11:44 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/robots/sparrow1/p1100028.jpg
11:44 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/robots/sparrow1/p1100029.jpg
11:44 PM rue_mohr: you would think the world would end if I didn't have a lawnmower
11:44 PM zhanx: you got green grass!
11:45 PM rue_mohr: I only have two that work
11:45 PM rue_mohr: not inc the lawn tractor...
11:45 PM rue_mohr: yea, lots of green grass
11:45 PM rue_mohr: didn't take a pic of the back field
11:47 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/reprap3/p1100019.jpg
11:47 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/reprap3/p1100020.jpg
11:47 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/reprap3/p1100025.jpg
11:47 PM rue_mohr: proper 5 point grip, NO play