#garfield Logs

May 11 2018

09:24 PM zhanx: ok rue_mohr where were we on the 3d printer?
09:51 PM rue_mohr: hu?
09:51 PM rue_mohr: not sure where your at
09:52 PM zhanx: same here
09:52 PM zhanx: long week
09:54 PM zhanx: i did an install at a bank today for kiosk
09:55 PM zhanx: the electricians were suppose to run power and cat6
09:55 PM zhanx: they only ran power
09:56 PM rue_mohr: power and RG6?
09:56 PM rue_mohr: :)
09:56 PM rue_mohr: RG<-> CAT, whats the diff?
09:56 PM rue_mohr: both same, its cable internet right?
09:56 PM zhanx: yep
09:56 PM zhanx: without with out shielding
09:57 PM rue_mohr: ;)
09:57 PM rue_mohr: one of our guys once ran all RG6
09:57 PM rue_mohr: and I'v seen companies where the guys roughed in RG6 for the office cable internet to every desk
09:58 PM zhanx: wow
09:58 PM zhanx: token rings?
09:58 PM rue_mohr: no
09:59 PM rue_mohr: "you know this job you called me to terminate cause your electricians wouldn't?????"
09:59 PM rue_mohr: lots of the electricians here expect your "computer guy" to terminate the data wiring
09:59 PM zhanx: there was no way for me to run the cable. all the walls were finished and it had for boxes in the walls
10:00 PM rue_mohr: no tbar?
10:00 PM zhanx: not in the drop ceiling the walls
10:00 PM rue_mohr: ouch
10:00 PM zhanx: who does that?
10:00 PM rue_mohr: "Yea, do you have 1600' of panduit surface raceway in stock?"
10:00 PM zhanx: oh we put them in at 6' so you wouldn't need a ladder
10:01 PM zhanx: ummm what?
10:01 PM rue_mohr: ?
10:01 PM zhanx: they put in the boxes like 3 months ago during the remodel
10:01 PM zhanx: all conduit
10:01 PM rue_mohr: sometimes its spec'd
10:02 PM zhanx: all the boxes got drywalled up
10:02 PM rue_mohr: hahah
10:02 PM zhanx: so i put in a repeater and a hidden wifi
10:02 PM rue_mohr: someone prolly knew the project wasn't like it should be
10:03 PM zhanx: someone did but did they care?
10:03 PM rue_mohr: love it when people say they dont need data wiring cause their gonna run their whole office off wifi
10:04 PM zhanx: this was only a kiosk and only the kiosk, i mac address locked it
10:04 PM rue_mohr: "uh steel frame and concrete?"
10:04 PM zhanx: rue_mohr: i see the dame stuff
10:04 PM rue_mohr: but ya
10:05 PM zhanx: let me get this right, you installed a steel door on this room that is a vault and you want wifi?
10:05 PM rue_mohr: there's one site that they have asked for prices 5 times on for fiber, but never want to pay for putting it in
10:05 PM rue_mohr: heh
10:06 PM rue_mohr: so, I'm not allowed saturated fat or carbs...
10:06 PM zhanx: how can you eat?
10:06 PM rue_mohr: their gonna do a sonar on my neck and make sure I'm not plaquing up
10:07 PM rue_mohr: statn's are a BAD thing I hear?
10:07 PM zhanx: dont know
10:08 PM rue_mohr: ok, I want to be a robot now....
10:08 PM rue_mohr: ok, your printer, did you get the other smooth rails in?
10:09 PM zhanx: not yet
10:09 PM zhanx: need to cut them
10:10 PM zhanx: and find my drill bit
10:10 PM rue_mohr: ok
10:10 PM rue_mohr: thats a great next step
10:10 PM zhanx: k
10:10 PM rue_mohr: that just takes you down to your bed
10:10 PM rue_mohr: you have a way to make some collars to lock the rails apart?
10:10 PM rue_mohr: did you say you alreayd drilled the X rails holders?
10:11 PM zhanx: i can grab some they are .60 cents each
10:11 PM zhanx: not yet
10:11 PM zhanx: only drilling one side out
10:13 PM rue_mohr: ok
10:13 PM rue_mohr: another option is to cut the rods a small amount short, and put a jackscrew in one side
10:17 PM zhanx: that is the harder option for me
10:17 PM rue_mohr: I was going to drop a #4 nut into the bottom of one
10:18 PM rue_mohr: and then insert the screw from the outside
10:18 PM rue_mohr: with just a small hole int eh plasci stop
10:18 PM rue_mohr: void FSMMakeLUT (FSM_t * this, int * maxNameLen) {
10:18 PM rue_mohr:
10:18 PM rue_mohr: }
10:18 PM rue_mohr: mmmmmmh
10:21 PM zhanx: sorry phone alert frost advisory for tonight
10:23 PM zhanx: had to pull my starters back inside
10:25 PM rue_mohr: oo yea, this morning was pretty cool
10:25 PM zhanx: same here
10:26 PM rue_mohr: my 1/4" NPT tap arrived today
10:27 PM Tom_shop: you don't stock those up there?
10:27 PM zhanx: my hobbed bolt is here, curtsy of my neighbor
10:27 PM zhanx: he did it on the school lathe
10:28 PM rue_mohr: yes, I could buy one for $35 locallly
10:28 PM rue_mohr: I bought one from china for $8
10:28 PM zhanx: Its Canada Tom_L everything costs more
10:29 PM rue_mohr: damn what do I have in your box of parts
10:29 PM zhanx: no clue
10:30 PM rue_shop4: .
10:32 PM zhanx: well that is not a lot
10:34 PM rue_shop4: er, tracking me
10:34 PM rue_shop4: anyhow, anyone know the drill for 1/4"NPT?
10:35 PM rue_shop4: 7/16"?
10:35 PM zhanx: 7/16"
10:36 PM zhanx: 2 sizes up on NPT is the drill size (i know the charts say different but it works)
10:39 PM rue_shop4: yay! and there we have it, a hose-male to 1/4" female adapter
10:39 PM rue_shop4: only took 2 months
10:39 PM Tom_L: at that rate...
10:40 PM rue_shop4: now, I just need some plastic compression rings
10:41 PM zhanx: you mean zip ties?
10:41 PM rue_shop4: sad day when the people who know what your talking about just shake their heads
10:41 PM zhanx: or olives?
10:41 PM rue_shop4: no, for compression fittings
10:42 PM rue_shop4: brass rings for copper, and plastic for plastic
10:42 PM rue_shop4: as the brass ones cut thru the plastic pipe
10:42 PM zhanx: olives
10:43 PM rue_shop4: sure!
10:43 PM rue_shop4: pittless
10:44 PM zhanx: of course otherwise they would clog
10:45 PM zhanx: ok, so this weekend/ coming week x axis, and bed!
10:48 PM rue_mohr: ah sweet, I just totally clicked as to an option I have
11:01 PM Tom_L: 1/4" tap for a barb fitting?
11:33 PM rue_shop4: no it was NPT