#garfield Logs

Jul 29 2018

03:27 AM zhanx_: rue_shop4, so my crappy AI works
03:31 AM zhanx_: going to do a 10x10' test system
03:31 AM zhanx_: probes for soil temp, moisture. watering, tilling, seeding and weed killing
03:31 AM zhanx_: using conduit
03:32 AM zhanx_: nothing welded
03:33 AM zhanx_: press fit 3d printed parts for the frame
03:33 AM zhanx_: and the kicker
03:33 AM zhanx_: water source is over head
04:10 AM rue_shop4: cool stuff
04:10 AM rue_shop4: 2am I need sleep
10:47 AM ffurrywol is now known as furrywolf
02:23 PM rue_shop3: furrywolf, "This item does not ship to Roberts Creek, Canada. Please check other sellers who may ship internationally. "
02:23 PM rue_shop3: this is whats between me and that belt
02:24 PM rue_shop3: from what I can tell, anyone in the USA can damn near get it at the corner store, but not in canada
06:35 PM Tom_itx is now known as Tom_L
09:46 PM rue_shop3: furrywolf, babbot
09:46 PM rue_shop3: maybe thats the clue
09:47 PM rue_shop3: cnc machine with babbot linear slides
09:47 PM Tom_L: those are old school
09:47 PM rue_shop3: yea
09:47 PM rue_shop3: linear is the new twist
09:47 PM Tom_L: i rebuilt an engine that had babbot bearings in it
09:47 PM rue_shop3: what is babbot, lead and ?
09:48 PM Tom_L: probably tin
09:48 PM rue_shop3: did you cast it?
09:49 PM Tom_L: no
09:49 PM Tom_L: it was an interesting thing
09:49 PM Tom_L: we replaced maybe 1 or 2 rods and tuned the crank inside the engine to fit the new ones
09:50 PM Tom_L: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbitt_(alloy)
09:51 PM Tom_L: several alloys
09:54 PM rue_shop3: wait, whats lead free solder
09:54 PM Tom_L: it's not lead free
09:54 PM Tom_L: it has more tin in it though
09:54 PM Tom_L: thus the higher melting temp
09:55 PM rue_shop3: tin/antimony
09:55 PM rue_shop3: if lead-free is 95% tin, and babbot is 90% tin...
09:58 PM Tom_L: it's easy to do wrong
09:58 PM Tom_L: https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/travel/a11388689/babbitt-bearings/
10:01 PM zhanx: ok rue what is causing my printer to shake its self loose all the time
10:01 PM rue_shop3: the handbook only says what babbitt is, does not say anything about pouring bearings
10:01 PM Tom_L: read the next article
10:01 PM rue_shop3: zhanx, how fast are you running it?
10:01 PM zhanx: slow
10:01 PM rue_shop3: speed is not good
10:01 PM rue_shop3: hmm
10:02 PM rue_shop3: tom
10:02 PM rue_shop3: An error occurred during a connection to www.roadandtrack.com. Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s). (Error code: ssl_error_no_cypher_overlap)
10:02 PM zhanx: tomorrow i get to retighten and level it AGAIN
10:02 PM rue_shop3: aka, because I'm using a 32bit OS, I'm not allowed to browse that site
10:02 PM Tom_L: https://www.wikihow.com/Pour-Babbitt-Bearings
10:02 PM zhanx: only 1 print at a time and its a reset on it
10:02 PM Tom_L: good thing about the interweb
10:02 PM Tom_L: there are always 2 choices
10:02 PM rue_shop3: zhanx, how much are you adjusting it by?
10:02 PM rue_shop3: it should be staying put
10:03 PM zhanx: heck i lost a nut clean off it today mid print
10:03 PM Tom_L: weld it in place
10:03 PM zhanx: thinking about it
10:04 PM rue_shop3: I dont get it, I'v never had a frame nut come significantly loose
10:04 PM rue_shop3: what kida rod is the frame, imperial of metric?
10:04 PM zhanx: imperial and its a constant issue for me
10:05 PM rue_shop3: which nuts are comming loose?
10:05 PM zhanx: the outside triangle
10:05 PM rue_shop3: use the lowest grade locktight, white glue
10:05 PM rue_shop3: buttom or uprights?
10:06 PM zhanx: uprights
10:06 PM rue_shop3: were the holes thru the verticies loose or tight?
10:06 PM zhanx: my x and y axis are fine
10:06 PM zhanx: loose
10:07 PM rue_shop3: hmm, mine were all tight
10:07 PM rue_shop3: you use washers under the nuts?
10:07 PM zhanx: yes
10:08 PM rue_shop3: ok, I'm gonna blame loose verticy holes?
10:08 PM zhanx: cant its not all of them
10:08 PM zhanx: i think i need to tune the motor drivers
10:08 PM rue_shop3: no
10:09 PM rue_shop3: my machines have 'a lot' of vibration and they dont come loose
10:09 PM rue_shop3: ok, lets try this
10:09 PM rue_shop3: whats the acceleration in marlin set to, its not the default is it?
10:09 PM zhanx: then why is mine? tomorrow i am taking it all part and using woodglue on it
10:09 PM zhanx: no we changed that
10:09 PM rue_shop3: the acceleration?
10:10 PM zhanx: yes, let me fire up the code one sec
10:10 PM rue_shop3: 500mm/sec?
10:10 PM rue_shop3: M201 500mm/sec^2
10:10 PM zhanx: i think it was 400 its loading up now
10:11 PM rue_shop3: lowser is fine
10:11 PM rue_shop3: damnit I cant type
10:11 PM rue_shop3: everything is just comming out wrong
10:12 PM zhanx: wow this box is crawling today
10:13 PM zhanx: yea its at 400m/sec^2
10:13 PM zhanx: and its 400,400,400, 45
10:13 PM zhanx: maybe its the max acceeleration?
10:13 PM rue_shop3: thats it tho, right M201
10:13 PM rue_shop3: max acceleration
10:13 PM zhanx: 9000,9000,9000,10000
10:14 PM rue_shop3: no
10:14 PM rue_shop3: nonono, not for M201
10:14 PM zhanx: wait machine says its 2500,2500,2500, 10000
10:14 PM rue_shop3: take it down to 500
10:14 PM zhanx: k
10:15 PM rue_shop3: at those rates, you will prolly also lose the occasional step
10:16 PM zhanx: that might have been my issue then
10:16 PM rue_shop3: try it
10:16 PM rue_shop3: I wont call it a smoking gun
10:16 PM zhanx: after i get done fixing the thing again
10:16 PM zhanx: for the 45th time
10:17 PM zhanx: taking it all apart tomorrow to glue it
10:17 PM zhanx: well one rod at a time
10:17 PM rue_shop3: I like to use woodglue, cause I can force it if I have to
10:18 PM zhanx: that is the only white ish glue i have
10:18 PM rue_shop3: I'm sure, in a box somewhere, you have every locktite ever made
10:18 PM rue_shop3: if not, kat does
10:18 PM Tom_L: i've only had red and blue
10:18 PM zhanx: locktite i have in trump
10:19 PM zhanx: i have white, yellow, red, blue, and green
10:19 PM Tom_L: colorful
10:19 PM zhanx: all 609 or better
10:19 PM zhanx: Tom_L, different uses of course
10:19 PM * rue_shop3 clips a little tag to zhanx "Mechanic"
10:19 PM Tom_L: i know
10:20 PM * Tom_L goes to bed to sleep off a headache
10:20 PM rue_shop3: I not been feeling good the past few days
10:20 PM rue_shop3: I blame the heat
10:20 PM rue_shop3: and poor eating from not being at work
10:20 PM Tom_L: that's more likely
10:20 PM Tom_L: :)
10:21 PM rue_shop3: $10/day for a ham salad @ work
10:21 PM Tom_L: i was gonna finish running the part but i didn't even feel up to that
10:21 PM rue_shop3: is it more than gas?
10:21 PM Tom_L: yes
10:21 PM rue_shop3: gas is $1.50/L now
10:21 PM zhanx: 10/day what? that is crazy
10:22 PM rue_shop3: lunch $!0/day
10:22 PM Tom_L: 2.69 last i checked
10:22 PM Tom_L: gal
10:22 PM zhanx: 3.19 gal in ny
10:22 PM zhanx: they bumped up the road tax again
10:23 PM rue_shop3: so were ~$5.67/gal here
10:23 PM zhanx: due to the fact you have what 0 refineries ?
10:23 PM Tom_L: ok here's a test
10:23 PM Tom_L: age test
10:24 PM Tom_L: what's the lowest gas price you can remember?
10:24 PM zhanx: 52 cents a gallon when i first got my license I never paid attention to that before that.
10:24 PM Tom_L: yeah they should burn wood up there
10:24 PM rue_shop3: I only remember actually watching it as it came up to $1/L, I was interested in the idea of making new electronic signs for the gas stations
10:25 PM Tom_L: .17 when they had a 'gas war'
10:25 PM rue_shop3: I have photos of it tho
10:25 PM rue_shop3: aparently most of the gas in BC is refined in Alberta
10:25 PM rue_shop3: there is a lot of talk about just going over the border to fill up
10:26 PM zhanx: not with the crude you guys refine, its mixed with imports
10:26 PM rue_shop3: dunno
10:26 PM rue_shop3: but things are really gonna start breaking
10:26 PM rue_shop3: there are a lot of cars for sale
10:26 PM rue_shop3: everyone is taking their household down to one
10:26 PM zhanx: last time i looked at it, Canada shale oil etc was higher in containments
10:26 PM Tom_L: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-369566.html
10:26 PM rue_shop3: was up to about 3
10:27 PM Tom_L: Seriously, 50-cent gas would have been very expensive. People where I lived would cross the street to get gas at 22 cents instead of 23 cents, and they'd drive to the outskirts of town to get it at 19 cents. The people I knew called these "price wars" and not "gas wars." But the regular price was not that much more. I don't think I paid more than 50 cents a gallon until the early '70s (which was also when the 55mph speed limit went into effect where
10:27 PM zhanx: i was born in 76 so....
10:27 PM Tom_L: yeah you're just a pup
10:29 PM zhanx: yep
10:30 PM Tom_L: you've probably seen more of the world than i ever will though
10:31 PM rue_shop3: I'm so frustrated with myself, even with a whole day, I have to much overhead I barely get anything done
10:31 PM rue_shop3: even when I'm on vaccation
10:32 PM rue_shop3: it took all day to get 2 shop speakers put up and working
10:32 PM rue_shop3: (negate the fact I had to fix an eq that turned out to be hopeless, and then adapt another one)
10:32 PM zhanx: that is due to life choices
10:32 PM rue_shop3: yea, primarily THE FACT I'M STILL ORGANIC
11:18 PM rue_: well, I'm still on this planet too....
11:18 PM rue_: cant fix it all at once
11:19 PM zhanx: or even make a dent
11:20 PM rue_: if I could come up with a suitable power storeage unit I'td be easier to leaeve
11:20 PM zhanx: and you would be rich also
11:34 PM rue_: what does rich matter, I just need more of my time and to leave
11:35 PM zhanx: being rich means you dont have to work and get that time
11:36 PM rue_: no, even on vaccation its a prolem
11:36 PM rue_: matter a fact, I'm not sure, but working seems to make me work harder on my own stuff
11:36 PM rue_: casue I have that much more time I cant do it
11:37 PM rue_: I got the shop jukebox improved (balanced audio in the shop)
11:37 PM rue_: and
11:37 PM rue_: a vibration finisher made (toms fault)
11:37 PM rue_: and
11:37 PM rue_: more pipe ready for the mecha
11:38 PM rue_: I need to get the mecha made so I can know more about droid design
11:38 PM rue_: the washing machine valves are a problem, I just cant seem to get the number of them I need
11:38 PM zhanx: this is true
11:38 PM rue_: I should have put time into making a keyboard, I need ones tat work properly
11:38 PM zhanx: i am collecting them also
11:39 PM rue_: I might have 20?
11:39 PM rue_: over the last... 3 years?
11:39 PM zhanx: i got 4 sets need 50
11:39 PM rue_: FAIL
11:39 PM rue_: mm, you alwyas have to keep eyes open
11:39 PM zhanx: i do
11:40 PM zhanx: er well more now after the 3d printer
11:43 PM rue_: its worse for me too
11:44 PM rue_: I mixed washing machine and dishwasher vavles
11:44 PM rue_: I need 47 washing machine and 94 dishwasher
11:44 PM rue_: its cause of the porting of the washing machine valves
11:44 PM rue_: they work for unloading, but not loading
11:45 PM zhanx: i am just using mine for the garden
11:45 PM rue_: you have the same problem, their bussed the wrong way
11:45 PM rue_: you wouyld do better with dishwasher valves
11:46 PM rue_: maybe I should put up a facebook thing asking for stuff
11:47 PM rue_: oh! and I wrote a cam program for generating nc files from points in csv format
11:50 PM rue_: ok I put a script on that deletes the chromium cache every 1500 seconds
11:50 PM rue_: forever
11:51 PM zhanx: why?
11:52 PM rue_: makes it 500% faster
11:52 PM rue_: it takes about aminute to start up if its got stuff in its cache
11:55 PM rue_: one thing bothers me as much as the 256bit key thing, and thats the browser not wanting to follow redirects
11:55 PM zhanx: ok gonna have a beer and review my work schedule rue
11:56 PM rue_: there does not seem to be a JUST FOLLOW THE DAMNED REDIRECT switch
11:56 PM zhanx: thinking i need to call people to pay me again
11:57 PM rue_: do they reply quicker if you use your .mil title?
11:57 PM rue_: your back being ok latley?
11:58 PM zhanx: no, they reply quicker if i say i will take what ever i did out under state police escort, and no my back is a bag of smashed ass lately
11:59 PM rue_: hmm