#garfield Logs
Sep 26 2018
#garfield Calendar
12:20 AM rue_mohr: after the first pass you know where your trying to go
12:24 AM rue_mohr: cause you kinda been there before
12:24 AM rue_mohr: printers are like that too
12:24 AM zhanx: true
12:24 AM zhanx: either way it actually not pissing me off which is nice for once
12:24 AM zhanx: temp sensors are up. next are moisture and ldr which are easy
12:24 AM zhanx: after this is done back to the biped design
12:28 AM rue_mohr: I need to focus on upper body
12:28 AM rue_mohr: I need the arms to help build it
12:28 AM rue_mohr: but I have my feedback servo system
12:28 AM rue_mohr: its working, i need to tune it, life is good
12:29 AM zhanx: mine is still it the drawing stage
12:29 AM zhanx: wife did say I can spend 2 grand on the body
12:29 AM zhanx: and she hates computers
12:31 AM zhanx: I started using the freezer as a white board since its in the same room
12:31 AM rue_mohr: haha
12:31 AM rue_mohr: now THATS being serious about saving funds
12:31 AM rue_mohr: my mecha is budgeted at $240
12:31 AM zhanx: the physical build she knows I can do, its the software she wants to see
12:31 AM rue_mohr: so your roughly 10x the budget
12:32 AM rue_mohr: its just servo software, I'v done it
12:32 AM zhanx: and 1000x the complexity
12:32 AM rue_mohr: no control system needed, using a human brain
12:32 AM zhanx: for you
12:33 AM zhanx: wife thinks if i make the body with plans. I can sell it
12:33 AM rue_mohr: well, becomming a machine is another project, and technically I do not have a budget limit for that
12:33 AM zhanx: as you should not
12:34 AM rue_mohr: huh, the exhaust port already is 3/4"
12:34 AM rue_mohr: guess I need 1"
12:34 AM zhanx: ok its 68 degrees in here and 72 in the house
12:34 AM zhanx: humidity is 2% different
12:35 AM rue_mohr: cant remember the sql query to find out here
12:36 AM zhanx: that is live numbers for me
12:36 AM rue_mohr: but according to the wepage that does it for me, outside its 11.5c and in here its 19.5c
12:36 AM rue_mohr: yea,t eh query has to get the entry with the latest datestamp
12:37 AM zhanx: the hard part of this garden crap. the wife wants a nice interface this year
12:37 AM rue_mohr: the 100gal tank is 13c, prolly a good average of our weather
12:37 AM rue_mohr: php
12:37 AM zhanx: yep
12:38 AM zhanx: I hate php also
12:39 AM zhanx: oh rue_mohr I will be in Canada tomorrow
12:40 AM zhanx: not *working*
12:41 AM zhanx: some idiot sold a pos system there and I need to install it
12:41 AM rue_mohr: heh
12:42 AM zhanx: it will be one of those why all the tools? oh I am going to the beer store. mine you its 24x the price
12:42 AM zhanx: just left overs from work
12:45 AM zhanx: takes me about an hour to get to Ottawa
12:49 AM rue_mohr: haha its the ass end of canada
12:49 AM zhanx: thought that was Montreal
12:51 AM rue_mohr: canada has a big ass
12:52 AM zhanx: a wide one
12:53 AM zhanx: oh i did the bed mod i wanted to do
12:53 AM zhanx: its spring loaded for tension now
12:54 AM zhanx: it has a little bit of give and is level till i calibrate it
12:54 AM rue_mohr: down, right?
12:55 AM zhanx: yes
12:55 AM rue_mohr: you were supposed to
12:55 AM rue_mohr: ...
12:55 AM zhanx: no more floating and hoping
12:55 AM rue_mohr: yea, you used the spacers and the stick pads with the eyes, right?
12:56 AM zhanx: yep, but i misunderstood you
12:56 AM rue_mohr: you did know how that stuff I went you was supposed to work, right
12:56 AM rue_mohr: ok
12:56 AM zhanx: after thinking on it etc
12:56 AM rue_mohr: but I took all those pictrues
12:56 AM zhanx: yes and i am me
12:57 AM zhanx: i had to move mounts that dumb me did
01:01 AM rue_mohr: thre isa lot of flexability in that
01:01 AM zhanx: tomorrow after work, I am doing more on it
01:05 AM rue_mohr: aha, insufficient extrusion length of base material! that fixes it
09:20 PM zhanx: So did some minor automation in the 60+ year in laws house
09:20 PM zhanx: they love it
09:22 PM Tom_L: like what?
09:23 PM zhanx: google home mini with some sonoff's
09:24 PM zhanx: did the porch light the mud room and the kitchen lights
09:24 PM zhanx: aka the lights they complain about having to get up to shut off
09:24 PM Tom_L: :)
09:25 PM zhanx: now they want more after a 2 hour tour of it
09:25 PM Tom_L: of course
09:25 PM zhanx: 45 dollars and they are mind blown by it
09:26 PM Tom_L: do they use computers?
09:26 PM zhanx: barely
09:26 PM Tom_L: my parents never did
09:26 PM zhanx: i figure as bad as it is, the google home mini is a good choice for them