#garfield Logs

Feb 26 2019

12:23 AM rue_bed: rue, have to run the boiler!
06:52 AM Tom_itx is now known as Tom_L
06:05 PM zhanx: building the CAMotics gcode simulator
07:36 PM rue_mohr: bioler!
07:48 PM Tom_L: what's that irc command to associate multiple nics with your main one?
07:49 PM zhanx: grouping?
07:49 PM Tom_L: yes
07:49 PM zhanx: group sorry
07:50 PM zhanx: ><> /msg NickServ GROUP <- but you have to be the new nick and indent with the old one
07:50 PM zhanx: might help if i padded that
07:53 PM Tom_L: about half done with the multi pass macro
07:53 PM zhanx: nice
07:54 PM rue_mohr: yay! boiler isn't frozen!
07:54 PM zhanx: I knocked out all the little projects the wife wanted today and I am starting back on the arm
07:54 PM rue_mohr: ok
07:54 PM rue_mohr: which arm?
07:55 PM zhanx: the one I am designing and printing
07:55 PM zhanx: you sent me the encoders for it to learn remember?
08:30 PM rue_shop1: ok!
08:34 PM zhanx: fixed?
08:35 PM rue_shop1: what fixed?
08:35 PM rue_shop1: the boiler isn't frozen :))))
08:35 PM rue_shop1: running it now
08:35 PM zhanx: nic
08:35 PM zhanx: e
08:35 PM rue_shop1: the tank was at 1.5c
08:35 PM rue_shop1: and it was -3.5c out last night
08:36 PM rue_shop1: tank is up to 17c now
08:36 PM rue_shop1: rising 1/2c / min
08:36 PM rue_shop1: (100Gal water)
08:36 PM rue_shop1: + ~20gal
08:37 PM zhanx: i would love -3.5c
08:37 PM rue_shop1: is wood even avail over there?
08:37 PM rue_shop1: for burning?
08:37 PM rue_shop1: its literally raining the stuff here
08:38 PM zhanx: it is the number 1 source around here, i am odd for using propane
08:38 PM rue_shop1: ah
08:38 PM rue_shop1: you want to build a boiler like mine this summer
08:38 PM zhanx: but i have kids no need to deal with it
08:38 PM rue_shop1: see if you can trim a few hund of heating?
08:39 PM zhanx: no, its average of 500 to heat all winter, I would burn that in chainsaw and stuff like that
08:40 PM rue_shop1: somoen was using a butane stove in their appartment yesterday, there was a leak, they went to go get a wet towel to put it out, it exploded and pushed the wall of the building out 4"
08:41 PM rue_shop1: lucky they weren't in the room when it went off
08:41 PM zhanx: wow
08:41 PM rue_shop1: they musta had SOME ringing ears
08:42 PM zhanx: slightly
08:46 PM zhanx: ok rue_shop1 what is your project?
09:15 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/cnc/Smartcam/threadmacro_multipass.jpg
09:15 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/cnc/Smartcam/ThreadMill_Multi.mcl
09:16 PM Tom_L: works
09:16 PM Tom_L: generates proper lead in lead out moves now
09:16 PM Tom_L: user defined number of passes
09:30 PM zhanx: nice so its coming along fine then
09:30 PM Tom_L: done i think
09:31 PM rue_mohr: I'm working ona freq gen for the bench
09:31 PM rue_mohr: 0.1Hz to 10Mhz
09:31 PM rue_mohr: just ttl ouput
09:31 PM rue_mohr: I'll build a project folder today
09:31 PM rue_mohr: I think
09:32 PM rue_mohr: one of the fellows I know has been playing with 3d printing and has one of my printers tied up 24.7
09:34 PM rue_shop1: I have the 7 /10 stages soldered in, just need to interconnect...
09:46 PM zhanx: oh found my glasses
09:59 PM rue_shop1: hah, boiler draft fan just lost its bearings, check it out later
09:59 PM rue_shop1: tank is up to 44c
09:59 PM rue_shop1: that'll last a while
10:03 PM Tom_L: you got your heat plant back online? or just keeping it from splitting the tank?
10:07 PM rue_shop1: just keeping it from freezing
10:07 PM rue_shop1: I have to rework all the ducts to get heat from it again
10:07 PM rue_shop1: *not during winter*
10:07 PM rue_shop1: I didn't work out how to interconnect all the pipes in the coils I have without spending more than I'd save on heating
10:08 PM rue_shop1: yay, all the dividers work for my freq gen
10:18 PM Tom_L: that reminds me.. someone had firmware to convert a saleae LA to a frequency generator iirc
10:19 PM Tom_L: you just had to be able to flash it
10:20 PM Tom_L: ok, compared the internal & external cuts to the model and it works as expected