#garfield Logs

Mar 20 2019

11:39 AM RonoldoMoon: Homies!
11:47 AM RonoldoMoon: rue_mohr , I wish you where here doing fourth year. It would be way more fun.
07:49 PM zhanx: ok how about i toss out the screens from those boards and make a snake
08:02 PM zhanx: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2000/00images/snakebot/snakebot.html
09:52 PM Tom_shop: ssh on a server is port 21 right?
09:54 PM zhanx: 22
09:54 PM zhanx: or 23 depending
09:54 PM Tom_shop: no wonder...
09:55 PM zhanx: all mine are 22 but the ftp over ssh which is 23
09:55 PM Tom_shop: thanks
09:56 PM Tom_shop: just setting up the shop ssd
09:56 PM zhanx: you will like it
09:56 PM Tom_shop: ?
09:57 PM zhanx: you can run a program over ssh with a gui from the server to your machine if you want
09:57 PM Tom_shop: oh
09:57 PM Tom_shop: i've never tried that
09:58 PM Tom_shop: i must say the connection out here is better than ever
09:58 PM Tom_shop: dunno what changed but it's finally working right
09:58 PM zhanx: so i can not be logged in the printer laptop, do an ssh connection, bit of script before that of course and run prontface etc off it
09:58 PM Tom_shop: internet used to be uber slow
09:58 PM zhanx: its like remote desktop but just the program i want
09:59 PM Tom_shop: i gotta run
10:14 PM Tom_L: had to get gas
10:17 PM zhanx: ok
10:27 PM zhanx: so looking a pics of snake bots
10:27 PM zhanx: i need a cnc again
10:27 PM Tom_L: they come in handy
10:27 PM zhanx: yep
10:28 PM Tom_L: got the new software up on mine tonight
10:28 PM zhanx: nice
10:28 PM Tom_L: from 2.7 to 2.8
10:28 PM zhanx: I am still brain storming
10:28 PM Tom_L: some config differences
10:28 PM Tom_L: 2.8 supports multi spindles
10:28 PM zhanx: i need a new computer, but
10:28 PM Tom_L: and a few additonal gcodes
10:29 PM zhanx: i could compromise
10:29 PM Tom_L: get an ethernet mesa card and you can run it on a laptop
10:30 PM zhanx: oh side note i tapped a maple tree for the first time today
10:30 PM Tom_L: cool
10:30 PM zhanx: i got 4 gallons already of sap
10:30 PM Tom_L: do you keep the same tap or do you have to move it around?
10:30 PM zhanx: same
10:30 PM zhanx: I helped a buddy that does it
10:31 PM Tom_L: you boil it down don't you?
10:31 PM Tom_L: not your trees?
10:31 PM zhanx: he is pissed my one tree got more than his 50
10:31 PM Tom_L: heh
10:31 PM zhanx: yep 40:1 boil rate
10:31 PM Tom_L: probably because it's never been tapped
10:31 PM zhanx: this is true
10:33 PM Tom_L: does he have tubes running all over the place or just buckets?
10:33 PM zhanx: tubes
10:33 PM Tom_L: what happens in the winter?
10:33 PM zhanx: i have 3 tubes to one bucket, he has a IBC 1000 gallon tote,
10:34 PM zhanx: you pull them all in about a month
10:41 PM Tom_L: how long does it keep?
10:42 PM zhanx: i don't know
10:42 PM Tom_L: so you cork the tap closed or something in the winter?
10:42 PM zhanx: i know boiled its over the year
10:43 PM zhanx: no you pull the tap in the spring the tree heals and tap again later, mind you if it killed trees NY would not let it happen
10:44 PM zhanx: wife is mad at me
10:44 PM zhanx: income tax return came back, i got the kids a new game for the console
10:45 PM Tom_L: you sure it wasn't for you?
10:45 PM zhanx: no i haven't played video games in years
10:45 PM zhanx: but it gives me free time
10:45 PM Tom_L: i never did much
10:45 PM Tom_L: mine came back and i got some tooling
10:46 PM Tom_L: she got a bunch of clothes etc
10:46 PM Tom_L: the thread mills for one
10:46 PM zhanx: she was like it was her return, cause i paid in
10:47 PM zhanx: I was like i saved to paid to not make it lower
10:47 PM Tom_L: heh get used to it
10:47 PM zhanx: yep
10:47 PM zhanx: then on the way home from work, wheel bearing died
10:48 PM Tom_L: you seem to have alot of car trouble
10:48 PM zhanx: roads up here Tom_L are terrible right now
10:48 PM zhanx: you would not believe it
10:48 PM Tom_L: ours are not like they normally are
10:48 PM Tom_L: but i've seen some bad ones
10:49 PM zhanx: on my suv this is first "major" work
10:49 PM zhanx: 18 dollars in parts
10:49 PM Tom_L: just a timken bearing or part of a drive axle?
10:49 PM zhanx: timken
10:49 PM Tom_L: that's not so bad
10:50 PM zhanx: i got a race just in case also
10:51 PM zhanx: just took me forever to get home at 10mph so it hopefully didn't damage much
10:52 PM zhanx: personally without opening it up, i think the pot hole broke loose the thrust washer and nut
10:54 PM Tom_L: i'd hate to be the one that had to go to a shop for crap like that
10:55 PM zhanx: yea that should take me 45 minutes to fix hopefully, still need to tear it open
10:55 PM zhanx: i also picked up all the shocks for it
10:57 PM Tom_L: i hate doing struts
10:58 PM zhanx: they are easy for me
10:58 PM zhanx: just hate laying on the ground for them
10:59 PM Tom_L: i did A arm bushings on my S10 once and almost couldn't get the spring back in
11:01 PM zhanx: i have tools for that
11:01 PM Tom_L: i don't remember how i did it but i don't think i had a spring compressor
11:01 PM zhanx: i have done it with out them, it sucks
11:02 PM Tom_L: welded plates under the cab mounts on it once
11:03 PM Tom_L: and new bolts, they were shot
11:03 PM zhanx: well its an s-10
11:03 PM zhanx: they were know for that
11:03 PM Tom_L: i liked that truck
11:03 PM zhanx: hated my s-10 too small
11:03 PM Tom_L: fords were too
11:03 PM zhanx: hated my ranger for the same reason
11:03 PM Tom_L: i didn't need a big truck
11:04 PM zhanx: i hate the gas mileage of a big truck, but
11:04 PM zhanx: i need it for me to be able to fit right
11:05 PM zhanx: i was in my buddy suberu outback today, that thing is tiny
11:05 PM Tom_L: yeah
11:06 PM Tom_L: ok, gonna fold some laundry and go to sleep
11:07 PM zhanx: later
11:07 PM zhanx: was hoping rue was going to pop on
11:07 PM rue_mohr: I'm on
11:07 PM rue_mohr: had visitor
11:07 PM zhanx: oh like magic
11:08 PM zhanx: scroll back to the snake see what you think
11:08 PM * zhanx rue_mohr's visitor was the kind to make him happy
11:09 PM zhanx: cat tax brb
11:09 PM rue_mohr: I'll read the backlog yet, anythink you want to hilight
11:10 PM zhanx: <zhanx> ok how about i toss out the screens from those boards and make a snake
11:10 PM zhanx: <zhanx> https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2000/00images/snakebot/snakebot.html
11:10 PM zhanx: cat so one hand
11:10 PM rue_mohr: nono, send me the screens
11:10 PM zhanx: ok
11:10 PM zhanx: i did not mean toss out like trash fyi
11:11 PM zhanx: ok cat tax done
11:11 PM zhanx: I was figuring i have a ton of the particles and i wired them in line, looked like a snake
11:14 PM * zhanx waits
11:15 PM rue_mohr: ok
11:16 PM zhanx: offer ideas
11:16 PM rue_mohr: *blink*
11:16 PM rue_mohr: garden control
11:16 PM zhanx: i have a ton of over powered cortex chips that wifi
11:16 PM zhanx: garden has the esp's
11:17 PM rue_mohr: ah
11:17 PM rue_mohr: run heavier software on them
11:17 PM rue_mohr: like, make it all java
11:17 PM zhanx: lol NO
11:17 PM rue_mohr: hmm, ok
11:17 PM zhanx: java can die
11:17 PM zhanx: robot control
11:18 PM zhanx: rue 20 years ago you would have died to have this much Uc power
11:18 PM rue_mohr: yup
11:18 PM rue_mohr: I cant even descently load a stm32
11:18 PM zhanx: now that i have it, i am like wtf do i do with it
11:18 PM rue_mohr: I'm only switching tot hem cause microchip is ****ing over the avr line
11:19 PM zhanx: yep
11:20 PM zhanx: rue_mohr, my though snake bot, every module is the small code. cascade it or something to move, if it loses a piece its ok
11:20 PM zhanx: like a hydra
11:21 PM rue_mohr: elf
11:21 PM zhanx: I should do elf
11:21 PM rue_mohr: yes
11:21 PM Tom_L: say zhanx how'd you come out on that camera install?
11:21 PM zhanx: Tom_L, waiting on 6 more but good
11:22 PM Tom_L: did i show the mill holders i did?
11:22 PM rue_mohr: I thinks you need more battery for winter
11:22 PM Tom_L: i can't remember
11:22 PM zhanx: rue_mohr, if i do elf, i need a wax head
11:22 PM zhanx: Tom_L, i saw them
11:22 PM rue_mohr: hey, I'm building it
11:22 PM rue_mohr: the special materials printer
11:22 PM Tom_L: i think i'm gonna grab some steel tomorrow and try it
11:23 PM zhanx: rue_mohr, if the car is fix tomorrow i will start a second printer then, (need threaded rod)
11:23 PM Tom_L: tried to find some 12L14 today but nobody around here stocks it
11:24 PM zhanx: almost aircraft grade?
11:24 PM Tom_L: no it's soft machinable steel
11:24 PM Tom_L: got lead in it
11:24 PM zhanx: k
11:24 PM Tom_L: hard to weld or do much else with it
11:24 PM Tom_L: certainly not tool steel
11:25 PM rue_mohr: they make leaded steel?
11:25 PM zhanx: yep
11:25 PM Tom_L: yes
11:25 PM rue_mohr: WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT
11:25 PM Tom_L: for machinability
11:25 PM rue_mohr: I mean properties sure, the damn
11:25 PM zhanx: flex vs break
11:25 PM Tom_L: the sherline collets are made from that stuff
11:25 PM rue_mohr: arg, toxic...
11:25 PM rue_mohr: arg
11:25 PM rue_mohr: how would I know if I hit that with a welder!?
11:26 PM zhanx: when it melts
11:26 PM Tom_L: you would know
11:26 PM rue_mohr: super low melting point?
11:26 PM rue_mohr: :S I'v had 1 thing that almost melted out from under me once
11:26 PM Tom_L: https://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6604
11:27 PM zhanx: wow cat is needy, had to cover her up
11:27 PM rue_mohr: hahah
11:28 PM Tom_L: show me one that isn't needy or a total bitch
11:28 PM zhanx: should i order a pi while the wife is not paying attention
11:28 PM Tom_L: of course
11:28 PM rue_mohr: but you have a bunch of them
11:28 PM Tom_L: yeah but that way he can hid it
11:28 PM Tom_L: hide
11:28 PM zhanx: no i have a bunch of beagle bone blacks and the like
11:28 PM rue_mohr: I want a bunch of L6203, but china wants more than $1ea for them
11:28 PM zhanx: no pi's
11:29 PM zhanx: i got half the house automation off the network with a pi, i can do the rest cheaply
11:29 PM Tom_L: .35% lead max
11:30 PM zhanx: ouch, i checked the bank account
11:32 PM zhanx: she is gonna hate me