#garfield Logs

May 02 2019

01:05 AM zhanx: blah
01:29 AM rue_mohr: haha
01:29 AM rue_mohr: I think I just worked out how to make an analog FFT
01:29 AM rue_mohr: only 2 band output, but hah
06:12 PM Tom_L: https://www.facebook.com/DnJPrecisionMachine/videos/2294066584184740/
07:26 PM rue_mohr: wholy
07:26 PM rue_mohr: WHOLY
08:31 PM Tom_L: machines can bite
09:22 PM rue_mohr: I didn't have audio, what were they doing?
09:51 PM rue_mohr: hmm, serial control for my freq gen...
10:21 PM Tom_L: get audio and rewatch it
10:21 PM Tom_L: worth the description
10:21 PM rue_mohr: audio isn't a problem is just a bother
10:22 PM Tom_L: large flycutter went to 12000 rpm and did that
10:22 PM rue_mohr: oof
10:22 PM rue_mohr: thats an oops
10:22 PM rue_mohr: was that the cutter insert that went thru the shop?
10:23 PM Tom_L: counterbalance off it
10:23 PM rue_mohr: yea, ouch
10:23 PM Tom_L: he gives a detailed description to what happened
10:23 PM rue_mohr: who needs a cannon
10:23 PM rue_mohr: it looked like it
10:23 PM rue_mohr: hopefully the chair can be recovered
10:23 PM Tom_L: it wouldn't have slowed down for flesh at all
10:23 PM rue_mohr: nope
10:24 PM Tom_L: that happened today in a shop in ohio
10:24 PM rue_mohr: was there anyone else in the shop?
10:24 PM Tom_L: full shop
10:24 PM rue_mohr: f***
10:27 PM rue_mohr: I think my soundcard is failing, its getting harder and harder to get lots of amplitude out of it
10:27 PM rue_mohr: I'm having to run an extra 3db amp just to get good signal to my headphones
10:28 PM Tom_L: i got a few of those way back for something. now they just sit in a pile
10:29 PM rue_mohr: feeling down :/
10:29 PM Tom_L: why?
10:30 PM rue_mohr: everyone is trying to get me to go in unsuitable directions
10:30 PM Tom_L: don't listen unless you want to
10:31 PM rue_mohr: guh, the low end on this amp I made is.... just.... nonexistant
10:31 PM rue_mohr: voices stick in my head
10:31 PM Tom_L: ozzy
10:31 PM rue_mohr: I was just remembering that usually hold pride in the things I make myself *able* to do
10:32 PM rue_mohr: I got a lot of voices in my head saying negitive things
10:32 PM rue_mohr: and with the volume I can get on these headphones I cant quite drown them out
10:32 PM Tom_L: things have changed dramatically in the last year here
10:32 PM rue_mohr: yea, I dont know if we will get the people back we need
10:33 PM rue_mohr: I stopped talking to myself that was one of the big changes
10:33 PM Tom_L: i don't have much to say
10:33 PM rue_mohr: the baseline activity on twitter is a bit higher
10:33 PM rue_mohr: but its starting to look like a lot of it is a skipping record
10:34 PM rue_mohr: and there may be nobody behind the kurtin
10:34 PM rue_mohr: I want to make a balancing robot
10:34 PM rue_mohr: I needed to ask you about yours
10:34 PM Tom_L: i wondered why you were asking
10:34 PM Tom_L: i should just send it to you but the motors are underpowered
10:34 PM rue_mohr: I got an IMU from an ABS controller
10:34 PM Tom_L: i'm sure the battery is shot now too
10:34 PM rue_mohr: hah
10:35 PM rue_mohr: have to look out for that when I become a robot
10:35 PM Tom_L: i may have scavenged it a bit too
10:35 PM rue_mohr: hah
10:35 PM rue_mohr: so,
10:35 PM rue_mohr: I got a bag of 3 position dupont shrouds from china
10:35 PM Tom_L: that was one of the funnest �C i've ever played with
10:35 PM rue_mohr: .... but I didn't order any
10:35 PM Tom_L: now i can't even make sense of the code
10:36 PM Tom_L: i got 2 or 3 of those boards
10:36 PM rue_mohr: I'm working on making the number input state machine for controlling the freq gen with serial
10:36 PM rue_mohr: the ABS IMU is analog tho
10:36 PM rue_mohr: :)
10:36 PM rue_mohr: talk about easy
10:37 PM Tom_L: my kid took a 3d printing class at the vo'tech
10:37 PM rue_mohr: heh
10:37 PM Tom_L: those dremel printers they have are awesome
10:37 PM rue_mohr: the same one you did?
10:37 PM Tom_L: no
10:37 PM Tom_L: it's something new they added
10:37 PM Tom_L: using the fine tip, you can't hardly see the layers
10:38 PM rue_mohr: yea, but it takes ages to print things
10:38 PM Tom_L: he did one with 100% infill
10:38 PM rue_mohr: unless you run them so fast the layers dont bind
10:38 PM rue_mohr: ouch
10:38 PM Tom_L: took forever
10:38 PM rue_mohr: yea
10:38 PM Tom_L: but they run them all night
10:38 PM rue_mohr: even a 3hr print here should be on a UPS
10:38 PM rue_mohr: manual says strictly not to
10:38 PM rue_mohr: fire hazard
10:39 PM rue_mohr: I think dremel did it cause their only standing on a few toes now
10:39 PM rue_mohr: horrid speed controllers in rototools
10:39 PM Tom_L: just like alot of companies
10:39 PM rue_mohr: and they woldnt honor warranty
10:40 PM Tom_L: the 2nd kid one gold at state in his competetion
10:40 PM rue_mohr: need to make a freaking 6db amp
10:40 PM rue_mohr: nice
10:40 PM Tom_L: goes to national next monty
10:40 PM Tom_L: h
10:40 PM rue_mohr: are they good for getting work tho
10:41 PM Tom_L: yes
10:41 PM rue_mohr: I need to get a grip
10:41 PM rue_mohr: but for that, I need perspective
10:41 PM Tom_L: it got the first one an interview at spirit (boeing)
10:41 PM rue_mohr: and I don't have room to stand back far enough
10:42 PM rue_mohr: I wonder what boing is going to do when there is nomore plane fuel available
10:42 PM zhanx: hydrogen
10:42 PM Tom_L: that should be a while
10:43 PM rue_mohr: not as long as you might think....
10:43 PM rue_mohr: the auto markets are the early teltale
10:44 PM Tom_L: our AFB is home to the tankers
10:44 PM rue_mohr: no fuel is no fuel
10:44 PM Tom_L: i know
10:45 PM rue_mohr: hawii used to be completely run on generators
10:45 PM Tom_L: nuclear
10:45 PM Tom_L: subs are
10:45 PM Tom_L: they're putting up windmills everywhere here now
10:45 PM Tom_L: the factory is just north of us here
10:46 PM rue_mohr: those fail in spectacular ways
10:46 PM Tom_L: GE or whoever owns it
10:46 PM rue_mohr: seen any of those videos?
10:46 PM Tom_L: no
10:46 PM rue_mohr: scarry
10:46 PM Tom_L: these are large
10:46 PM rue_mohr: yea, thats most of the scarryness
10:47 PM rue_mohr: on fire, blades comming off...
10:47 PM rue_mohr: on THAT scale
10:47 PM rue_mohr: comming off, at like 30rpm
10:47 PM rue_mohr: like 150 feet long ea?
10:47 PM Tom_L: probably
10:48 PM Tom_L: one per semi truck on delivery
10:48 PM Tom_L: long load
10:48 PM rue_mohr: I'v never seen what the foundations on those look like
10:50 PM rue_mohr: do you think your losing energy to do things?
10:51 PM Tom_L: having time to do what i want is very limiting
10:51 PM Tom_L: but i'm not as ambitious as i once was either
10:51 PM Tom_L: saturday i get to fix the washer
10:51 PM Tom_L: needs a new bearing
10:52 PM Tom_L: last time i did it, i got a spare
10:52 PM rue_mohr: I'm just exhausted latley, my lab tests are consistantly showing a high "CK" level, and I'm worried.
10:52 PM rue_mohr: the one YOU put in wore out!??!?!
10:52 PM rue_mohr: front loading??
10:52 PM Tom_L: yeah it's making noise now
10:52 PM Tom_L: no
10:52 PM rue_mohr: !!
10:52 PM Tom_L: i got rid of the front loader
10:52 PM rue_mohr: damnit man, my washing machine is like 40 yrs old
10:53 PM Tom_L: it gets used
10:53 PM Tom_L: my first one was too
10:53 PM rue_mohr: I'v changed the aggitator dogs
10:53 PM Tom_L: but there are more of us than you
10:53 PM rue_mohr: ok
10:53 PM Tom_L: i run it at least once a day
10:53 PM rue_mohr: well, mine needs a new sequencer, there is an arduino sitting in a box for it
10:54 PM Tom_L: they just don't make things to last anymore
10:54 PM rue_mohr: well, between the music and conversation, most of the angry voices are being a bit quiet
10:54 PM rue_mohr: mine wans't made anymore, which is a good thing
10:58 PM Tom_L: i think it's time for bed
10:59 PM rue_mohr: not *quite* yet for me
10:59 PM Tom_L: been a long week, glad tomorrow is friday
10:59 PM rue_mohr: you need to think up some new fun for the cnc
11:00 PM Tom_L: yeah i know
11:00 PM rue_mohr: think you will ever get to retire?
11:00 PM Tom_L: no
11:00 PM rue_mohr: me either
11:00 PM zhanx: i am
11:00 PM zhanx: I planned a head
11:00 PM rue_mohr: my life is subject to moving goal posts
11:01 PM rue_mohr: there is no way to finish my electrical ticket
11:01 PM zhanx: even my kids college is paid for already
11:01 PM rue_mohr: there is no available 4th year course
11:02 PM zhanx: that sucks
11:02 PM rue_mohr: gonna call up the training industry and tear a strip off them
11:02 PM rue_mohr: (ITA)
11:03 PM zhanx: that reminds me, I need to renew my background check
11:04 PM Tom_L: z did you see that video i posted?
11:04 PM zhanx: you know its sad, I need to carry it (background check) but really banks don't keep lots of money on hand
11:04 PM zhanx: Tom_L, no
11:04 PM zhanx: i don't see the link for it
11:04 PM Tom_L: happened today
11:04 PM Tom_L: https://www.facebook.com/DnJPrecisionMachine/videos/2294066584184740/
11:06 PM zhanx: wow
11:07 PM rue_mohr: keep watching
11:07 PM rue_mohr: it could have gone thru 10 people and still damaged the 3rd wall it went thru
11:07 PM zhanx: yep
11:07 PM rue_mohr: who needs explosive based ballistics..
11:08 PM zhanx: they got lucky
11:08 PM Tom_L: it didn't lose altitude either
11:08 PM rue_mohr: yea, aparently full shop
11:08 PM Tom_L: or not very much
11:08 PM rue_mohr: no at that speed
11:08 PM Tom_L: i'm not entirely sure it stopped at that last wall shown
11:09 PM rue_mohr: I didn't see him show the peice
11:09 PM zhanx: he didn't
11:12 PM rue_mohr: would it take a significant round to do that?
11:13 PM zhanx: nopr
11:13 PM Tom_L: the piece is off the end of the flycutter shown on the table
11:13 PM rue_mohr: hopefully they set a max speed for each tool
11:13 PM Tom_L: a pretty good size hunk
11:13 PM zhanx: a 5.56 would pass through all that and not notice it all
11:16 PM Tom_L: those 6" kurt vises are fairly heavy too... bolted with 1/2" bolts
11:16 PM Tom_L: or maybe 5/8
11:21 PM rue_mohr: I havn't eaten, and I really dont want to
11:23 PM rue_mohr: arg, I need to get out of me
11:23 PM rue_mohr: I'm zoomed in too far