#garfield Logs

Jun 29 2019

#garfield Calendar

12:00 AM rue_mohr: so, what do I focus on that gets me the furthest...
12:04 AM rue_mohr: it would really help to have a helper
12:04 AM rue_mohr: I wonder
12:04 AM rue_mohr: I wonder if its worth hiring someone to help me on my stuff
12:04 AM rue_mohr: face value that seems insane
12:04 AM rue_mohr: but its plausable that its not
06:54 AM Tom_L: rue_mohr, have you looked into a pre'fab house? manufactured and brought to site and assembled?
06:54 AM Tom_L: alot less downtime
06:54 AM Tom_L: they did one here nearby and it took alot less time start to finish
11:27 AM rue_mohr: bno prefab
11:27 AM rue_mohr: I need something more specialized
02:03 PM rue_mohr: I have a bigproblem with the new design tho,
02:03 PM rue_mohr: workspace
02:03 PM rue_mohr: I have an idea to fix it, but...
08:52 PM zhanx_ is now known as zhanx
09:22 PM zhanx: Evening\
10:46 PM Tom_L: evening
11:19 PM rue_shop1: hey
11:20 PM rue_shop1: ok, so, finished and installed the linear sensor for the tilt and pan mirror
11:20 PM rue_shop1: got the plumbing in for the supper machine
11:20 PM rue_shop1: bit of work on the new 3d printer
11:20 PM Tom_L: how many printers is that now?
11:21 PM zhanx: 5?
11:21 PM Tom_L: i'm still at 0
11:21 PM zhanx: i have the one and working on parts collection for the desktop cnc still
11:22 PM rue_shop1: ...
11:22 PM zhanx: i have 3 printers to gut
11:22 PM rue_shop1: 5th yea
11:22 PM rue_shop1: but it'll be special materials
11:22 PM rue_shop1: silicone, clay, chocolate, wax, and maybe sugar
11:23 PM zhanx: I am kind of putting things on hold to buy some land
11:23 PM rue_shop1: hey, it took 3 years of me nagging you to finish the first one
11:24 PM zhanx: true but i have about 80% of the parts for the desktop cnc from just doing the same
11:25 PM rue_shop1: hmm the big cnc
11:25 PM rue_shop1: hmm
11:25 PM rue_shop1: it'll be DC motor
11:25 PM zhanx: i have 3 washer motors.....
11:26 PM rue_shop1: I want to work more with "PID" filters, but actually make them 4 or 5 band EQ's instead
11:26 PM rue_shop1: zhanx, the 3 phase ones?
11:26 PM zhanx: 110v ones
11:26 PM rue_shop1: yea 110 up to the driver board, right?
11:26 PM rue_shop1: then its 3 phase?
11:26 PM zhanx: yep
11:26 PM rue_shop1: the motors say 110V, but their not
11:27 PM Tom_L: i had one of those but didn't know how to interface to the driver
11:27 PM zhanx: they can handle 3 phase for sure rue_shop1
11:27 PM rue_shop1: the driver is
11:27 PM rue_shop1: yea, I looked into the bridge controller
11:27 PM rue_shop1: its pretty manual
11:27 PM rue_shop1: I'd hoped it was prettymuch automatic
11:28 PM rue_shop1: it was pondering raining all day, so no smelter :/
11:28 PM rue_shop1: sky looks clear now tho
11:28 PM Tom_L: not here
11:28 PM zhanx: well i got the 3d printer, the half assed 3d scanner that barely works and makes junk
11:28 PM Tom_L: it was in the 90's and clear
11:28 PM zhanx: its pouring here
11:29 PM zhanx: so i might as well make a desktop cnc to cut foam to cast
11:29 PM Tom_L: finally got around to priming the well
11:30 PM rue_shop1: ok I need to work on the sine wave osc
11:30 PM rue_shop1: well?
11:30 PM zhanx: water well
11:30 PM Tom_L: irrigation
11:30 PM rue_shop1: k
11:30 PM rue_shop1: I want to put one in
11:30 PM rue_shop1: about 24" deep, right behind the shop
11:30 PM Tom_L: how deep do you need to go?
11:30 PM zhanx: Tom_L, as much as it has rained here, i have yet to water the garden
11:31 PM Tom_L: same here
11:31 PM Tom_L: i was just getting things ready
11:31 PM rue_shop1: Tom_L, between 1 and 24 inches
11:31 PM Tom_L: to water?
11:31 PM rue_shop1: 0 inches to water, but I need something that will hold a pump charge worth
11:31 PM zhanx: Tom_L, for me, i get water at 35"
11:31 PM Tom_L: huh
11:32 PM zhanx: but i have a swamp out back etc
11:32 PM rue_shop1: probelm is, blue clay
11:32 PM Tom_L: i forget how deep mine is but it's in 11' of water
11:32 PM Tom_L: not very deep
11:32 PM Tom_L: maybe 20-25'
11:32 PM zhanx: my well for the house is 110" deep in 54' of water
11:32 PM rue_shop1: I'v had two excavators here that were blocked up by it
11:33 PM Tom_L: i remember the ordeal you went thru with your shop slab
11:33 PM rue_shop1: there was a bit of a panic when they were doing my septic field and hit it, the numbers had been run from a test hole that was prettymuch in sand
11:34 PM rue_shop1: yea
11:36 PM zhanx: see rue_shop1 i have the advantage on that, f-i-l drives truck for a gravel company and all my friends have heavy equipment, i pay beer and gas