#garfield Logs
Jul 27 2019
#garfield Calendar
04:33 AM rue_bed: ok, so, I got a number colection library written
04:38 AM rue_bed: and a first stanb at making my freq gen accept values from the serial port
04:38 AM rue_bed: see how that works later
04:38 AM rue_bed: tommorow, +- rain, is for working on the CNC X skates
09:31 PM zhanx: https://imgur.com/a/m56iw8h
09:36 PM zhanx: it was way too hot out to be learning to do that today
09:41 PM Tom_L: what's it for?
09:42 PM Tom_L: part of the smelter i get but what?
09:42 PM zhanx: tongs
09:42 PM Tom_L: you gonna connect them in any way?
09:43 PM zhanx: yea i was working on the center flats when i ran out of charcoal
09:43 PM Tom_L: what'd you beat them flat against?
09:43 PM zhanx: anvil
09:44 PM Tom_L: i made one of those once from a RR track
09:45 PM Tom_L: not sure where it is now
09:45 PM zhanx: this was on the ranch already
09:45 PM Tom_L: for horse shoes
09:46 PM zhanx: i would assume so also, since this place has been around like 200 years
09:50 PM zhanx: but I think i did a nice job shaping them
09:51 PM rue_mohr: <rue_shop1> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32965405099.html
09:51 PM rue_mohr: <rue_shop1> https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32777205768.html
09:52 PM rue_mohr: :)
09:52 PM rue_mohr: nice z
09:52 PM zhanx: its a start
09:52 PM zhanx: why buy them when you can make them
09:53 PM rue_mohr: I wonder how hot my smelter can get steel?
09:53 PM zhanx: i used my smelter to do that
09:53 PM zhanx: with chunk charcoal
09:53 PM rue_mohr: yea, I'v just never tried it
09:54 PM rue_mohr: I got the X skates done for the big cnc
09:54 PM zhanx: here i was thinking I was doing something you did before
09:54 PM rue_mohr: tommorow I might figure out how to mount the Y axis
09:55 PM rue_mohr: my pot plucker is just a fork with notches
09:55 PM zhanx: tomorrow I am gonna finish the tongs and make the pot plucker
09:56 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/smelter/slide.htm
09:56 PM rue_mohr: toper
09:56 PM rue_mohr: sdfjksdklfjh
09:56 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/smelter/p1030995.jpg
09:56 PM rue_mohr: top right, the handle with the U on the end
09:56 PM rue_mohr: thats the plucker
09:56 PM zhanx: I am doing a 3/4 circle one
09:56 PM rue_mohr: its got notches to grab those wings on the pot
09:57 PM rue_mohr: and the pot is in the pouring jig, technically designed for 2 people
09:57 PM rue_mohr: :(
09:57 PM zhanx: hence why I make the tongs instead so i can do it by myself
09:57 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/smelter/p1120471.jpg
09:57 PM rue_mohr: to the left of the smelter is the crud scoop
09:58 PM rue_mohr: its a punched mesh on a handle
09:58 PM rue_mohr: which I need to rebuild again, its comming part
09:59 PM zhanx: I am a couple weeks at most away from have my setup ready to cast stuff
09:59 PM rue_mohr: sweet
10:00 PM zhanx: the smelter will be redone later on but will work for now
10:04 PM zhanx: rue_mohr, then its on to the 3d cement printer!
10:05 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/smelter/p1130120.jpg
10:05 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/smelter/p1130122.jpg
10:05 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/smelter/p1130123.jpg
10:06 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/smelter/p1130126.jpg
10:06 PM rue_mohr: obviously used with lots of caution
10:06 PM zhanx: yep
10:06 PM zhanx: I am thinking about ordering a crucible
10:06 PM rue_mohr: "is it locked?" "yes" "check again, is it locked?" "yes!"...
10:08 PM zhanx: when i do the 3/4 circle it will be smaller that the taper so it should lock in fine
10:13 PM Tom_L: and some protective clothing along with the crucible
10:13 PM zhanx: yep leathers
10:14 PM zhanx: not gonna say I was forging in flip flops and shorts today but....
10:38 PM zhanx: Tom_L, how's the basement now
10:41 PM Tom_L: ready for carpet tuesday
10:41 PM Tom_L: then all the stuff goes back hopefully
10:44 PM zhanx: cool
10:44 PM Tom_L: replaced a few things
11:18 PM zhanx: rue_mohr, cnc update pics?
11:23 PM rue_shop1: I have a pot of failed 3d prints ontop of the smelter which is on ultra-low
11:24 PM rue_shop1: bah, I have to post the updates
11:24 PM rue_shop1: I think I made machinable wax too
11:24 PM rue_shop1: definitly melted down all the ldpe I'd stashed
11:28 PM rue_mohr: updated
11:28 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/cnc6/p1130096.jpg
11:29 PM rue_mohr: mock of Y axis
11:29 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/cnc6/p1130111.jpg
11:29 PM rue_mohr: one of the two skates done today
11:29 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/cnc6/p1130112.jpg
11:29 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/cnc6/p1130113.jpg
11:29 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/cnc6/p1130114.jpg
11:29 PM rue_mohr: the other skate
11:29 PM zhanx: cool
11:29 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/projects/cnc6/p1130127.jpg
11:30 PM rue_mohr: mock of Y axis on skates
11:30 PM rue_mohr: have to work out how I'm gonna mount them
11:41 PM rue_shop1: ok, wow, that was more plastic than I thought
11:41 PM rue_shop1: didn't fit into the pan I had
11:41 PM rue_shop1: it didn't mix up to brown, it came out deep green
11:41 PM rue_shop1: not that bad a colour
11:41 PM zhanx: you recycling the filament now?
11:42 PM rue_mohr: hell no
11:42 PM rue_mohr: I took a canning pot,put it on the smelter, fired the smelter on low
11:42 PM rue_mohr: its ... not clean enough to extrude
11:42 PM zhanx: k
11:43 PM rue_mohr: but the thought was that even if I can cast it, its cool
11:43 PM zhanx: that would be cool
11:44 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1130129.jpg
11:44 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1130130.jpg
11:44 PM rue_mohr: its too late at night too, I couldn't see what it was doing
11:44 PM zhanx: k
11:44 PM zhanx: still worked
11:45 PM rue_mohr: the last image is an extra blob that I couldn't fit in the pan
11:45 PM rue_mohr: I dont know how burned it is
11:45 PM rue_mohr: I'll see tommorow
11:45 PM zhanx: yep
11:45 PM rue_mohr: even if I can make sheets that I can mill its cool
11:45 PM zhanx: I stopped the fun when it got dark, I was not out of charcoal 100% but, it was getting hard to see