#garfield Logs

Aug 28 2019

12:35 AM rue_mohr: fixed?
12:40 AM zhanx: the ride here, rattle it all loose
12:40 AM rue_mohr: k
01:36 AM zhanx: rue_mohr, https://i.imgur.com/mJI1Jks.gifv
01:44 AM rue_shop1: ah yea
02:38 AM rue_bed: Tom_L, what did you say instead of gecko drives?
02:39 AM rue_bed: leadshine
02:39 AM rue_bed: didn't you have <-yesterday tommorow-> links?
02:40 AM rue_bed: heh $150usd ea
02:40 AM rue_bed: I can painfully make my own for under $20
02:40 AM zhanx: https://www.probotix.com/CNC-CONTROL-SYSTEMS/CNC-CONTROLLER
02:41 AM rue_bed: no dude, I'm not even interested in spending $150
02:42 AM zhanx: i know was giving another option
02:42 AM rue_bed: ok
02:43 AM rue_bed: cant sleep?
02:43 AM zhanx: took allergy meds slept like 4 hours on them
02:43 AM rue_bed: ah
02:43 AM zhanx: going to bed soon with more
02:44 AM rue_bed: your havin a rough time
02:44 AM zhanx: not really
02:44 AM rue_bed: hah ok...
02:44 AM zhanx: you are just hearing the bad parts
02:44 AM rue_bed: did the rain let up?
02:45 AM zhanx: yep and hence the allergy meds, everything decided to flower
02:45 AM rue_bed: I should cast another lid for the smelter, I still have some portland left
02:45 AM rue_bed: (I'll never run out of vermiculite now)
02:48 AM zhanx: ok i am back to bed
08:16 PM rue_shop1: gngiht
08:47 PM Tom_L: the night is young
10:23 PM zhanx: was young
10:34 PM rue_shop1: I started an idea for the Z axis
10:35 PM rue_shop1: I need to learn what makes me go all crazy on a project
10:35 PM rue_shop1: maybe I can force-trigger it
10:38 PM Tom_L: competetion
10:38 PM rue_shop1: no
10:38 PM Tom_L: yes
10:39 PM rue_shop1: there is something that makes me go all crazy on a project
10:39 PM Tom_L: at least it used to
10:39 PM Tom_L: you did a vibratumbler on a whim
10:39 PM rue_shop1: heh, I tried using it to get going on some stuff
10:39 PM rue_shop1: yea
10:39 PM rue_shop1: hmm
10:39 PM rue_shop1: what triggers that
10:40 PM Tom_L: a possible useful future tool
10:42 PM rue_shop1: mmm
10:42 PM Tom_L: why did you build the arm?
10:42 PM rue_shop1: I think its some kinda "I think I can. but I'm not sure, but I know how to start"
10:43 PM rue_shop1: needed it + the mystery force
10:43 PM rue_shop1: well
10:43 PM rue_shop1: AND I needed it for the mirror project
10:43 PM rue_shop1: you might have a point
10:43 PM rue_shop1: almost each time its been a sub-project of soemthing else I'm trying to get done
10:43 PM rue_shop1: ooo LOTS of times
10:44 PM rue_shop1: the cnc was made cause of the paint sprayers project
10:44 PM Tom_L: i think if you finished something you'd be lost
10:44 PM rue_shop1: no, I end up like a deer in headlights
10:44 PM rue_shop1: for a while
10:44 PM Tom_L: you start, see how it works and move on
10:45 PM rue_shop1: but you bright up a point there, each time its not abotu the project, but what its for
10:45 PM rue_shop1: the bode plotter was the same thing
10:45 PM rue_shop1: I needed it for the servo code
10:45 PM rue_shop1: same with the freq gen
10:45 PM rue_shop1: I needed it for another project
10:46 PM rue_shop1: ditto the casting thing I just finished
10:46 PM rue_shop1: I needed the castings for other projects
10:46 PM Tom_L: i generally don't have time
10:46 PM Tom_L: so i don't do alot
10:47 PM Tom_L: the mill was an exception
10:48 PM rue_shop1: well, this mill has no forward motivator, and I'm having issues focusing on it
10:48 PM rue_shop1: today is the first day I'v done anything
10:48 PM Tom_L: you should have had a plan for it
10:49 PM rue_shop1: it implies that a project itself is not enough means to work on it
10:49 PM rue_shop1: na, I do better ad-hock
10:49 PM rue_shop1: but if I get interrupted while I'm on a run, I'm screwed
10:51 PM zhanx: rue_shop1, tagged you in #robotics
11:06 PM rue_shop1: fellows shredder oil, damn, I keep thinking of things I would use that amazon prize to buy
11:16 PM rue_shop1: stuck on the z axis again
11:16 PM rue_shop1: but I'm a bit farther
11:17 PM rue_shop1: it doesn't help that I need to grab the router at the bottom
11:25 PM rue_shop1: there is a pretty major issue I have
11:25 PM rue_shop1: there is a 6" vertical gap between the router mount and the slider for the z
11:25 PM rue_shop1: the frame has to step the system down 6"
11:25 PM rue_shop1: so, the slider has to take that side load
11:26 PM rue_shop1: and its only for 6" to do it with
11:26 PM rue_shop1: the other little cnc just has a LONG spindle