#garfield Logs

Oct 05 2019

01:27 AM zhanx: wow, that was not suppose to be a nap
01:32 AM zhanx: so much for the plans i had
01:32 AM rue_mohr: ugh
01:32 AM rue_mohr: rue_mohr> http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1140022.jpg
01:32 AM rue_mohr: <rue_mohr> http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1140024.jpg
01:32 AM zhanx: its getting there
01:32 AM zhanx: like how you poured it
01:32 AM zhanx: i did see all the wet images
01:32 AM rue_mohr: ?
01:32 AM rue_mohr: ah, but thats the beam
01:32 AM rue_mohr: in the light :)
01:38 AM zhanx: i did want to start the prints for the frame brackets
03:29 AM zhanx is now known as zhanombi
12:04 PM Tom_L: how deep did you pour the footing for the pillar?
12:05 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/patio/patio5.jpg
12:05 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/patio/patio3.jpg
12:05 PM Tom_L: mine end up in china
12:05 PM Tom_L: ~3'
05:10 PM zhanx is now known as zhanombie
10:07 PM rue_shop2: ok
10:07 PM rue_shop2: 3 of the pillers are started
10:07 PM rue_shop2: one needs to be cut to length
10:07 PM rue_shop2: but they all need top welded on
10:07 PM rue_shop2: the other beam is made tho
10:08 PM rue_shop2: not sure if I need to weld them much more than they are
10:09 PM rue_shop2: Tom_L, for the pillar I used sonatube
10:09 PM rue_shop2: cardboard formers
10:10 PM rue_shop2: yea the square bases are only dug down a few inches
10:10 PM rue_shop2: 3 to 8 depending on the hardpan (just under there)
10:12 PM Tom_L: yeah i keep forgetting you live on a rock
10:13 PM rue_shop2: horrid hard clay
10:13 PM rue_shop2: you know I did all the concrete for the garden beds out of sand from a patch at the back?
10:13 PM rue_shop2: hard to chisel out, but perfect sand
10:14 PM rue_shop2: not even any lumps
10:14 PM rue_shop2: so, it got dark and I had to stop
10:14 PM rue_shop2: I cant see the twine to know if the posts are level
10:14 PM rue_shop2: two people would help
10:15 PM rue_shop2: I been thinking about cyborg
10:15 PM rue_shop2: seems to me, it would have to be a maker, cause the subject is the only one who would have the feedback to make it all work right
10:15 PM rue_shop2: seems cyborg has to be a direction
10:15 PM rue_shop2: not a one-hop target
10:16 PM rue_shop2: zhanx still popping in and out with his connection?
10:16 PM Tom_L: dunno, haven't been around much either
10:17 PM rue_shop2: it all died rather suddenly
10:17 PM rue_shop2: if its of any consolation, I'm not finding much for makers anywhere
10:19 PM Tom_L: good to talk to your buddy the other day
10:19 PM rue_shop2: :)
10:19 PM rue_shop2: he wasn't really into the realtime text thing :)
10:20 PM rue_shop2: I was like "YOU CAN TALK TO HIM NOW!!!"
10:20 PM rue_shop2: :)
10:21 PM Tom_L: hah
10:21 PM rue_shop2: he's preping up more stuff
10:21 PM rue_shop2: basically everything but the body
10:21 PM rue_shop2: which are usually custom lengths
10:22 PM rue_shop2: the heads take about 4 hours to make up, so pre-doing them saves order delays
10:22 PM rue_shop2: I'm having motivation issues
10:23 PM rue_shop2: I have to get this shelter togethor for sure
10:23 PM rue_shop2: it'll make sure lots of stuff is good for winter
10:24 PM Tom_L: i haven't been doing anything
10:24 PM Tom_L: just seems like there is no time and if there is, just don't feel up to it
10:24 PM rue_shop2: I'm only up via a technicallity
10:25 PM rue_shop2: I want to sit down with some firmware
10:25 PM rue_shop2: cant get myself there
10:25 PM rue_shop2: need to design that Z axis for the cnc
10:25 PM Tom_L: i thought you had that already
10:25 PM rue_shop2: I dont think the design I coughed up is going to play out
10:27 PM rue_shop2: do you remmeber what motivated you to do the robotics back when?
10:28 PM Tom_L: not really
10:28 PM Tom_L: we had a small group of us that did it which helped
10:28 PM Tom_L: dunno where any are now
10:28 PM Tom_L: one is gone
10:29 PM rue_shop2: what gravitated the group togethor?
10:29 PM rue_shop2: local competition?
10:29 PM Tom_L: no
10:29 PM Tom_L: i knew one from programming
10:29 PM Tom_L: he used clipper and so did i
10:29 PM rue_shop2: hmm, strange ambient gravity thing
10:30 PM Tom_L: we used to meet as a group and discuss programming
10:30 PM rue_shop2: hmm
10:30 PM Tom_L: about 5-6 of us
10:30 PM Tom_L: he and i were the only ones that got into robotics and micro controllers
10:30 PM rue_shop2: huh
10:31 PM rue_shop2: with the manufacturing over there, its probably more likley to happen
10:31 PM rue_shop2: done so much welding today and thursday...
10:32 PM rue_shop2: think I'v taken a big dent out of my rod supply
10:32 PM Tom_L: i always liked cad and cnc but didn't do alot until i bought that program and started programming for another friend with his startup shop
10:32 PM rue_shop2: ah
10:32 PM rue_shop2: does he still have it?
10:32 PM Tom_L: learned the program the same time he was getting his business goin
10:32 PM Tom_L: no he sold it but still has his 2nd shop
10:32 PM rue_shop2: did he start fresh?
10:32 PM Tom_L: he still does cnc for the guys he sold it to and has his race car in it
10:33 PM rue_shop2: heh
10:33 PM Tom_L: yes he was a lead for many years at cessna before that
10:33 PM Tom_L: i think he may have given up the car
10:33 PM rue_shop2: that takes some capital
10:33 PM Tom_L: he's ~70 now
10:33 PM Tom_L: he's got plenty
10:33 PM rue_shop2: trying to work out how to do the new house
10:34 PM Tom_L: his dad used to restore stearmans and had the largest parts supply of them around
10:34 PM rue_shop2: was talking about it with the family
10:34 PM rue_shop2: its a deep puzzle
10:34 PM rue_shop2: brb
10:34 PM Tom_L: brb
10:35 PM rue_shop2: oof I cant sit for that long
10:36 PM rue_shop2: ouch
10:46 PM Tom_L: k
10:50 PM rue_mohr: got a 24" extension 3/8" drive today at a garage sale
10:51 PM Tom_L: socket extension?
10:52 PM rue_mohr: yep
10:52 PM rue_mohr: I can use it to reach those bolts on the S10 header
10:52 PM rue_mohr: with the springs
10:52 PM Tom_L: i got a long one but dunno how long it is
10:53 PM rue_mohr: have you seen the circuit to operate a 74hc595 with just 2 wires using an RC filter?
10:54 PM rue_mohr: http://www.boydhouse.com/stirling/
10:54 PM rue_mohr: (thats not it)
10:55 PM rue_mohr: https://www.romanblack.com/shift1/shift1c.gif
10:58 PM Tom_L: huh
10:59 PM rue_mohr: I'm kinda playing with that
10:59 PM rue_mohr: had a wonderfull disaster trying to improve it
11:00 PM rue_mohr: lets just say the circuit works ok if your ungrounded and touching the data line with 1 finger
11:00 PM rue_mohr: :)
11:01 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1140030.jpg
11:01 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1140031.jpg
11:01 PM rue_mohr: garage sale stuff
11:01 PM rue_mohr: and the 2nd beam
11:03 PM Tom_L: nice tap n die set
11:03 PM rue_mohr: funny enough, no
11:03 PM rue_mohr: but
11:03 PM rue_mohr: my fist kit was one of those
11:03 PM rue_mohr: horrid cheap
11:03 PM rue_mohr: but the plastic thing in there
11:04 PM rue_mohr: I kept using it when I upgraded the kit
11:04 PM rue_mohr: and now its falling apart
11:04 PM rue_mohr: badly
11:04 PM rue_mohr: and the whole thing is slightly larger than my cnc machines can cut
11:04 PM rue_mohr: hence the 4x8' cnc project
11:05 PM rue_mohr: the bits are probably worth the 25 (bit steep tho)
11:05 PM rue_mohr: but it was the case that motivated me
11:05 PM rue_mohr: there was a good kit for $70
11:05 PM Tom_L: heh
11:05 PM rue_mohr: didn't take 70 to go sale'n
11:06 PM rue_shop2: they weren't liqidation prices, and I dont have an issue with that
11:08 PM rue_shop2: huh, I didn't notice that its all metric
11:13 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1140032.jpg
11:13 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1140033.jpg
11:13 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1140034.jpg
11:13 PM rue_mohr: see?
11:14 PM rue_mohr: hey, what do you know about that tapered drill bit?
11:41 PM Tom_L: don't see it