#garfield Logs

Feb 09 2020

01:21 AM rue_shop1: ooh complex 35 turns
02:57 AM rue_mohr: EE16
02:57 AM rue_mohr: core
02:57 AM rue_mohr: I think about .1mH/turn, but that doesn't add up
03:13 AM polprog: rue_shop2: yes, lovely, thanks
03:14 AM polprog: ok, off to de-clusterfucking the room
03:14 AM polprog: all the stuff that was on tthe bench and the cupboard next to it was taken off so i could move them
03:15 AM polprog: you cant *enter* that room now even
03:15 AM polprog: i slept in the living room tonight
03:16 AM rue_mohr: hmm
03:16 AM rue_mohr: my shop is completely upside down while I try to catch the mouse the cat brought in
03:16 AM rue_mohr: ok I need about 85 turns
03:16 AM rue_mohr: per winding
03:22 AM polprog: tuning the mouse?
03:22 AM polprog: https://youtu.be/XkyBuS_BHDY
03:43 AM rue_shop1: 0.27mH, 24 turns
12:45 PM rue_bed: ok, so, with luck, some welding, some motor driver work, maybe some fpga
12:46 PM rue_bed: see if I can get that encoder step now
12:46 PM rue_bed: and some mosfet motor driver
01:04 PM Tom_L: from bed?
01:04 PM Tom_L: find a rodent yet?
02:07 PM rue_shop1: no, it didn't get in the trap
02:07 PM rue_shop1: I think its under the bookshelf
02:07 PM rue_shop1: I'll dissassemble and see
02:12 PM rue_mohr: huh, menu bar is gone...
02:17 PM rue_: ctrl-F9
02:18 PM rue_ is now known as rue_mohr
02:36 PM Tom_L: so, what's up rue_mohr?
03:13 PM rue_shop1: well I need to fix a welder board
03:13 PM rue_shop1: take the belt off the truck and check the pump bearing
03:14 PM rue_shop1: I have to go shopping
03:17 PM rue_shop1: need to get acetone too
03:17 PM rue_shop1: no mouse in the trap :(
03:49 PM rue_shop1: yup, they were right, the water pump is ****ed again
03:49 PM rue_shop1: "I just replaced that"
03:49 PM rue_shop1: wonder if I can find the old one for a core
03:52 PM rue_shop1: have the old alternator and starter, cant find a pump
03:55 PM rue_shop1: I wonder how much time its got left
03:56 PM rue_shop1: surprised its holding coolant...
03:57 PM polprog: finally finished arranging the new bench
04:06 PM Tom_L: must be harder on waterpumps up there
04:06 PM Tom_L: one thing i never changed on mine
04:06 PM Tom_L: polprog, where did you put it?
04:07 PM polprog: same place as the old one
04:07 PM polprog: just added shelves and put most of the gear on them
04:07 PM Tom_L: no word on your jtag thingy?
04:07 PM polprog: not yet
04:08 PM polprog: ill finish the cleaning up tomorrow and get onto it
04:08 PM polprog: i got the uart breakout in the meantime
04:16 PM polprog: https://i.ibb.co/4R5xFrk/newbench.jpg
04:17 PM polprog: trying to organize screws before i sleep
04:17 PM polprog: ive gutted this atx psu that was dead hiding behind the table
04:17 PM polprog: got 6 nice identical screws, "stem" diameter 0.11"
04:17 PM polprog: not sure what size is that
04:22 PM polprog: possible #4 screw
04:22 PM polprog: major dia 2.84mm
04:29 PM polprog: bloody screws
04:29 PM polprog: i need more film canisters
04:45 PM Tom_L: i used to get clear ones
04:46 PM Tom_L: had a bunch of grey ones before i quit shooting film
04:48 PM Tom_L: now i just use clear 'tackle' boxes
05:06 PM polprog: hmm
05:06 PM polprog: seems like the best solution are these small jars after pills
05:06 PM polprog: i only have 1 though
05:07 PM polprog: #4 screws went into a labeled bag
05:07 PM polprog: those are the majority of the screws ive got
05:07 PM polprog: not counting the metric kit
05:07 PM polprog: hmm, this digital caliper doesnt do inch fractions
05:07 PM polprog: but the manual one does
05:07 PM polprog: where do i put them now
05:21 PM polprog: wtf
05:21 PM polprog: half of the suppsoedly #4 are m3
05:24 PM polprog: screw it, im going to sleep
05:38 PM rue_shop1: I have aprogram fro doing decimal to nearest fration if you wnat
05:45 PM polprog: hmm
05:45 PM polprog: could come in handy
06:19 PM rue_mohr: give me a decimal
06:20 PM rue_mohr: zippo:/files/doc# fraction .3854
06:20 PM rue_mohr: Best Match for 0.385400, is 25/64 (0.390625)
06:20 PM rue_mohr: Error is -0.005225
06:20 PM rue_mohr: I can github the source for that one too
06:21 PM rue_mohr: but I dont want to bother if your not interested
06:47 PM Tom_L: i wish i was savvy enough to put stuff like that in a bot here but i'm not
06:48 PM Tom_L: what ever happened to tobbor?
07:56 PM rue_mohr: the code base went out of date
07:57 PM rue_mohr: the modules I wrote needed a huge rewrite to get it going again
07:57 PM rue_mohr: I tried to finish it twice
08:20 PM rue_mohr: ok, I welded the thing
08:20 PM rue_mohr: and soldered the other thing
08:23 PM Tom_L: what was wrong with the welder?
08:35 PM rue_mohr: nothing
08:36 PM rue_mohr: I was doing tig, took a bit to round everything up again.
09:00 PM rue_shop2: damnit
09:00 PM rue_shop2: the mouse isn't under the bookcase
09:23 PM Tom_L: maybe he left
09:25 PM MoonyMoon: rue_mohr yo
09:27 PM rue_shop2: hey
09:27 PM rue_shop2: you not comming over to play
09:27 PM rue_shop2: I think I work your brain too much eh?
09:27 PM MoonyMoon: maybe
09:27 PM MoonyMoon: ;)
09:28 PM MoonyMoon: I think ill come later
09:30 PM rue_shop2: its sunday
09:30 PM MoonyMoon: so
09:30 PM rue_shop2: its 7:30
09:30 PM MoonyMoon: so
09:30 PM rue_shop2: I have to go to bed at 9:45
09:30 PM MoonyMoon: oh ok
09:30 PM MoonyMoon: :/
09:54 PM X704 is now known as tiwake
10:00 PM rue_mohr: and I lost the damn mouse
10:01 PM rue_mohr: I'v once again locked the cats in the shop, if they can stop thinking about getting out for a while maybe they can pin down where the ****er is