#garfield Logs

Oct 13 2021

04:27 AM Tom_itx: morning
04:34 AM Tom_itx is now known as Tom_L
08:11 AM rue_mohr: mornin
08:12 AM Tom_L: yup
09:11 AM rue_mohr: see if I can get to work on time today
10:11 AM splyne is now known as spline
06:45 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/cnc/rotary/mount/Rotary_mount4.jpg
06:45 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/cnc/rotary/mount/Rotary_mount5.jpg
06:46 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/cnc/rotary/mount/Rotary_mount6.jpg
06:46 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/cnc/rotary/mount/Rotary_mount7.jpg
06:52 PM * Tom_L sets an alarm clock next to rue_bed's bed
06:58 PM aandrew: just put that rotary mount on the bed so it flips him right off the mattress
07:21 PM rue_mohr: nice
07:21 PM rue_mohr: good show
07:21 PM rue_mohr: do yo have spacers for the motor?
07:22 PM Tom_L: i went looking for some 3/8 round at the scrap but didn't find any
07:23 PM Tom_L: i got a piece of 1/2" square i might try to use
07:23 PM rue_mohr: hmm
07:23 PM Tom_L: i may look around some more
07:23 PM Tom_L: i got some brass i could use but i'm not going to use brass on that
07:24 PM rue_mohr: you COULD stoop to all-thead too
07:24 PM rue_mohr: how long? would link nuts work?
07:24 PM Tom_L: 1.94" approx
07:24 PM rue_mohr: yea, nope
07:25 PM Tom_L: or 2 flats like yours has
07:25 PM Tom_L: only threaded instead
07:26 PM rue_mohr: did you know my old machine has an A axis?
07:26 PM Tom_L: no
07:26 PM rue_mohr: there is a relay that switches the Y axis drivers to an A axis motor
07:27 PM Tom_L: huh
08:02 PM rue_mohr: for my robotics program I built an A axis for it
08:03 PM Tom_L: nice
08:03 PM Tom_L: it may take some time to finish this one
08:03 PM Tom_L: been off too long
08:03 PM Tom_L: took a week then came back and took 3 more not by choice
08:12 PM Tom_L: so rue_mohr did your alarm server die?
08:45 PM rue_mohr: nope
08:45 PM rue_mohr: thats this computer
08:47 PM Tom_L: what went wrong then?
09:33 PM rue_mohr: I have two sound cards, the computer doesn't install them right on boot I have to run a script to sort it out after
09:33 PM rue_mohr: I forgot to runt he scirpt
09:35 PM Tom_L: ahh
09:36 PM Tom_L: that can't be a cron job?
09:36 PM rue_mohr: no, its just once after startup
09:36 PM Tom_L: does cron get overwritten on an update?
09:36 PM rue_mohr: I have a hard time getting new linux to run my random scripts at startup
09:36 PM Tom_L: i had my bot in set up but i don't think it works on a reboot now
09:37 PM rue_mohr: my alarms are cron jobs
09:37 PM rue_mohr: cron jobs have to go off at a specific time
09:37 PM Tom_L: hmm
09:37 PM Tom_L: i've only done that one
09:37 PM rue_mohr: yea
09:37 PM Tom_L: and it's supposed to happen at boot
09:37 PM rue_mohr: I'm the only person int he world that really uses cron
09:37 PM Tom_L: been so long i wouldn't even remember how to set it up now
09:38 PM rue_mohr: :)
09:38 PM rue_mohr: oh ffreaking cat traffic
09:38 PM Tom_L: more than likely you helped :)
09:38 PM rue_mohr: in out in out in out
09:41 PM Tom_L: the italian greyhound i have has to follow us to see what we're doing all the time
09:41 PM rue_mohr: huh
09:42 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/temp/misc/puppy1.jpg
09:42 PM Tom_L: old pic
09:42 PM Tom_L: they're a mess
09:42 PM rue_mohr: yep
09:42 PM rue_mohr: yep
09:43 PM Tom_L: has to be the center of attention
09:43 PM rue_mohr: dogs are like that
09:43 PM rue_mohr: cats just do their own thing
09:43 PM rue_mohr: mostly
09:44 PM Tom_L: the beagle's not like that
09:44 PM Tom_L: she's happy to be left alone
09:44 PM rue_mohr: huh
09:45 PM rue_mohr: today I severly overpurchased lunch
09:45 PM rue_mohr: so I just reheated that for supper
09:45 PM rue_mohr: not bad, need a touch more, quite doable
09:47 PM Tom_L: you're usually scrounging for food
09:47 PM rue_mohr: I usually rice+something