#garfield Logs

Feb 23 2022

05:16 PM polprog: replaced pump in the gas boiler
05:25 PM polprog: thanks god i had the spare
05:25 PM polprog: The old one's bearing? was going south
05:25 PM polprog: i guess it does not have a bearing, but it was making noise and getting hot while working
05:25 PM polprog: the rotor has visible wear agains the stator
05:30 PM polprog: hmmm https://github.com/john30/ebusd
05:30 PM polprog: i could sniff the bus between the controller and the boiler, or even control the boiled myself
07:51 PM rue_mohr: AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
07:51 PM rue_mohr: I'm ok I'm ok I'm ok
08:05 PM Tom_L: doesn't sound like it
08:50 PM Tom_L: you figure material cost for one of those blanks?
08:52 PM rue_shop3: :/ no
08:52 PM rue_shop3: that would take a while
08:52 PM rue_shop3: oh I tink
08:53 PM rue_shop3: 16x 48"x3" $202
08:54 PM rue_shop3: the time before we got 24"x24" sheet $40
08:58 PM Tom_L: this will make 28 or 30 if i'm lucky @ approx $0.65 per blank
08:59 PM Tom_L: depending how i cut it, i may loose 2
09:00 PM Tom_L: so you're getting 3" wide strips?
09:04 PM Tom_L: 16x 48"x3" $202 seems like alot
09:04 PM Tom_L: that's 64
09:05 PM Tom_L: that's 64'
09:05 PM Tom_L: you can get 3 per foot
09:06 PM Tom_L: that's about $1.05 per
09:07 PM Tom_L: then there's shipping
09:08 PM Tom_L: figure $20ish for shipping that makes mine $1.31
09:09 PM rue_mohr: we get 10 per strip
09:09 PM rue_mohr: so thats 160 worth
09:09 PM Tom_L: 10 per 48" strip?
09:09 PM rue_mohr: yes
09:10 PM rue_mohr: I'm sure it used to be 11 tho
09:10 PM Tom_L: i calculated 12
09:10 PM Tom_L: but you're wasting more than me
09:10 PM rue_mohr: 4"
09:10 PM Tom_L: yes
09:10 PM Tom_L: mine are 4 x 3
09:10 PM rue_mohr: thats an interesting discrepency
09:10 PM Tom_L: and i got 3" wide material
09:10 PM rue_mohr: I'm going to go measrue and count
09:11 PM Tom_L: i'm not cutting mine though except enough to fit in the mill
09:11 PM Tom_L: so about 5' strip
09:11 PM Tom_L: hanging out the end
09:11 PM Tom_L: then i just cut the side tabs off and move it
09:12 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/rue/Can_Holder/A9_New/MODS/A9_A10_plates.jpg
09:12 PM Tom_L: you can see in that sample strip
09:12 PM rue_shop3: oh gee no, these are 4.5" blanks
09:12 PM Tom_L: it _just_ fits
09:12 PM rue_shop3: wouldn't fit in 4"
09:12 PM Tom_L: not with screw hold downs
09:13 PM Tom_L: mine fits in 3 x 4
09:13 PM Tom_L: it _just_ fits
09:13 PM rue_shop3: oh, well it would
09:13 PM rue_shop3: but we have to keep a rim for the bit
09:13 PM Tom_L: but i have the sacrificial plate with the part outline to check it by
09:13 PM rue_shop3: for hold-down structure
09:13 PM Tom_L: i know
09:13 PM rue_shop3: so yea 4.5"
09:13 PM Tom_L: my tabs are in places each corner clamp will still hold
09:14 PM Tom_L: if you zoom in you can see 3 of them
09:15 PM Tom_L: once you get a design.. then you make it more efficient ;)
09:15 PM Tom_L: so every 8 or 9 you waste one
09:16 PM Tom_L: i tried to do it this way because i don't have a good way to cut the material blanks
09:17 PM Tom_L: that sample in the pic isn't quite 3" wide
09:17 PM Tom_L: close but not quite
09:17 PM rue_shop3: oh drat, I should be asleep already
09:17 PM Tom_L: well pooo
09:20 PM rue_mohr: I'm supposed to be down by about 6 which is an hour ago
09:21 PM Tom_L: what does that do for ya in the morning?
09:22 PM Tom_L: i was out material hunting in 6°F so i wasn't farting around much looking
09:22 PM Tom_L: i wanted to find some for A12 but my fingers decided differently
09:25 PM rue_mohr: oh damnit, for tommorow to work I was supposed to go buy a phone today
09:25 PM rue_mohr: yea it got COLD here too
09:25 PM rue_mohr: it was -3c yestrday morning
09:25 PM rue_mohr: no this morning
09:25 PM rue_mohr: damnt keep up
09:26 PM rue_mohr: cant kep up
09:27 PM Tom_L: i had a break between so i went and looked
09:28 PM rue_mohr: :)
09:28 PM Tom_L: the first one was near the surplus so i couldn't turn it down
09:49 PM rue_bed: sigh
09:50 PM rue_bed: 7.5+8=15.5; -12=3.5
09:50 PM rue_bed: I should be up at 4am
09:51 PM Tom_L: i will be up at 4:30
09:51 PM Tom_L: my time