#garfield Logs

Mar 17 2022

12:04 AM rue_mohr: ok, first pass on the invoices
04:42 AM Tom_L: morning
08:26 AM rue_bed2: m
09:30 AM rue_mohr: so I did a redesign of an A7
09:30 AM rue_mohr: based on an origional we have now
09:31 AM rue_mohr: I'm able to correct some things
09:31 AM rue_mohr: dont know if it works yet
09:32 AM rue_mohr: it would be great if I could do up a handle
06:44 PM Tom_L: ok, organized all my cutters
06:45 PM Tom_L: 2 & 4 flute ballnose, 2 3 & 4 flute flat for steel & aluminum by size from 3/8 to 1/8"
06:45 PM Tom_L: labelled in plastic bins
06:47 PM Tom_L: plus special cutters like threadmills, corner rounding etc
06:58 PM Tom_L: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImDP3TL4EwY
06:59 PM Tom_L: i like what he used for a melting pot
07:26 PM rue_mohr: alumium isn't hot enoughf or steam explosions, apparently
07:26 PM rue_mohr: yea, it looks like a carbon pot, I cant afford those
07:26 PM rue_mohr: graphicte
07:26 PM Tom_L: i meant the outter container
07:27 PM Tom_L: an old pop container
07:27 PM Tom_L: i think
07:28 PM rue_mohr: all his stuff looks so pristine
07:28 PM Tom_L: yeah i noticed that
07:28 PM Tom_L: but some good ideas i thought
07:29 PM rue_mohr: lots of $$ in investment
07:29 PM Tom_L: yup
07:29 PM Tom_L: too much
07:30 PM rue_mohr: I'd like to play with the stuff that sets in co2 tho
07:32 PM Tom_L: wasn't aware of that
07:32 PM Tom_L: probably hardens better
07:33 PM rue_mohr: its stuff that sets because of the co2
07:37 PM Tom_L: must set pretty quick
07:37 PM rue_mohr: minutes
07:37 PM rue_mohr: if not seconds
07:37 PM rue_mohr: I tried to see about getting some, nobody understood me
07:39 PM Tom_L: sodium silicate?
07:39 PM Tom_L: & silica
07:40 PM Tom_L: http://www.ijirse.com/wp-content/upload/2016/02/1160B.pdf
07:45 PM Tom_L: https://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/metallurgy/moulding-sand-types-and-properties-metallurgy/95779
07:48 PM rue_shop3: sodium silicate
07:48 PM rue_shop3: with anything
07:49 PM rue_shop3: there is nowhere in canada that is affordable, knows what I'm talking about, and I can get it form
07:52 PM Tom_L: ahh
07:53 PM rue_mohr: this is why I need to make trip down there
07:54 PM Tom_L: How do you make sodium silicate at home?
07:54 PM Tom_L: Image result for sodium silicate
07:54 PM Tom_L: Prepare Sodium Silicate
07:54 PM Tom_L: Wear proper safety gear, which includes gloves.
07:54 PM Tom_L: Heat 4 to 8 grams of sodium hydroxide in 10 milliliters of water.
07:54 PM Tom_L: Once the sodium hydroxide is dissolved, slowly add 6 grams of crushed silica gel beads. Heat the solution between additions. You now have sodium silicate or water glass.
07:54 PM Tom_L: start collecting silica bags
07:55 PM Tom_L: you made a trip down there you might go broke :)
07:55 PM Tom_L: and you'd need a tractor trailer to haul it all back
08:09 PM rue_mohr: wait what
08:09 PM rue_mohr: the gas is half the price down there
08:09 PM Tom_L: not the trip that would break ya, all the goods you'd find
08:10 PM rue_mohr: sodium hydroxide
08:10 PM rue_mohr: nAOH
08:10 PM rue_mohr: NaOH
08:10 PM rue_mohr: well, I just happen to know a place with a 1000L tank of NaOH
08:10 PM Tom_L: lye?
08:11 PM Tom_L: causic soda
08:12 PM rue_mohr: https://twitter.com/RueNahcMohr/status/1493342032877658120
08:13 PM Tom_L: what do they use it for?
08:13 PM rue_mohr: sewer treatment plant
08:13 PM Tom_L: oh
08:13 PM Tom_L: you can get it just about anywhere
08:13 PM Tom_L: lye for soap making etc
08:14 PM rue_mohr: oh wait a sec
08:14 PM rue_mohr: https://twitter.com/RueNahcMohr/status/1183618607961370624
08:14 PM rue_mohr: according to this, I have some
08:14 PM Tom_L: heh
08:15 PM Tom_L: silica beads are used for drying things like flowers, packing electronics etc
08:15 PM Tom_L: so there ya go
08:15 PM rue_mohr: I have a pile
08:15 PM rue_mohr: of bags
08:15 PM rue_mohr: one comes with each 3d filament roll
08:15 PM Tom_L: drugs
08:15 PM Tom_L: etc
08:15 PM Tom_L: lots of things
08:15 PM rue_mohr: and ma got some big ones for the plants
08:16 PM Tom_L: co2 from a mig
08:16 PM Tom_L: and you're set
08:16 PM Tom_L: or local soda fountain :)
08:24 PM rue_mohr: have to fix my emergy issue
08:24 PM rue_mohr: energy
08:25 PM Tom_L: mine comes and goes
08:25 PM Tom_L: alot gets spent on things i'd rather not do
08:56 PM aandrew: heh, interesting furnace, more interesting was the sand
08:59 PM aandrew: he didn't seem to have any venting at all
09:05 PM aandrew: ahh he's got some vents and more elaborate setup for the base
09:05 PM aandrew: that sand though is somethign else
09:07 PM aandrew: also dammit now I ahve another youtube subscription