#garfield Logs

Apr 01 2022

03:06 AM rue_mohr: 2373
03:37 AM rue_mohr: Tom_L, if you remember, I'd be curious to see the steam relief (?) to the side of the guage on the boiler your grandfather did there
04:57 AM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/rue/Steam_engine/Steam_engine5.jpg
04:57 AM Tom_L: just a spring
08:57 AM rue_bed2: cant really see it
10:06 AM rue_mohr: I hope to see good things from google today
01:13 PM Tom_L: i can get you a better pic if you need one
06:10 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/rue/Steam_engine/Pressure_valve1.jpg
06:10 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/rue/Steam_engine/Pressure_valve2.jpg
06:10 PM Tom_L: the tube is likely slotted on the side.. i couldn't tell from there (attic)
06:11 PM Tom_L: further open, the more it releases
06:14 PM Tom_itx: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Zerodis-Pressure-Relief-Valve-Anti-Explosion-Automatic-Safety-Release-Valve-For-3L-5L-8L-Backpack-Sprayer-Blue/291582702?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=18988
07:14 PM rue_mohr: proportional, huh
07:15 PM rue_mohr: I thought it was made from a link buckle for a bit
07:26 PM Tom_L: all hand made
07:27 PM rue_mohr: yea
07:27 PM rue_mohr: I find the methods fascinating
07:27 PM rue_mohr: the main boiler looks welded
07:27 PM Tom_L: i'm alot like him
07:27 PM Tom_L: it was
07:27 PM Tom_L: he had the small town welder make it for him
07:27 PM rue_mohr: I presume there is a gap between the bottom of the boiler and the skirt
07:28 PM Tom_L: no
07:28 PM rue_mohr: oh, so he wasn't in the habbit of making these
07:28 PM Tom_L: nope
07:28 PM Tom_L: this was a one off
07:28 PM rue_mohr: wow
07:29 PM rue_mohr: so was he working from plans I wonder
07:29 PM Tom_L: i've no idea but i kinda doubt it
07:29 PM Tom_L: i was very young
07:30 PM rue_mohr: do you know what else he might have been making?
07:30 PM rue_mohr: I cant pinpoint any of the techniquies to trades
07:33 PM Tom_L: he made clocks
07:33 PM Tom_L: not the wind up kind
07:33 PM Tom_L: more for the woodworking
07:34 PM Tom_L: made a lighthouse that went in the yard
07:34 PM Tom_L: afik he was a rural mail carrier
07:34 PM Tom_L: have 8mm film to back that notion
07:35 PM Tom_L: transcribed to vhs which i should put on a dvd
07:55 PM rue_mohr: hmm
08:04 PM rue_mohr: you saw the video this old tony put out today?
08:05 PM rue_mohr: turning a cube on a lathe?
08:05 PM Tom_L: nope
08:05 PM Tom_L: called a turners cube
08:05 PM Tom_L: if i had to guess
08:05 PM rue_mohr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEdr0ARq48A
08:06 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/cnc/Cube/Turners_cube1.jpg
08:06 PM Tom_L: because you can turn it on a lathe
08:06 PM rue_mohr: he does
08:07 PM Tom_L: that's not old tony
08:07 PM rue_mohr: ugh where did it go
08:08 PM Tom_L: that's cool an all but what can it do?
08:09 PM rue_mohr: hold on I where
08:10 PM rue_mohr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqsOgGhIsPg&t=1s
08:10 PM rue_mohr: thats it, where did I get the other link, arg
08:12 PM Tom_L: silly
08:39 PM rue_mohr: oh, there was a turbine on top of a locomotive for electricity generation
08:41 PM rue_mohr: https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2AXGY6E/cyclopedia-of-locomotive-engineering-with-examination-questions-and-answers-a-practical-manual-on-the-construction-care-and-management-of-modern-locomotives-of-the-piston-type-working-in-a-cylin-drical-steam-chest-located-in-the-saddle-of-the-cylindercasting-between-the-cylinders-and-the-smoke-box-andas-close-to-the-cylinders-as-convenience-will-permit-as-the-steam-chest-must-have-the-necessary-steampas
08:41 PM rue_mohr: sages-cast-in-it-and-dressed-accurately-to-therequired-sizes-the-main-passages-in-the-cylinder-cast-ing-leading-thereto-are-cast-wider-than-the-finishedports-the-steam-chest-is-bored-ou-2AXGY6E.jpg
08:41 PM rue_mohr: ugh
08:41 PM rue_mohr: its just a double expansion cylinder
08:45 PM Tom_L: don't know much about steam engines
08:45 PM rue_mohr: I'm learning some of the advanced stuff
08:46 PM rue_mohr: aparently its good to superheat the steam
08:46 PM rue_mohr: (see superheater)
08:47 PM rue_mohr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superheater
08:53 PM Tom_L: sounds dangerous
08:53 PM rue_mohr: does kinda doesn't it
08:53 PM rue_mohr: and I cant say that extra efficiency actually looks amazing
08:53 PM rue_mohr: I suspect for my 40km drive, its not worth it
08:54 PM rue_mohr: I wonder how much efficiency the double expansion provides
08:56 PM rue_mohr: I should just start building stuff
08:56 PM rue_mohr: warm weather would help
08:57 PM rue_mohr: oh huh
08:57 PM rue_mohr: 1+1
08:57 PM rue_mohr: I had the wrong idea of what superheaters were as a kid
09:11 PM rue_mohr: ok rue mod phone system
09:13 PM rue_mohr: todo: taxes, shed package, strip down printers, cuttings,
09:58 PM rue_mohr: todo: taxes, shed package, strip down printers, cuttings, aluminum ladle,
10:24 PM Tom_L: it's growing
10:25 PM rue_mohr: it does
10:25 PM rue_mohr: then I lose it and start again
10:25 PM rue_mohr: I been doing this for like 3 weeks now
10:26 PM rue_mohr: I delivered two 3" sprayers today, they love them
10:26 PM rue_mohr: :)
10:30 PM Tom_L: the new handle?
10:31 PM rue_mohr: no old ones
10:31 PM Tom_L: seems you got a good thing goin there
10:41 PM rue_mohr: its going, I dont know if I'm the one going it
10:43 PM Tom_L: who's in charge of material acquisition?
10:46 PM rue_mohr: well, sean kinda drives the whole show
10:47 PM rue_mohr: I do design and some cnc operating
10:47 PM rue_mohr: we both do the accounting
10:47 PM rue_mohr: we keep a set-aside for materials
10:47 PM rue_mohr: its been working, there is enough in the bank to get new materials when needed
10:48 PM rue_mohr: heh, the contact at one of the latest deliveries is Sarah McLaughlin
10:48 PM rue_mohr: I wonder if the music career didn't work out
10:48 PM rue_mohr: :)
10:49 PM Tom_L: aparently not full time
10:50 PM Tom_L: she's gettin up there for a music career
11:20 PM rue_shop1: ok playing with cpld
11:20 PM rue_shop1: put another BGA on another baord ( I have 3)
11:21 PM rue_shop1: see if I can get a jtag reply
11:28 PM rue_shop1: OOooo its testing ok!