#garfield Logs
Sep 29 2022
#garfield Calendar
12:21 AM rue_shop3: huh, everything failed today
03:57 AM polprog: 02:48 < Tom_L> kid's first day they turned him loose on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbq-Hi9wcU4 one of these
03:57 AM polprog: holy cow is *that* a CNC?
03:57 AM polprog: rue_shop3: yeah you can try opencv
03:58 AM polprog: i have no idea as i said but i know how to connect the camera
04:59 AM Tom_L: polprog, 3 spindle 5 axis
09:00 AM rue_mohr: I wonder if those are all electric drive or if some of them are via hydraulic
09:04 AM rue_mohr: tuning capacitors on timer circuits is a pain
09:04 AM rue_mohr: wonder if I should try to make another small decade
09:04 AM rue_mohr: hard with capacitors, parasitics
09:06 AM rue_mohr: having issues getting any kinda power from a blocking oscillator
09:08 AM rue_mohr: 3w output shouldn't be hard...
09:10 AM rue_mohr: input inductor, actually that makes sense
09:10 AM rue_mohr: its left out of the royer diagrams a lot
10:01 AM rue_mohr: heh, I'm being beat up over a 3w power supply
10:01 AM rue_mohr: I have to stop trying to use PN2222
11:47 AM Tom_L: some are hydraulic
01:03 PM rue_mohr: cant cast, out of talc
01:03 PM rue_mohr: I dont know of antoher seperator I can use
01:04 PM Tom_L: flour
01:04 PM rue_mohr: but I also wonder if I added too much water to the sand
01:04 PM rue_mohr: I dont want to use anything organic, as it'll cause the sand to go moldy
01:05 PM Tom_L: yeah
01:06 PM rue_mohr: https://www.princessauto.com/en/non-wetting-parting-powder/product/PA0009028168
01:07 PM rue_mohr: huh
01:07 PM Tom_L: talc is cheaper
01:07 PM rue_mohr: I cant find any
01:07 PM rue_mohr: well that stuff on amazon
01:07 PM rue_mohr: which I'm waitng to arrive
01:07 PM rue_mohr: its a sunny day and I need to be casting, not waiting
01:13 PM rue_mohr: haha
01:13 PM rue_mohr: Safer product: not made of silica or talc (still may contain small amounts of contaminant silica)
01:13 PM rue_mohr: DANGER: This product contains crystalline silica
01:14 PM rue_mohr: calcium carbonate
01:14 PM rue_mohr: ok
01:16 PM rue_mohr: lime
01:18 PM Tom_L: how far is princess auto?
01:18 PM Tom_L: go get some of that
01:18 PM rue_mohr: about 100 miles
01:18 PM rue_mohr: and a $120 ferry
01:18 PM rue_mohr: lime, chalk
01:23 PM Tom_L: damn i'm glad i live here.. costs too much to be a canadian
01:23 PM rue_mohr: :)
01:23 PM rue_mohr: got a bit less than half a tank of fuel, a bit under $100
01:24 PM Tom_L: first day, kid put in 12 hrs..
01:24 PM Tom_L: he's pretty happy as they pay out overtime on a daily basis, not by the 40hr week
01:25 PM Tom_L: 1.5 on saturday
01:25 PM rue_mohr: some people at work had been trying to play with that
01:25 PM rue_mohr: work 12 hours 3 days a week
01:25 PM Tom_L: oh
01:25 PM rue_mohr: so its a busy shop, thats good
01:25 PM Tom_L: he was used to 10 at the old place
01:26 PM rue_mohr: so, is part of his job designing the nc programs?
01:26 PM Tom_L: a fairly new startup here so they're growing. the main company is in California
01:26 PM rue_mohr: or just working with to run the parts?
01:26 PM Tom_L: no
01:26 PM Tom_L: not yet anyway
01:26 PM Tom_L: he took all the classes and they use the same software
01:27 PM Tom_L: he tried to improve some at the old place but nobody wanted to listen
01:27 PM Tom_L: he had like 10 pages of notes on one program for them
01:28 PM rue_mohr: huh
01:28 PM rue_mohr: I mean, it should not be a one way process
01:28 PM Tom_L: no but that's how it usually goes
01:29 PM rue_mohr: so I might have to get the ball mill out and supergrind some lime
01:29 PM Tom_L: sheetrock
01:29 PM rue_mohr: OOOO
01:29 PM rue_mohr: I got lots of that
01:29 PM Tom_L: i bet you got some
01:29 PM rue_mohr: if I have to grind it anyhow
01:29 PM rue_mohr: its newer, shouldn't have any asbestos
01:29 PM Tom_L: sandpaper
01:30 PM rue_mohr: not sure what they use for fiber in it tho
01:30 PM Tom_L: or sand screen
01:30 PM rue_mohr: hahah
01:30 PM rue_mohr: put a vibration sander ona piece and let it work its own way down
01:31 PM Tom_L: powder on demand
01:31 PM rue_mohr: a panel made of calcium sulfate dihydrate (gypsum),
01:31 PM rue_mohr: sulfur is bad
01:32 PM rue_mohr: +heat = askjfhkljshdfkljhsdf
01:32 PM Tom_L: commercial is different
01:32 PM Tom_L: fire resistant stuff..
01:32 PM Tom_L: dunno
02:46 PM rue_mohr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5cdpKtXFOI
02:46 PM rue_mohr: I'm just going for views :)
02:59 PM Tom_L: i have 13 over 1k views
02:59 PM Tom_L: which kinda surprises me
03:01 PM rue_mohr: :)
03:01 PM Tom_L: top one is just watching a motor spin
03:01 PM Tom_L: 13k
03:02 PM rue_mohr: do you think it might be a keyword you have in there that has people expecting someting else?
03:02 PM rue_mohr: one of my things somwehre is like that
03:03 PM Tom_L: i've no idea, i don't keep track until someone brings it to my attention
03:03 PM * Tom_L looks at rue_mohr
03:03 PM rue_mohr: I'm still working on a 3w power supply :)
03:03 PM rue_mohr: two isolated 15V outputs good for 100mA
04:23 PM rue_mohr: power outage!? wtf?
06:04 PM rue_mohr: I'm back?
06:19 PM Tom_L: seems that way