#garfield Logs

Oct 02 2022

05:05 PM rue_mohr: frequency carb on the replacement engine is good!
05:15 PM Tom_L: huh?
05:15 PM rue_mohr: remember the new lawn tractor that ma got me a few years ago, has 20 hrs and a failed engine?
05:15 PM Tom_L: sorta
05:15 PM rue_mohr: well, someone was giving away a bunch of old lawn tractors and I got one that was 'similar' but much older
05:15 PM rue_mohr: has an 18HP engine on it
05:15 PM rue_mohr: over the last few days I been evaluating it
05:18 PM rue_mohr: one day I started it up and it billowed smoke like a freaking tire fire
05:18 PM rue_mohr: I think after that it was running on one culinder
05:18 PM rue_mohr: cylinder
05:18 PM rue_mohr: hmm, finger timing is being odd
05:19 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/customers/Revere/Whirlpool/20220907_135019.mp4
05:19 PM Tom_L: one of his last projects
05:19 PM Tom_L: built the whole system
05:20 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/customers/Foxy/20201022_132909.mp4
05:20 PM Tom_L: built a feeder for an antique machine (several)
05:20 PM Tom_L: makes hammer handles or such
05:21 PM Tom_L: they also have a copy lathe that does multiple at once
05:21 PM Tom_L: he did the black stack feeder on the left and all the pneumatics etc
05:22 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/customers/Foxy/spoke-lathe-02.jpg
05:22 PM Tom_L: before
05:23 PM rue_mohr: nice
05:24 PM rue_mohr: I wonder when the swing arm dissapeared
05:24 PM Tom_L: now the guy can run several of them at once just keep stacking blocks
05:24 PM Tom_L: several pics in that directory
05:24 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/customers/Foxy/Bacci/bacci-2-01.jpg
05:24 PM Tom_L: copy lathe
05:24 PM rue_mohr: did you catch a data on that machine?
05:24 PM Tom_L: no
05:25 PM Tom_L: 1800s
05:25 PM rue_mohr: cool
05:25 PM Tom_L: he's converted several for them now
05:25 PM Tom_L: does lots of plc work
05:25 PM Tom_L: classic ladder etc
05:26 PM rue_mohr: should mind the dust a big more, wood shops are famous for combusting
05:26 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/customers/Foxy/Bacci/20220222_134806.mp4
05:29 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/customers/Foxy/Top%20Cutter/spoke-01.mp4
05:29 PM Tom_L: the feeder for the first ones
05:33 PM rue_mohr: https://gnipsel.com/images/plasma/X%20Axis%20Drive.jpg
05:33 PM rue_mohr: mmm
05:34 PM rue_mohr: $$$ for the belts tho
05:35 PM rue_mohr: why does a plasma torch need a water tank?
05:38 PM Tom_L: probably to catch the swarf
05:39 PM Tom_L: he's the kinda guy that doesn't cut corners
05:39 PM rue_mohr: he needs more space
05:39 PM Tom_L: he has 3 shops already
05:39 PM rue_mohr: I need more space too
05:39 PM Tom_L: he just built one last year
05:40 PM rue_mohr: apparently my money isn't worth enough to build anything
05:40 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/equipment-shed/e-shed-13.jpg
05:40 PM rue_mohr: which I'd known that while I was working like crazy to make and save it
05:41 PM rue_mohr: metal siding?
05:41 PM Tom_L: i think
05:41 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/equipment-shed/e-shed-15.jpg
05:41 PM rue_mohr: https://gnipsel.com/images/equipment-shed/e-shed-19.jpg
05:41 PM rue_mohr: huh
05:42 PM rue_mohr: with insulation blankets
05:42 PM Tom_L: wood heater
05:42 PM Tom_L: he's like you and had plenty of trees around
05:42 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/equipment-shed/logs.jpg
05:43 PM Tom_L: some for projects and some for fire
05:44 PM rue_mohr: plywood on the...inside...
05:44 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/shop/Siding11.jpg
05:44 PM Tom_L: i think that's shop #2
05:45 PM Tom_L: metal
05:45 PM rue_mohr: oo bobcat to stand the walls...
05:45 PM Tom_L: got an old dozer too
05:46 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/splitter/splitter-13.jpg
05:46 PM Tom_L: made a wood splitter
05:47 PM rue_mohr: I kinda regretted the monolythic slab thing
05:47 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/splitter/splitter-30.jpg
05:47 PM Tom_L: that was tough getting that in iirc
05:47 PM Tom_L: oh, notice his cannons behind the splitter :)
05:50 PM rue_mohr: yep
05:51 PM rue_mohr: is he on irc?
05:51 PM Tom_L: yes
05:51 PM Tom_L: linuxcnc
05:53 PM rue_mohr: I need to get up early tommorow and catch the sun outside and strip down some printers
05:53 PM rue_mohr: its oct, it shouldn't still be warm out
05:55 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/briggs/tab%20grinder.jpg
05:55 PM Tom_L: something he did for briggs
05:56 PM rue_mohr: where is my todo list!
05:56 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/casting/Burner%20Test%2001.jpg
05:56 PM Tom_L: i can't say i've seen him do any casting
06:50 PM rue_mohr: ooo nicely cast liner!
06:51 PM rue_mohr: I accidently shorted myself on material when I did mine
06:51 PM rue_mohr: I put a pot hanger in mine tho
07:09 PM Tom_L: he made his torch too
07:09 PM Tom_L: if you look there
07:09 PM Tom_L: several pics
07:11 PM Tom_L: https://gnipsel.com/images/casting/burner%20tube%2008.jpg
07:11 PM Tom_L: i wonder if that's a plasma torch tip
07:12 PM Tom_L: i dunno
07:28 PM rue_mohr: lots of folks do, I wonder if they run much better than a generic tiger torth
07:28 PM rue_mohr: torch
07:42 PM Tom_L: no idea
07:43 PM Tom_L: probably not
08:33 PM Tom_itx: ping
08:33 PM Tom_itx is now known as Tom_L
09:50 PM rue_mohr: hey
09:50 PM rue_mohr: I wonder
09:50 PM rue_mohr: on this 100:1 pulley
09:51 PM rue_mohr: maybe I should just round the outside and use a flat belt...
09:52 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1250943.jpg
09:52 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1250944.jpg
09:52 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1250945.jpg
09:52 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1250946.jpg
09:52 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1250947.jpg
09:52 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1250948.jpg
09:52 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1250949.jpg
09:52 PM rue_mohr: made an adapter for that gearbox tooooo
10:10 PM rue_mohr: Tom_L, did I miss ya?