#garfield Logs

Feb 19 2023

12:00 AM rue_mohr: I suppose its important to know how much time we have left
12:18 AM rue_mohr: the toshiba drive I got is the best performance
12:45 PM rue_shop3: the X axis gib was wearing on the sherline
12:45 PM rue_shop3: took some work to get it to tighten up
12:45 PM rue_shop3: its a lot happier now
12:46 PM Tom_L: :)
12:46 PM Tom_L: wonder if that has graphite or something mixed in it
12:46 PM rue_shop3: the machine has cut almost 200 heads now, and all the other stuff
12:47 PM Tom_L: pretty good
12:47 PM rue_shop3: this one is some kinda plastic,
12:47 PM Tom_L: so is mine
12:47 PM rue_shop3: not teflon I dont think
12:47 PM Tom_L: but it's dark
12:47 PM rue_shop3: yea
12:47 PM rue_shop3: looks really cheaply molded
12:47 PM rue_shop3: well the Y was, the X looks better
12:47 PM Tom_L: i had to change the z on mine once
12:47 PM Tom_L: that threaded thing
12:48 PM Tom_L: or something in that assembly
12:48 PM rue_shop3: I kinda worry about those aluminum ways
12:48 PM Tom_L: once they wear thru the annodize
12:48 PM rue_shop3: this machine has been modified, all the screws are 1mm pitch ball screws
12:49 PM Tom_L: wonder what that cost
12:50 PM Tom_L: what was that part with the slot?
12:50 PM Tom_L: A8?
12:51 PM Tom_L: you had to make any more of those?
12:51 PM Tom_L: no not 8
12:52 PM rue_shop3: we have a whole bunch that aren't finished
12:52 PM Tom_L: A12
12:52 PM rue_shop3: the 1/4" has been cut, but we still have to sand them, then drill them, then slot them
12:52 PM Tom_L: need a tumbler..
12:52 PM Tom_L: save on sanding
12:52 PM rue_shop3: got the rumbler
12:52 PM Tom_L: :)
12:52 PM rue_shop3: put a new motor in it
12:53 PM rue_shop3: no better than the old motor
12:53 PM rue_shop3: narf
12:53 PM rue_shop3: hey I did a bit-banged serial reciever and it works
12:53 PM Tom_L: i saw some small rock tumblers for kids but forgot the cost
12:53 PM Tom_L: wasn't alot
12:53 PM Tom_L: cool
12:54 PM rue_shop3: well I have the 10" tumber I use for the kitty litter too
12:54 PM Tom_L: roller?
12:57 PM rue_mohr: yep
12:57 PM rue_mohr: did I ever post a pic?
12:57 PM Tom_L: not that i remember
01:17 PM rue_mohr: ok, I took a picture
01:17 PM rue_mohr: as soon as I can find the camera, I'll post it
01:23 PM rue_mohr: I see what happened
01:24 PM rue_mohr: I took the picture, and decided to take a tea back to my room, but then the cat asked me for food and, as usual, scoffed her nose at it and asked for out instead, at which time I realized I should print a smaller shipping label for the hard drive return,
01:25 PM rue_mohr: when I got back with that i noticed lunch was finished cooking and turned it off, but then realized I needed packing tape for the box
01:25 PM rue_mohr: I got back with the packing tape and closed up the box, applied the shipping label, set the box aside, and dished up my lunch, took it back to my room
01:26 PM rue_mohr: so, the camera was by the tea machine
01:26 PM rue_mohr: I realized when the cat asked for back in to get to her food
01:28 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1270814.jpg
01:31 PM rue_mohr: the filesystem resync is done, I'm back to a 'normal' working computer
01:32 PM rue_mohr: the next step is to get the tripple head video card working
01:33 PM rue_mohr: the sherline sounds a lot better with that axis tightened up
04:13 PM Tom_L: i bet
04:17 PM Tom_L: that's a good size drum
04:17 PM Tom_L: what did you use for a belt?
04:18 PM aandrew: rue_mohr: lol that sounds like my typical day... 80% of the day is having a hundred things in various states of progress, followed by things starting to come back together and get finished near the end, and a constant state of "where the hell did I leave X"
04:19 PM aandrew: that's quite the tumbler, what are you using it for
04:19 PM Tom_L: grinding cat litter into powder
04:20 PM aandrew: why do you do that? greensand type stuff?
04:20 PM Tom_L: or oil dry.. same thing
04:20 PM Tom_L: yes
04:39 PM rue_mohr: aandrew, right now its grinding up kitty litter for bentonite clay for casting
04:39 PM rue_mohr: water based greensand
04:40 PM rue_mohr: tms320 is... interesting
04:40 PM rue_mohr: you never handle values
04:40 PM rue_mohr: you just move them around
05:03 PM rue_mohr: motor kicking
05:03 PM rue_mohr: I was doing good