#garfield Logs

Aug 28 2023

04:55 AM VanUnamed_ is now known as VanUnamed
08:23 AM rue_mohr: where is cat #2?
08:38 AM rue_mohr: tom.. want a milling puzzle?
11:08 AM Tom_L: maybe
02:43 PM aandrew: heh
02:43 PM aandrew: this stray cat is a little slut. she's pregnant
02:44 PM aandrew: got her spay appt made already
02:58 PM aandrew: https://ibb.co/vLFZvqk
02:58 PM aandrew: through IA, NE, CO, UT, or through IL, KS, NM, AZ?
02:59 PM aandrew: I know CO's beautiful, and would have liked to seen the dakotas and montana but that's a hell of a detour
03:32 PM Tom_L: the southeren route will be blistering desert in NM AZ
03:32 PM Tom_L: dunno how reliable your transportation is
03:33 PM polprog: the cats gonna fork() soon?
03:34 PM polprog: and I thought taking two intersections more was a detour...
03:35 PM aandrew: yeah. my ride's reliable, good AC but really don't like desert all that much to drive though
03:35 PM polprog: id prefer colorado too
03:35 PM aandrew: polprog: nope, issuing SIGABRT with the spay operation
03:35 PM polprog: honestly id go through there and count they clean up the accident before you get there
03:35 PM aandrew: heh
03:35 PM polprog: id love to visit CO some day
03:35 PM polprog: i saw a lot of it on youtube
03:36 PM polprog: (mostly trainhopping videos)
03:36 PM aandrew: I think I'd do colorado then turn south in utah to hit arizona, I have friends in both denver and phoenix I wouldn't mind seeing
03:36 PM aandrew: colorado is AWESOME
03:36 PM aandrew: I had a contract in broomfield, loved it there
03:37 PM polprog: oh thats where I was watching
03:37 PM polprog: between Boulder and Denver
03:38 PM polprog: 37h, you dont do that in one go right?
03:38 PM polprog: where does one sleep on the road in the US
03:51 PM aandrew: oh hell no, I'd probably do it in 5 days, sleep at motels or something although with all hte gear in my car I'd probably want it stored underground
06:29 PM rue_mohr: wow twitter web IF is failing bad
06:31 PM Tom_L: heh social media
06:31 PM Tom_L: what's this puzzle you speak of?
06:32 PM rue_mohr: its a meter needle
06:32 PM rue_mohr: cnc cut from a CD
06:32 PM rue_mohr: its 1/64" wide on the neck
06:32 PM rue_mohr: want to see?
06:33 PM Tom_L: yeah?
06:33 PM rue_mohr: ok give me a few mins
06:33 PM rue_mohr: I'm defacing another twitter ad...
06:43 PM rue_mohr: ok so
06:43 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/distractions/oldmeter/main.dxf
06:43 PM rue_mohr: the needle in that file, layer 10
06:43 PM rue_mohr: the idea is to try to cut it out of a cd
06:44 PM rue_mohr: I'm going to check and make sure its only supposed to be 1/64 wide
06:45 PM rue_mohr: .326mm
06:45 PM rue_mohr: yea 1/64
06:47 PM Tom_L: good luck
06:47 PM Tom_L: :)
06:47 PM rue_mohr: hahah
06:47 PM aandrew: sounds like it's not a puzzle after all
06:47 PM rue_mohr: worry when the pro throws up his hands and walks out of the room
06:47 PM Tom_L: it will break
06:47 PM Tom_L: the cd material is too brittle to begin with
06:47 PM rue_mohr: I was able to do like 1/16
06:48 PM rue_mohr: cmon Tom_L its almost 16 thou wide!
06:48 PM rue_mohr: I'm sure you can do it
06:48 PM Tom_L: hot glue to some substrate then cut it
06:48 PM Tom_L: then unglue it
06:49 PM rue_mohr: mmm
06:49 PM rue_mohr: oh another disolvable glue
06:49 PM Tom_L: cut the pattern out, then like that connector i did... mill the bottom off
06:49 PM rue_mohr: I was also pondering toner tranfer brass etch
06:49 PM Tom_L: but tape it in place as you do
06:50 PM Tom_L: cut the base out then use a wire stuck into it and flatten the end and shape it to a point
06:50 PM rue_mohr: cast the blank in wax and mill it IN the wax block?
06:51 PM Tom_L: first of all if you can cast that cudos to you
06:51 PM rue_mohr: no I mean
06:51 PM rue_mohr: take an overly large peice of cd blank
06:51 PM rue_mohr: and cast a wax block around it
06:51 PM rue_mohr: then cut it while its in the block of wax
06:51 PM Tom_L: the wax would probably melt
06:51 PM rue_mohr: perfect
06:51 PM rue_mohr: it would only melt at the bit
06:52 PM rue_mohr: everything else would be 'held;
06:52 PM Tom_L: that's a pretty thin piece
06:52 PM Tom_L: it would let go
06:52 PM rue_mohr: do you recall the snowflakes I did?
06:52 PM Tom_L: out of 100 tries you might get 1
06:52 PM Tom_L: yeah
06:52 PM rue_mohr: the snowflakes were hard
06:53 PM Tom_L: find a meter you can use
06:53 PM Tom_L: would take much less of your time
06:54 PM Tom_L: pull a needle from an old air gage
06:54 PM rue_mohr: meh
06:54 PM rue_mohr: I want to see what I can make
06:54 PM Tom_L: best of luck
06:54 PM Tom_L: i don't know if i could get a good one
06:54 PM rue_mohr: I know its silly
06:54 PM rue_mohr: quite a feat if someone can do it tho
06:55 PM Tom_L: but if i did it would be brass
06:55 PM rue_mohr: thats all I was saying
06:55 PM rue_mohr: I'm not asking you to make me one!
06:55 PM Tom_L: i kinda figured that
06:55 PM rue_mohr: solder shimstock to a substrate/
06:55 PM rue_mohr: ?
06:56 PM Tom_L: talk to a watch maker
06:56 PM rue_mohr: I think they etch them
06:56 PM Tom_L: craddek in linuxcnc is
06:57 PM Tom_L: https://timeguy.com/cradek/
06:58 PM Tom_L: takes a special type to do that
06:58 PM rue_mohr: yep
06:58 PM rue_mohr: and bottle ships
06:59 PM Tom_L: no, they're just insane
10:08 PM rue_mohr: so, which way is the 60 degrees on a countersunk screw...
10:08 PM rue_mohr: 82!? wtf
11:00 PM rue_mohr: can I mill sugar?
11:01 PM rue_mohr: hmm, too brittle I suspect
11:05 PM rue_mohr: I like the idea of soldering thin metal to a base to machine it