#garfield Logs

Dec 12 2023

12:11 AM rue_mohr: compost, kitty litter
02:04 AM rue_shop4: midnight, I should go to bed
02:04 AM * rue_shop4 glares at c-log
12:49 PM rue_mohr: morning
12:49 PM rue_mohr: I'll dial it back to 2017 later
12:50 PM rue_mohr: compost, kitty litter
12:50 PM rue_mohr: change truck oil, sprayers
12:50 PM rue_mohr: get printer out of truck
12:56 PM OK9UWU: evening
12:57 PM rue_mohr: hi
12:57 PM rue_mohr: gonna go get the truck ready for an oil change
02:31 PM Tom_L: do any printing?
03:28 PM rue_mohr: oil is changed
03:28 PM rue_mohr: iit took a while
03:28 PM OK9UWU: seems like an eeprom has died in one of my radios, turned the thing on, onboard controller crashed and restarted into factory mode, time to give a lobotomy session
03:28 PM rue_mohr: ma threw out or otherwise disposed of the drain pans, I looked for an hour before remembering what I did before them
03:29 PM rue_mohr: the shop that last changed it, stripped the plug, I had to call for help and get another one
03:29 PM rue_mohr: the ramps I have sink in the mud of the driveway, took a while to find stable ground
03:30 PM rue_mohr: ugh
03:30 PM rue_mohr: now I have to get on the phone and call like EVERY extension of an organization I'm registerd with to find a *(&^*&^&*^ human so I can resolve an issue
03:31 PM rue_mohr: then I need to get work done on sprayer repairs
03:31 PM rue_mohr: then maybe I get to play
04:45 PM rue_mohr: <rue_mohr> compost, kitty litter
04:45 PM rue_mohr: <rue_mohr> change truck oil, sprayers
04:45 PM rue_mohr: <rue_mohr> get printer out of truck
04:45 PM rue_mohr: got the compost, so, kitty litter...
04:49 PM Tom_L: oil dry
04:50 PM rue_mohr: ok, kitty litter done
04:50 PM rue_mohr: oil changed in truck
04:57 PM rue_mohr: ok printer is out of truck
04:57 PM rue_mohr: that just leaves sprayers for today
04:57 PM rue_mohr: then tommorow I'll waste on ASTT
05:00 PM Tom_L: <Tom_L> do any printing?
05:01 PM rue_mohr: no
05:02 PM rue_mohr: I have to find a more-full spool to do that block again
05:02 PM rue_mohr: the printer I used dosn't have enough for a 2nd go at it
05:02 PM rue_shop4: catalog broken sprayers
05:15 PM rue_shop1: lots of these look like just clean/adjust
05:17 PM Tom_L: how many are in for service?
05:22 PM Tom_L: that would be a good lathe part if i had a bigger lathe and a 4 jaw
05:35 PM rue_shop1: 11
07:14 PM rue_shop1: ok thats 3 sprayers and a visitor
07:15 PM rue_shop1: -- tommorow --
07:15 PM rue_shop1: ASTT, sprayers, fix pillar LED, dig potatoes
07:16 PM rue_shop1: I hope I get some time for me this vaccation
07:17 PM Tom_L: hide
07:18 PM rue_shop1: lots of it is mine
07:18 PM rue_shop1: I dont know how to hide from the voices in my head yet
07:19 PM rue_shop1: loud music isn't taking me as far as it used to
07:19 PM rue_shop1: so
07:19 PM rue_shop1: sean asked me if I can make a device to help stretch his foot
07:19 PM rue_shop1: parts of his failing musculature
07:21 PM rue_shop1: I want to work on the hexapod
07:21 PM rue_shop1: I found the firmware
07:22 PM rue_shop1: and the last version of the spooler software
07:22 PM rue_shop1: but its *just* spooler softwre
07:22 PM rue_shop1: it cant do any manual control
07:22 PM rue_shop1: for the arms, the capture program allows manual position tweaking
07:23 PM rue_shop1: I'm working on a interface to sort of manualy operate it
07:23 PM rue_shop1: but
09:10 PM Tom_L: i found a block i _could_ machine that from but that would be silly
09:16 PM rue_shop4: dont do that :)
09:16 PM rue_shop4: hey those encoder wheels, quadrature, 120 counts/rev!
09:16 PM rue_shop4: nice!
09:16 PM Tom_L: no but it got me thinking to check material inventory
09:17 PM Tom_L: 2.25 x 2 x 20" bar i didn't know i had
09:19 PM rue_shop4: hey!
09:19 PM rue_shop4: this machine could make me a knob
09:19 PM rue_shop4: solid aluminum, or not
09:19 PM rue_shop4: or plastic
09:20 PM Tom_L: what sort of knob?
09:23 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/cnc/Snapper/Knob5.jpg
09:25 PM rue_mohr: larger, like you would see on a stereo for adjusting the volume
09:25 PM rue_mohr: one of the ~2" ones
09:26 PM Tom_L: ahh
09:28 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1300343.jpg
09:28 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1300344.jpg
09:28 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1300351.jpg
09:28 PM rue_mohr: http://ruemohr.org/~ircjunk/tempimage/p1300353.jpg
09:28 PM rue_mohr: thanks :]
09:30 PM Tom_L: cute
09:30 PM Tom_L: i forgot how many slots those had
09:30 PM Tom_L: and 2 different styles
09:30 PM rue_mohr: must be 30
09:30 PM rue_mohr: 30x4=120
09:31 PM rue_mohr: maybe the one with the deep slots is less
09:36 PM Tom_L: you pressed those on?
09:37 PM Tom_L: i should have sent you some of that ribbon cable leftover from the programmers
09:38 PM Tom_L: it was 10 cond and i only used 6 so i got a whole reel of 4 cond
09:38 PM rue_mohr: yes
09:38 PM rue_mohr: :)
09:38 PM Tom_L: somewhere
09:38 PM rue_mohr: I had to go out to "the tent" and clip off some parallel port cable and skin it
09:39 PM rue_mohr: its good tho, stranded, tinned.
09:49 PM Tom_L: you must have a pile of those discs..
09:50 PM rue_mohr: a bag
09:50 PM rue_mohr: I have been putting all the parts for position sensors in the bag
09:51 PM rue_mohr: bearings, interrupters, phototranssistors, discs, shafts,
09:51 PM rue_mohr: its got a lot of stuff in it
09:54 PM Tom_L: it's funny i don't really remember making them but i know i did
09:59 PM rue_mohr: you were having great fun
09:59 PM rue_mohr: I'v not tried any of the ones I 3d printed yet
10:00 PM rue_mohr: https://infosec.exchange/@RueNahcMohr/111571020143611814
10:00 PM rue_mohr: can you see/play that?
10:00 PM rue_mohr: or is it "login only" blocked?
10:01 PM Tom_L: it works
10:01 PM rue_mohr: huh
10:08 PM rue_mohr: The build got derailed and after a lot of reconstruction I'm back where I was
10:08 PM rue_mohr: I think someone made a mistake, should I order now?
10:08 PM rue_mohr: The build got derailed and after a lot of reconstruction I'm back where I was
10:08 PM rue_mohr: https://www.princessauto.com/en/18-in-bench-top-metal-bending-brake/product/PA0008039455
10:08 PM rue_mohr: sorry, copy/paste isn't working right anymore
10:08 PM rue_mohr: I think someone made a mistake, should I order now?
10:11 PM rue_mohr: a descent 12" break is $270
10:13 PM rue_mohr: that must be real, the reviews suck
10:14 PM Tom_L: real crap
10:14 PM Tom_L: make one
10:14 PM rue_mohr: ugh,
10:14 PM rue_mohr: have a photo of a good DIY break design?
10:15 PM Tom_L: not off hand
10:15 PM Tom_L: i got a pair of 4" sheet pliers i use sometimes
10:15 PM rue_mohr: :) I have a bunch of angle I put in the vise
10:15 PM Tom_L: https://www.amazon.com/Straight-Seaming-Ergonomic-Bending-Flattening/dp/B0C58HTVDP/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=metal+bending+pliers&qid=1702440929&sr=8-2
10:15 PM rue_mohr: I also did a V break for the press
10:15 PM Tom_L: similar
10:37 PM rue_mohr: ok so I have my two encoders
10:37 PM rue_mohr: and I found two lcds
10:37 PM rue_mohr: I need to make a case