#robotics Logs

Aug 28 2012

10:54 furrywolf2 GRRRRRRR!
10:55 furrywolf2 someone fucking purchased some of the ni-fe batteries I was looking at getting out from under me!
10:59 furrywolf2 one of the big battery dealers called him up and offered to buy everything he had, and he just kinda accidentally "forgot" he was already selling me a pallet of them...
11:04 furrywolf2 I'm emailing the dealer now to see if he'll sell them at the same price, but I'd wager the answer is "fuck no" or similar.
11:06 furrywolf2 once again, people with more money screw me over.
11:15 elektrinis ni-fe?
11:19 furrywolf2 nickel iron. edison batteries.
11:20 elektrinis thats grandpa battery
11:20 elektrinis why use that
11:32 furrywolf2 god damn fucking asshole. I could have used those batteries!
11:34 furrywolf2 what kind of idiot sells something out from under someone else?
11:36 furrywolf2 I finally find a price I can afford - tested good 450Ah cells for $33/each - and he fucking sells them to someone else just because they were willing to buy all he had.
11:37 furrywolf2 grrr, and now my internet connection is failing too. stupid fucking shit. I obviously need to find a way to get more money, or just fucking give up and jump off a bridge, as this fucking stupid shit is getting fucking annoying. everyone has more money, so I get screwed.
11:37 furrywolf2 fuck this
15:59 katsmeow-afk furry, fwiw, i can't talk myself into getting those two $3000 14kw Generacs for $100 each either, partly because i don't have the cash
16:00 katsmeow-afk and i won't buy them with idea to fix up and resell, unless i have paid cash in paw from whoever is buying from me, and i dunno who would buy them from me, since i can't back them with a Generac guarantee, or install them
16:02 katsmeow-afk and since they have no standby low-fuel mode, they drink $300 in fuel in a weekend, i cannot afford to keep them running, i have no batery pack that needs 14 or 7 kw to top off,, and if i need 7kw, i have the 30amp@240vac genny i cannot run
16:03 katsmeow-afk and i know full well, the recycling center isn't there to get stuff for me at the price i want to pay, so if someone else plops down money, they get them
16:03 katsmeow-afk isn't capitalism great?
16:05 katsmeow-afk and even if they DO run, the scrap dealer will tear them apart, bash the copper out of the generators, and the aluminum pistons out of the engines, just for the metal value
18:23 katsmeow-afk Tom, if this wind out of Ohio keeps coming down here, you'll get much more of Issac than i will
18:24 katsmeow-afk I got the tree down, good thing i had the chain on it, the tree pulled n it the whole way down, but landed exactly where i wanted it without hurting any other trees
18:24 Tom_itx good
18:24 Tom_itx now you got some firewood
18:25 katsmeow-afk oh, i had firewood, now i have wood that needs splitting tho
18:29 tsmeow-afk hast sharpened the chainsaw and goes back out to cause the tree to be smaller portion s
18:30 Tom_itx i got tired of using a file so i got one of those sharpeners
18:30 Tom_itx with 3 saws and spares for all it wasn't a waste
20:07 GuShH Tom_itx: the one with the rotary file? they look quite wanky, pretty much a gimmick.
20:07 GuShH well, it's a stripped down miter saw with a grinding stone
20:26 Tom_itx no mine has a wheel
20:26 Tom_itx it's a good one
20:47 GuShH http://www.automechanicschools.net/blog/40-worst-diy-car-repairs oh god
20:49 Tom_itx what's wrong with that??
21:04 rue_house heh
21:04 Tom_itx did you recognize some ?
21:05 rue_house haha they get worse as you go
21:05 rue_house some of them are pretty creative tho
21:17 rue_house http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/FDN339AN/FDN339ANCT-ND/965603 <--- ooo check out those!
21:17 rue_house wish they made them in a TO-92
21:21 Triffid_Hunter rue_house: what's interesting about them?
21:26 Tom_itx http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/FDN337N/FDN337NCT-ND/458950
21:27 Tom_itx http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail/en/PMV30UN,215/568-2353-1-ND/949688
21:28 Tom_itx several choices
21:28 Tom_itx TO-92 has gone the way of the tube radio rue_house
21:37 Tom_itx Triffid_Hunter where was that site you get colored filament from? i seem to have misplaced that link
21:37 Tom_itx they have a US outlet now
21:37 Triffid_Hunter Tom_itx: diamondage.co.nz is the parent, printbl.com is the US reseller
21:37 Triffid_Hunter Tom_itx: fwiw printbl seem to have a hefty markup, not sure what that's about
21:38 Tom_itx shipping may make up the difference
21:38 Tom_itx who knows
21:38 orlok hah diamond age
21:38 lok eagerly awaits his unicorn and gear h
21:43 Triffid_Hunter orlok: is that you I sent those to?
21:45 orlok Triffid_Hunter: Yup!
21:45 orlok :)
21:46 orlok Triffid_Hunter: And now you know my secret identity!
21:50 Triffid_Hunter heh your secret is safe with me
21:51 Triffid_Hunter that gear heart is awesome btw, think I'm gonna print one for myself
21:53 rue_shop3 better make it a gear brain
22:14 Triffid_Hunter rue_shop3: bah, search for brain gear just brings up that stupid demo model that the commercial crews are so fond of
22:14 Triffid_Hunter rue_shop3: the scad script for heart gears can take arbitrary shapes though, so proper brain gears is definitely doable
22:42 rue_shop3 make the model!
22:52 orlok Triffid_Hunter: oh, can you remember if you put my name on the package?
22:52 orlok Just wondering if i have to go and hunt it down or not
22:54 Triffid_Hunter orlok: yes I put attn: you, your company
22:54 orlok awesome, cheers!
22:55 Triffid_Hunter yw :)
22:55 orlok How long did it take to print out the unicorn?
22:56 orlok I really just wanted to see what the printed objects look like and stuff, but couldent see anything worthwhile to print just yet, so got stuff for my girls
22:56 orlok (obviously)
22:56 Triffid_Hunter orlok: heh not long at all, the gear heart took a while though :)
22:56 Triffid_Hunter that unicorn looks like it was designed to be lasercut rather than 3d printed
22:56 Triffid_Hunter it doesn't have any 3d elements at all, so I added an eye for you. may need a drop of paint in it
22:57 orlok Ahhk, cool. I thought it did have some?
22:58 Triffid_Hunter orlok: nope, it's exactly like one of those wooden dinosaur models that clip together
22:58 orlok ahh, ok :)
22:58 Triffid_Hunter and the modeller left way too much clearance, his printer must be poorly tuned or something
23:26 orlok Looks like it didnt arrive today, drats :-(
23:26 orlok Hopefully it arrives before the weekend
23:32 katsmeow-afk pics?
23:38 rue_house http://www.ebay.com/itm/400pcs-1-4W-Metal-Film-Resistor-Assort-kit-20-kinds-value-NEW-/290742656384?_trksid=p5197.m1998&_trkparms=aid%3D555001%26algo%3DPW.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D18%26meid%3D1660158798753094665%26pid%3D100017%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D1%26
23:38 rue_house ^ kat
23:40 tsmeow-afk looks up http://www.ebay.com/itm/290742656384 ins
23:40 katsmeow-afk yeas, price is ok, but you get only 20(!!) of each value
23:42 orlok http://182.160.128.150/100_3304.JPG - they havent arrived yet though :-(
23:42 katsmeow-afk issac back over water, heading west : http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Summary.aspx?location=USLA0338
23:43 katsmeow-afk ah, cutes
23:47 katsmeow-afk lol : http://www.ebay.com/itm/390460908835 is going to sell twice as many for less than 1/2 the price of http://www.ebay.com/itm/330784402074 , and it's essentially the same part!
23:50 rue_house http://www.ebay.ca/itm/USB-6-Channel-Creative-Sound-Card-Audio-3D-Sound-Card-PC-Laptop-/350564034814?pt=US_Sound_Cards_Internal_&hash=item519f3ea8fe
23:50 rue_house ^^^ ok, just no, wrong
23:50 rue_house verry verry wrong
23:50 katsmeow-afk 3D sound?
23:51 rue_house "USB 6 Channel Creative Sound Card Audio 3D Sound Card for PC Laptop"
23:51 rue_house I see a 3 way conflict
23:51 orlok WOuldent that be whats normally known as 5.1?
23:51 katsmeow-afk yyeas, where will the card fit the USB port?
23:51 orlok uhh
23:51 rue_house and how does a pci card fit in a laptop?
23:51 orlok hahah
23:52 ace4016 there are typically PCI slots...
23:52 ace4016 >_>
23:52 orlok and theres only 5 holes..
23:52 orlok oh yeah, 3x output, 2x input (maybe)
23:53 orlok High performance dual game port on the sound card