#robotics Logs

Aug 01 2013

00:01 MrCurious wow. i just thought "people in china are so lucky" because they get faster delivery from ebay
00:01 MrCurious if not being stored in a political prison...
00:05 MrCurious anyone have a continous rotation servo?
00:05 MrCurious not seeing the perk of it, as it would just be a gear motor, with no position detection
00:25 RifRaf MrCurious, several
00:38 MrCurious do they give you any positional feedback?
00:53 RifRaf nope, only variable speed, you would need some other extra sensor or encoder for feedback
00:55 RifRaf rebuilding entire
00:55 RifRaf Y carriage again, cut some new parts cause have afternoon off work thanks to race day
00:57 RifRaf so many nuts to take off and put back on :/
01:45 Ademan MrCurious: Ah thanks, shame it doesn't redirect
01:46 MrCurious ?
01:46 MrCurious Ademan: ?
01:47 Ademan MrCurious: my mistake, it was Gargantuasauce_ that pointed me in the right direction earlier
01:47 MrCurious ah
01:47 MrCurious ok
01:48 Gargantuasauce_ trying to steal my glory eh
01:48 MrCurious every chance i get
14:07 Tom_itx http://www.electronicproducts.com/Electromechanical_Components/Motors_and_Controllers/Photographed_ruins_of_abandoned_Detroit.aspx
14:53 GuShH Tom_itx: ugh, what happened there, aside from politicians
16:17 Tom_itx isn't that enough?
16:24 GuShH Tom_itx: they should release all politicians in that zone and turn it into an urban hunting sport.
16:24 GuShH 50 cal are welcomed
19:58 rue_house sorry, I'm behind, what happened to detroit?
20:01 GuShH rue_house: politicians
20:01 rue_house oh the bottom dropped out of their fake money
20:03 GuShH yey I think this steel supplier can get me another free delivery deal
20:03 GuShH they probably have weekly deliveries to this zone paid by some big company or something like it
20:04 GuShH so a little detour for some extra cash isn't a bad thing for them
20:04 GuShH too bad they don't sell aluminum, brass, etc.. only steel and stainless
20:05 GuShH would be nice to have an all in one place
20:06 Tom_itx i got one of each
20:15 Tom_itx you done chopping up and rewelding all the scrap you got?
20:30 GuShH Tom_itx: ya talkin to meh?
20:31 m_itx
20:31 GuShH I never bought any scrap
20:32 Tom_itx you didn't buy a table either
20:32 GuShH also today the grass was too sharp
20:32 GuShH nobody sells the table
20:32 GuShH because nobody cared to import it, takes up the space of two lathes in the container.
20:33 GuShH working on the little details, taking my time. where's the rush?
20:36 GuShH I need to cut 16 pieces of 1/2 L profile ... 28cm each, for the inside shelves (mounts). I don't have 1" but since they're light duty, 1/2 will do just fine. each shelf is going to be a frame made out of 1/2 and with some thin sheet metal sandwiched. the frame will show on top, but I don't know of any other way that doesn't involve processes I don't have access to.
20:36 GuShH I could rivet the sheet metal, but they'll get in the way and it's too much work.
20:37 GuShH also been cleaning up the "shop", I couldn't find the box where I keep all the hinges...
20:37 ShH refuses to buy them a
20:38 GuShH nothing special, stamped hinges -- the doors are light duty as well
21:01 MrCurious what a beautiful day
21:01 Faeks Yeah not really. Its a bit wet
21:01 Tom_itx looks fine to me
21:02 MrCurious we dont do wet much where i am. thats more a beginning of year thing
21:03 GuShH rained here all day long
21:03 Tom_itx we got over 4" couple days ago
21:04 MrCurious bet you got lightening too
21:04 MrCurious i miss lightening
21:04 GuShH what about hail storms
21:04 MrCurious suppose i could make my own, but its not the same
21:06 MrCurious vandergraph generators make static by using a moving belt?
21:06 MrCurious wonder if you could turn a 747 into a giant vandergraph lightening weapon...
21:06 Tom_itx why when they have laser weaponry
21:07 MrCurious because lasers are for sharks.
21:07 GuShH he's thinking steampunk weapons
21:07 MrCurious lightening is cool man
21:07 GuShH until it hits you.
21:07 Tom_itx can't aim it very well
21:07 MrCurious thats the beauty of a lightening weapon... plausible deniability ...
21:08 Tom_itx how bout i just hit you with a tazer?
21:08 GuShH rocks work too
21:10 MrCurious wonder if a bullet made of perfect diamond would be able to penetrate or if it would shatter
21:11 GuShH I can see them marketed toward that special woman
21:11 MrCurious that is screaming SNL (texas) skit
21:11 GuShH sue me
21:11 MrCurious whats perfect for that not so perfect woman...
21:12 MrCurious diamonds, for the woman who wants [to take] it all
21:13 GuShH bah now I went to sliding shelves
21:14 ShH stops himself before he ends up adding roller bearings to the she
21:15 MrCurious is this for the lathe
21:15 GuShH maybe
21:15 MrCurious should really have hydraulic height adjustment
21:15 MrCurious for safety purposes
21:16 GuShH ...
21:16 GuShH I won't even add machine mounts
21:16 GuShH I got a quote for 200 bucks
21:16 MrCurious like the pimped out hydraulic cars
21:16 MrCurious only a lathe
21:16 GuShH the hell with those guys I'll just make my own when I get the time
21:16 MrCurious that would make a funny video
21:16 GuShH a useless video
21:17 MrCurious http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d2KbyUP9Yo
21:18 GuShH MrCurious: I would have to be Mexican first
21:18 GuShH lowrider lathe
21:18 GuShH come to think of it, it's already on the floor.
21:18 MrCurious ok, now i see dangling fabric balls hung around teh edges of the cabinet
21:19 GuShH aren't those for trucks?
21:19 MrCurious yeah, but they would work for lathes too
21:19 MrCurious should also add some ground effects lighting
21:19 GuShH led strips
21:19 MrCurious like this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDZYCAeOnbg
21:20 MrCurious this has been pimp my lathe with GuShH and curious tune in next week when GuShH says
21:21 ShH bl
21:24 GuShH bah I should reinforce those shelves...
21:25 GuShH once they can handle the tailstock, they're strong enough.
21:25 GuShH it's going to be the storage for the tools on one side, don't want it to fall apart.
21:26 MrCurious are they slide out shelves on linear bearings?
21:26 MrCurious how old are you GuShH
21:28 MrCurious like 50?
21:30 Tom_itx ur a curious one MrCurious
21:30 robotustra shhh.. he is counting
21:34 MrCurious i say we chop him down and count his rings
21:35 Tom_itx would probably just dull your axe trying
21:36 MrCurious he is probably a BRAZILIAN years old
21:36 MrCurious time to start soldering up the arm controler board :D
21:37 MrCurious using sockets, so i can blow shit up without having to start over :D
21:52 GuShH lol
21:53 GuShH MrCurious: no bearings at all. I think I'm 26 or 27, unsure. I'm still counting with my fingers, I'll let you know.
21:53 MrCurious wow. i am almost twice your age
21:54 MrCurious i could be your father
21:54 GuShH You'd be a lousy one!
21:55 ShH is watching https://www.youtube.com/user/submarineboat/videos<
21:55 GuShH good for inspiration.
21:55 GuShH MrCurious: Why did you think I was 50?
21:56 GuShH Not all 50 year olds spend most of their IRC time bitching and moaning.
21:56 GuShH Surely
21:56 robotustra he just hoped that he is not oldens in here
21:56 robotustra oldest
21:57 GuShH Dude building the boat is a... gasp... Oracle DBA.
21:57 GuShH robotustra: age is irrelevant
21:58 robotustra it's irrelevant until your back is not hurt
22:04 GuShH robotustra: and how is that my fault
22:08 GuShH robotustra: that boat is a 5 year project
22:08 GuShH neighbours must love him for all the noise he makes
22:09 GuShH dig his cnc bed, last addition was a plasma cutting head
22:09 GuShH with height adjustment
22:10 GuShH based on voltage feedback from the unit
22:13 robotustra GuShH: it's his dream
22:13 GuShH and I like it.
22:13 robotustra GuShH: do you have yours?
22:13 GuShH who knows.
22:14 robotustra and what about you?
22:14 GuShH over 50 tons of steel so far
22:14 GuShH But it looks more like 30
22:15 GuShH robotustra: I'm sure mine doesn't involve plastic aliens
22:16 robotustra GuShH: of cause you can't do what I can
22:16 GuShH Yeah I can only do it right, not wrong.
22:19 robotustra GuShH: why are you always try to bite my shiny metal ass?
22:19 robotustra you have no chance
22:22 GuShH you are the one showing his feathers not me
22:24 R0b0t1 GuShH is much too cantankerous to be only 50
22:24 robotustra GuShH: I just try to convince myself that you are not a bot
22:24 R0b0t1 I thinking late 60s, early 70s minimum
22:25 GuShH 87
22:25 GuShH that is, 1987.
22:25 GuShH R0b0t1: how about you?
22:27 R0b0t1 Impossibru, you must be a crotchety old man.
22:27 R0b0t1 And as for R0b0t1? R0b0t1 is eternal.
22:27 GuShH ...
22:27 Faek Good answer
22:34 R0b0t1 GuShH, you ever tried erlang?
22:34 GuShH hrmm everything he buys is rusted as hell, must be second hand
22:38 MrCurious amqp sux
22:46 RifRaf weekend is here again , yay
23:08 MrCurious press enter robotustra !!!!
23:10 robotustra ???
23:10 robotustra where?