#robotics Logs

Aug 15 2017

12:09 AM rue_more: hah zhanx
12:12 AM rue_more: I didn't think of this
12:12 AM rue_more: the torque peak for an engine isn't it power peak
12:12 AM zhanx: nopr
12:12 AM rue_more: so, at a gander, I'm looking at prolly 3500 rpm on the 2 stroke to get the 2hp
12:12 AM zhanx: but then it is
12:12 AM rue_more: unless I use a 4 stroke, then I'm 7k
12:12 AM rue_more: I'm sure those compressors wont take 7k
12:12 AM zhanx: rotary engine
12:12 AM rue_more: I'd also like to poke an alternator in
12:12 AM rue_more: engines gonna live a hard life
12:12 AM rue_more: I got a 2 stoke 2hp
12:12 AM rue_more: I cant get a rotary engine
12:12 AM rue_more: can all rotary engines be ganged down?
12:12 AM zhanx: very hard change the oil a lot
12:12 AM rue_more: if I just want a... 1 banger?
12:12 AM rue_more: 2 stroke, oil in fuel
12:12 AM rue_more: you widdeling?
12:12 AM rue_more: better see shavings all over your keyboard }:|
12:13 AM rue_more: "But rue, its faster for me to just DRILL the hole!"
12:13 AM zhanx: tomorrow
12:13 AM zhanx: its glued on now
12:15 AM rue_shop3: just dont be running your bandsaws thru the finger!
12:25 AM rue_more: [In evacuation shuttle] "What happened?" "The reactor went critical, it'll take a while to sort out, we should do something in the meantime." "How long will it take?" "Definitly within your expected lifetime." "This is what I get for traveling with someone 8000 years old..."
12:36 AM rue_more: zhanx,
12:36 AM rue_more: do you see a 2hp engine on ebay that would be a better fit for the mecha?
12:37 AM zhanx: nopr
12:37 AM rue_more: jester said I could prolly get $600 for the boat motor I have
12:38 AM rue_more: I dont think I can, and I see most of the engines that fit the bill are $400+ anyhow
12:38 AM rue_more: I think mazda was the only one to make a rotary, and its not 2hp
12:38 AM zhanx: tbh you need a 5hp
12:39 AM zhanx: but weight is an issue
12:39 AM rue_more: its almost possable to build one from all the spare parts 'casue of people overrevving them and blowing them up
12:39 AM rue_more: "haha, 20000... oh damn"
12:41 AM rue_more: it looks like for about 3000 I could make a 2 lobe wankle engine from just ebay parts
12:42 AM rue_more: I wonder how big a 2HP stirling would be
12:45 AM SpeedEvil: Annoyingly large
12:46 AM SpeedEvil: http://www.okofen-e.com/en/engine/
12:48 AM rue_more: zhanx, you ever done an either tire inglate?
12:48 AM rue_more: ehter
12:49 AM rue_more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgOqG-vLAlg
12:49 AM rue_more: everyone using what seems to be way too much
12:50 AM rue_more: I like the guy using the trail to set it off
12:54 AM rue_more: some of those are wonderfull fails
01:23 AM rue_more: something electronic IS buring somewhere, and I cant find it, but it dosn't seem to be anythin here
01:31 AM rue_more: I'd phone 911 and say "something somewhere is burning" but half of BC is currently on fire
02:25 AM rue_more: ok, I think what I didn't notice was whats missing, I think there is supposed to be a streetlight just down the road, and there isn't, maybe it burned up
09:49 AM zhanx: rue_more: yes I have, i use starter fluid and a trail to the tire to set the bead.
09:52 AM rue_more: I noticed, it has to be followed up with air, which makes sense
01:33 PM anniepoo: fun with fire and manufacturing -
01:35 PM anniepoo: reticulated foam is the 'scratchy' foam used for filters. It's made by first making normal closed cell foam, using a mix of air and propane as a foaming gas
01:35 PM anniepoo: (some flammable gas, maybe not propane)
01:35 PM anniepoo: then they set it off, blowing out the cell walls
01:40 PM Snert_: I wanna work there. I likes things that go bObM
01:40 PM Snert_: boomage is fun :)
01:49 PM anniepoo: 8cD
06:18 PM trojan is now known as synja
08:07 PM SpeedEvil is now known as Guest20972
09:29 PM BitEvil is now known as SpeedEvil