Spent the night in my garage messing around with stuff. It's been a long time since I've done much there because I'm finishing up a grad school thesis. However, it's just too much fun to let sit for long.
Passed the "Hello World" test by getting the table to move using my redundant controller. Yay!
That very dense, precision piece of steel was what was in my suitcase as I strolled past Customs when returning from Vietnam in February. (My work takes me outside of the US often.) The rotary table just arrived from Vietnam. I didn't like Vietnam much at all, but the tour I had of one factory made the entire trip very worthwhile.
And a couple more parts that might someday be useful for the 4'th axis. The "getting started" manual was for my mouse, btw
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Anyone have any religious feelings or theoretical notions about the pros and cons of using stepper motors versus servo motors as a means of controlling motion?
Wanted to prototype some new knife models, so I went by the counter top place during lunch. Snagged a trunk-full of Corian pieces, including some in pretty greens and greys. Corian is so fun to work with. The pain-in-the-butt thing to do is planing the pieces to the right thickness.
A couple followups to earlier posts:
Ox>> Anyone who takes out his anger on you must not be too cowardly either!
What is your logic behind your claim?
Most men are at least 2x-3x as strong as I am.
Gadget-C>> I guess if you have a lathe it is for gun barrels?
I would definitely like to get a lathe at some point, though not for gun barrels. The reason why I created my knife to begin with was because there was no knife that existed that was both small enough and retainable enough. The gun I have (and yes, have taken lots of training with) is almost perfect! No huge need to improve on its barrel. The grips - yes. I'd like to mill a special grip for it (a J-frame airweight) out of a very shock-absorbing plastic. Or maybe that is more a job for a mold?
Gadget-C>> Maybe you need to change neighborhoods or the people you deal with, but keep blowing that elephant whistle to keep them away too. So Sad...
Crime has feet. I am lucky enough for my employment to support living in a decent neighborhood. Living in a decent neighborhood definitely keeps someone away from a lot of risk.
Sad? My reaction to what is doesn’t change what is. The aggressor makes the rules. I could let myself get all mopey about it (and have), but that doesn’t change anything. I could take back one night each year with the mayor and the media, and that might make me feel better. But that wouldn’t change anything about how well I could protect myself if something were to happen.
Maybe one day the government will cure society or society will cure itself, and no one will ever try to (criminally and violently) hurt anyone else. Meanwhile, what to do? Of course your first responsibility is to avoid any bad situation that can be. If that doesn't work, then what?
It’s so easy (and perhaps a strong emotional need we have) to rationalize something bad happening to someone else by thinking well, they were just not smart, or they did something that I would never do that eventually led to this happening to them.
It’s easy when you are in the relative safety of your home or work typing away at your computer to think that you could not be so desparate that every cell in your body could feel fear and you would need / want to use a weapon like my knife or a gun to protect yourself or your family. Or to believe in the fairy tale that the police or someone else will come to your rescue.
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