Peter's stuff.
Oh duh. For any progress where I’m looking at logging exact and every file that comes in and whatever valuable info about it, I could just dump it into a CSV file with a quick echo. Now to figure out what info I can get. I wonder if VBScript will allow me to do an echo, because if already need to use… Would I? I actually think I don’t need to use Alambic to get the page count.
Whatever. First I need to get records in that other job to not suck.
Everything works except sporadic records. While I’m sure there is a reason, I haven’t found it yet.
I love weird cryptic bugs…
Getting to rewrite JavaScript in VBScript. Who the hell doesn’t even have a built in rounding control? Whomever created VBScript I guess. This is why we can’t have nice things.
I was watching something about a screw driven tank, this. I’m thinking of that for the sweeper motion. Have the two riders with the bristles being the threads of the screws. I could mount it with only one support end of I did it right, I should draw it out, and look up some numbers on efficiency.
So I now have it (for some variable number of pages books, that are ganged together, and have different stocks per page) proving the records, ganging them together, and saving the file. Or I would, but it’s thing random errors. I think I need to bounce the street in the AM.
Now to get it to read the hidden code for what sheet gets printed on what.
Also, I really wish it played nicer with closing the PDF I’m mangling.
I was washing my hands and looking at my face in the mirror. My scraggly beard needs a trim. While I know it needs a trim, I don’t want to over trim it. Unfortunately, it really needs a trim because of all the split end because I never do trim it. Possible solution.
Small rotary trimming head with a variable height trimmer. As the trimmer moves, it pulls the hair, via a vacuum pump, as far as possible. Then, using an light sensor, it determines the length of the hair, moves the sensor in and trims.
No, that won’t work. Every pass, it would get progressively shorter. Again, this is way too much shaving discipline for me.
I could map my face, so that a series of movements trimmed the whole thing? Maybe one of the head rests like at the optometrist?
I should think this one through.
…which means I’ve been avoiding the Den. My current thought experiment, outside of the obvious what to design and when, is start writing short stories. I was in between books at the time, and so I picked up Stanislaw Lem’s Mortal Engines (I assume not to be confused by the upcoming movie (and I further assume based on a book)). It’s a hilarious set of short stories where in a fantasy universe everything is from the robotics perspective. Now, while I’m inspired by the work, I don’t think that’s the subject matter I want to go with. I’m feeling more of a hard science space Lovecraftian view. I’ll have to bang out the first one and see if it works.
The den can get cold, especially if the test of the house is cold. I did nothing last night, but try to be warm. On the itinerary is getting back to working on the Wif’s smartwatch. I should do that while printing things. I should design something to print. Ooh, it should be my pill-bottle-to-parts-boxes-scaffold. That’s be a handy thing before I start adding more parts throughout the den. I’ll whip up a starting design tonight, assuming I’m not freezing. I should do that while I try throwing on a y-axis tensioner. Or maybe I should check my actual print accuracy first.
Whichever.
Last night I did my usable parts from start to finish. It did take nine iterations to get a workable design, probably because it had to press fit on a metal D shaft, or I’m just whining and bad, whichever. The final result isn’t quite round. I needed four but only had three prints stay adhered to the bed until the end. The are is proving in the wrong direction. The finish is terrible. Some of them have hard PLA spikes aft of angles.
They’re done, and they’re mine.
Next is designing the scaffold for making pill bottle part bins.
While I have all sorts of games to play, I haven’t been. I even got Civ 6, and promptly got bored. While I’m still having some challenges with motivation, I’m getting some stuff done. The printer mostly works. I know how to do a thing for work. I know a bit more JavaScript.
Now I’m actually running through the Fusion 360 videos. I mostly have my thermostat knob designed, but it’s not quite there yet. I’m also wondering how well it will print with the bump around 8mm, but we’ll see. The one thing I still need to nail down is making the central home a D rather than an O. Doing that is easy. Doing it parametrically is kicking my ass.
So after I get things printing, I’ll keep working on that as appropriate. I’ll do some more designs, to keep any skills I develop fresh. I do want to make some action figures. I’m still thinking if how I want to do that exactly. You know, what kind of articulation and stuff.
During prints, I need to get going on the Wif’s smart watch. I have the parts, and now I need to start prototyping the UI, both in the physical and digital. I should start with the digital, and go from there. First, light up an OLED with an ESP32.