Samthetechie log

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Sunday Nov 24, 2013

Input

• read opensourceecology.org/wiki/Open_Source_Philosophy

Friday Nov 22, 2013

Input

7:30 am

• Woke up, slept ok, bit dehydrated.
• Found there was no hot water. Scott going to check the shower / propane tank.
• Great hangout with Mike and Scott over coffee this morning
• Scott cooked an amazing breakfast.
• Read Chris Reinhart Log entry for 21st November 2013, Chris_Reinhart_Log#Longwinded_Debrief_on_FeF_Procedures_after_November_Visit:_On-Boarding_Ideas.2C_Meeting_Titles.2C_and_the_Dinner_Bell

9am meeting

• Marcin asked DPVs: would you update facebook if you were invited. There was a general aye in response.
• Marcin request for me to update my log

Feedback on meeting

• beginning 15mins of morning meeting was productive: storytelling and task assignment.
• Very little Interaction with remote participants, tech issues, mic problems, echo/feedback.
• Meeting became less productive for Rob, Katie, Audrey and Sam when the discussion turned to prototyping the workshop stove which is out of scope for all of us except Mike, Scott and Marcin (signal/noise ratio decreased!).
• There were no introductions made for Mike, and little to no onobarding took place, morning plan: he will be shadowing Marcin and Scott in the workshop to install the stove and then mabe looking at roads / surfacing.
• Reminder: essential to upoload ~9:10am Friday 22nd November 2013 videos / stories to youtube and link from Logs! Source: Stories from this morning are on Marcin's Tablet and Sam's G3.
• Key Takeaways:

1. story telling good
2. task assignment good
3. need to stay focused on torch table, process efficiency and general team wellbeing
4. bail on future meetings at the point when the signal to noise ratio goes down w.r.t. CnC Torch Table (reason: not in scope) i.e. a prototyping meeting style on a module / project I am not working on, this will prevent frustration and save about 50mins of peak concentration/working time / day.

10am to 1pm: Morning work session

• Getting distracted by having to answer the telephone and the cat going nuts / running around.

1pm to 2pm

• Lunch!

2pm to 5pm: Afternoon work session

• Find Mic, Camera and Speakers for Mac Mini
• Read: Audrey’s Workshop Organization & OSHA/Safety Notes

5pm: Free time

• 3d printer audit -> purchase list for repairs
• Check hal9000 after ubuntu 12.04 upgrade
• Create Mashup between OSE Wishlist and Freecycle Missouri

Output

• Printed out Chris_Reinhart_Log#Longwinded_Debrief_on_FeF_Procedures_after_November_Visit:_On-Boarding_Ideas.2C_Meeting_Titles.2C_and_the_Dinner_Bell to the notice board.
• Personally Adopted Chris' Proposed Schedule to maximise personal productivity, thanks Chris!
• Updated log from today, pending backlog to update log entries from 19th November to 21st November.
• Created a backlog: upload as many stories as possible and link from personal logs.
• Started Next task from Scrumy board: https://scrumy.com/samthetechie "Sketchup of Y Axis Drive"
• Fixed Lulzbot 3D Printer: installed new PSU, took off old extruder due to failed resistive heating element and installed new one.

Thursday Nov 21, 2013

Output

• Met Mike, our new DPV.
• Full day of errands and shopping: car parts, tools, essentials, groceries
• Had lunch with Mike and Scott at the Red Barn, later on we went for a beer in Cameron

Wednesday Nov 20, 2013

Output

• Mike arrived in the evening.

Monday Nov 18, 2013

Input

• http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Paul_Log#Capacitive_Height_Sensor_30_July
• Identify Useful Background Material from MIT OCW:

Todo

• Differential Equations
• Multivariable Calculus
• Mechanics & Materials I
• Dynamics and Control I
• Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Fluids I
• Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Fluids II

Done

• Physics I: Classical Mechanics (will play videos in hablab in background as a refresher because this is such an awesome course- the teacher is so charismatic :)

Output

• Read through Lecture 1: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mechanical-engineering/2-092-finite-element-analysis-of-solids-and-fluids-i-fall-2009/lecture-notes/MIT2_092F09_lec01.pdf
• Made the OSE Wishlist, based on https://www.cryptoparty.in/organize/support

Sunday Nov 17, 2013

Input

• Sat in on morning standup / scrum. Mostly the discussion was about the Trencher because this was, in fact, a prototyping meeting and not a scrum meeting. Thanks to

Output

• Handed scrum master role to Chris for the morning.
• Suggested a new process intended to maintain internal narrative / story telling and also external narrative / storytelling: each member of the scrum to tell a story for 2mins, recorded on a smartphone and uploaded to youtube.
• Started to make a technology check spreadsheet: to *actually* get a realistic staus check and then target + offer help to teammates that did not install / use the software/process listed here: http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Onboarding
• Went to hide and do background reading on CNC Torch Table ready to start working on it while the others went to the workshop
• Katie arrived with the keyboard for the Mac Mini, I installed it ASAP so it is ready for the guys to use during next brainstorm or hangout in the hablab (priority because this was so frustrating yesterday, nobody could connect their laptop to the main screen and it wasted a *lot* of meeting time and energy- thanks again for the keyboard and mouse Katie!) :p
• Setup mac mini, named skynet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DQsG3TKQ0I
• Found a load more cables and consolidated into the cable storage at the back of the fablab
• Needed to print something for information but could not so I switched back to infrastructure
• Plugged the 2D (normal) printer into hal9000 and enabled printer sharing, printer status: working
• Plugged the Ultimakers into hal9000
• Tested uploading a file to new OwnCloud file server on hal9000

Status on Checklist for DPV Orientation

Done

• Learn Sketchup Tutorial 1, Sketchup Tutorial 2.
• Start a Work Log according to Work Log Standards.* Begin playing with laser cut foldup models of LifeTrac Construction Set.
• Access to Dozuki Wiki, OSE Wiki.
• Begin playing with laser cut foldup models of LifeTrac Construction Set.

Backlog

• To get credit for your work in a transparent way, post any contributions to Contributor Log Form
• Log into Trovebox for picture uploads, and OSE YouTube/Vimeo for videos.
• Sign up for Design Sprints and collaborate with other Design Sprint Participants.

Saturday Nov 16, 2013

Input

• Trencher Model File:Trencher review sketchup v8.skp from Chris_Reinhart_Log + minor changes requested by marcin
• http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Trencher_2_Development_Board
• https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1xbt7FW9REe9pzf_vhH28DL22OAF2iAMpdyJ4liOQ3BU/edit
• Update this: http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/LifeTrac_6_Modular_Wheel_Units_-_Visual_Bill_of_Materials to "universal rotor" and add to dev docs

Output

• Setup kanban board in the hablab
• facillitated a scrum at 9am as Scrum Master
• Brainstormed with the guys about spool / cable feeding for the trencher
• Did a walk around in the hablab to identify things to repair and get to know where things are
• Did a walk around the site to get to know the site layout a bit better. Need a guided tour from user:Marcin, will request.
• Had a look at the
• Helped to pack away the new nuts, bolts and washers that were delivered
• Took a ride into town with Katie to look at what was there and get a little bit of local information / orientation
• Shadowed and helped Marcin in the workshop a bit, moving metal parts, finding tools, removing
• Used the compressed air machine with pnematic parts to assist in cleaning dusty storage boxes.
• Reorganised the bolts and nuts and washers by size, type and made it consistent between the shelves
• Moved the rollable tool drawers back to their position in terms of the Workshop map.
• Hacked the (forgotten) root pw of marcin's oldthinkpad / ubuntu and updated it to Ubuntu 10.0.4
• Installed OwnCloud on hal9000
• Setup botqueue.com account for our 3 3D printers
• hostname: hal9000 (after Hal 9000 from ’2001: A Space Odyssey’)
• video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MMmYyIZlC4

Friday Nov 15, 2013

A *really* terrible selfie of me after a very long flight - Day 0 of my DPV!

Sat, Oct 19, 2013

• Added info to dpv app (draft): samthetechie DPV app

Sun, Jun 16, 2013

Input

• AI 1: read updates from Brian, Chris, Cory and Jordan.
  • Brian_Log#Sat_Jun_15.2C_2013 and Brian_Log#Fri.2C_June_14.2C_2013
  • Chris_DeAngelis_Log
  • Cory_Shenk's_Log#June_15.2C_2013:_Backhoe_Pivot vis. pivot module to update models / assemblies
  • Jordan_Log#Friday.2C_June_14.2C_2013
  • File:Backhoe pivot.skp

• AI 2: stream in updates to models and parts in order to bring these models up to date: File:Reinforced Backhoe With Articulated Pivot.skp and File:3DLifeTracAndBackhoe.skp

Sat, Jun 15, 2013

Output

• As per AI 3 + AI 4:
  • Updated stick range with the following feedback from Marcin et al. during hangout
  • removed old hydraulic cylinder (2.5x36x1.5): File:Hydraulic Cylinder 2.5 inch bore 36 inch stroke.skp
  • added new hydraulic cylinder (3x30x1.5): File:3x30x1.50 DIA CYL.skp
  • changed 8 foot length 4" x 4" by 1/2" thick SHS with 6 foot lengths.
• File:Stick range.skp

• As per AI 2:
• File:Stick.skp

• File:Boom.skp

• As per AI 1: File:3x30x1.50 DIA CYL.skp

Input

Read Updates from:

• Brian_Log#Fri.2C_June_14.2C_2013
• Cory_Shenk's_Log#June_14.2C_2013
• Looked at Cory's Models:
• File:Stick range.skp
• File:Boom range.skp
• Looked at 3 x 30 x 1.5 DIA CYL (LH 3000)
• Product Page: https://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=9-8262-30&catname=hydraulic
• Tech Specs: http://www.monarchindustries.com/lion-hydraulics/tie-rod-cylinders/lynx/lh/lh-3000-technical-specs/
• Hi-res image: http://www.northerntool.com/images/product/zoom_images/24590.jpg
• Sell sheet: http://www.monarchindustries.com/lion-hydraulics/wp-content/uploads/LH3000-Sell-Sheet-Electronic-Version-231175-R1-1.12.pdf
• Emailed Brian about CAD, emailed Audrey about CAD.
• AI 1: Model new cylinder 3 x 30 x 1.5 DIA CYL (LH 3000)
  • Found: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=5f3b4629c3bffb773c7deb10805d9ee5&prevstart=0
  • Adapting Model to scale and editing features.
• AI 2: update File:Stick.skp and File:Boom.skp
• AI 3: update File:Boom range.skp and File:Stick range.skp to use 6' stock rather than 8'.
• AI 4: update File:Boom range.skp and File:Stick range.skp to have new cylinder created in AI 1.

Sat, Jun 1, 2013

• Reviewing Wiki recent changes to get up to speed for this weekend's design sprint.
• First Draft of the Hyrdaulic Cylinders:

File:Hydraulic Cylinder 2.5 inch bore 36 inch stroke.skp

• Not work per se but: backhoe driver uses hydraulics to climb into a truck ready for transportation! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hfUWcrqPP4

Sat, May 25, 2013

Input

Backhoe_Development_Brief

Output

• Uploaded some more stock parts / individual components for others to reuse / remix:
• File:Articulated Pivot.skp

• File:Boom.skp

• File:Stick.skp

• Discussed FEA / Analysis with User:Marcin
• Useful Resources on FEA (Finite Element Analysis):
• 2.092 Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Fluids I
• 2.094 Finite Element Analysis of Solids and Fluids II
• Matlab FEA Software
• Solidworks FEA
• Sketchup Frame 3dd frontend Plugin Demo Video
• Frame 3dd Sourceforge Project
• Frame 3dd Interface Plugin]
• Frame3DD Sketchup Interface - Discussion about the plugin on sketchucation.com/forums

Note in the discussion that the modelling is done with 1" x 1" by 2mm thick SHS (Square Hollow Section). It is quite likely that the modelling parameters can be altered to allow analysis of 4" x 4" by 1/2" thick SHS:

• Example arrangement of mounting the File:Reinforced Backhoe With Articulated Pivot.skp onto the File:3DLifeTrac.skp. Here is the result: File:3DLifeTracAndBackhoe.skp

• Evolved the previous design to reinforce by stacking plates: File:Reinforced Backhoe With Articulated Pivot.skp

• This is just a first thoughts / assembly of parts into one document: File:Backhoe With Articulated Pivot.skp Having watched Backhoe Concept video from User:Marcin I will heavily edit / evolve this model:

• This model is just an example assembly to start to see how it would take shape: File:Backhoe With Articulated Pivot.skp, final model will go here File:Backhoe Articulated Pivot.skp
• Evolving articulated pivot design based on CAD / images found at , GrabCAD_Backhoe_Redesign_for_Fabrication, , GrabCAD:lifetrac-backhoe, GrabCAD lifetrac-backhoe winner and mainly Backhoe Concept video from User:Marcin

• Wrote a quick guide for Sketchup_on_Linux
• Note: quick way to grab all the .skp files that have been uploaded onto the wiki.

Go to Special:ListFiles&limit=500&ilsearch=.skp and then using the down them all plugin for firefox and 'fast filtering' with /(.skp)$/

• Some notes on edge alignment in sketchup that I found useful today:

 "A second method for ensuring your edges are aligned to axes is to temporarily change the colors of your 
 edges to reflect their alignment to one of the axis. To change edge colors to reflect axes colors."

• Reviewing recent wiki changes and latest pages relating to the Backhoe:
  • OSE-OSHW-Dev-Backhoe
  • Brian_Log
  • Marcin_Log
  • Backhoe_Boom_in_Sketchup was last updated on 06:19, 18 May 2013‎ by User:Marcin so it is out of date.
  • Backhoe Prior Art - Marcin
  • Backhoe_Stick_and_Boom_Concept_Specification#Response - points 1-3 of this response were addressed by editing the components, points 4-6 can be addressed by creating models sub-assemblies and assemblies today.
  • Backhoe_Development_Brief - looks like a todo list for today
  • Backhoe_Pivot_Module_Academy - new page, no content yet.

Tues, May 21, 2013

Input

• File:Stock Pivot Plate.skp
• Feedback from User:Marcin about File:Backhoe.skp

To generate a CAM file for 3D printing, one must consider the 3" tubing and print out a 3" hole, not a 4.875" hole and ensure hole is correct for 3d printed files.

• New pivot plate File:Stock Pivot Plate 3 inch hole.skp should address feedback from User:Marcin about the 3" pivot hole.

Note: the above is used to generate a CAM file for 3D printing, one must consider the 3" tubing and print out a 3" hole

Ouput

• Updated File:Backhoe.skp with new 'mouse ear' Stock_Pivot_Plate
• File:12 foot stock 4 inch square tube with half inch walls.skp
  • 
• File:11 foot stock 4 inch square tube with half inch walls.skp
• File:10 foot stock 4 inch square tube with half inch walls.skp
• File:9 foot stock 4 inch square tube with half inch walls.skp
• File:8 foot stock 4 inch square tube with half inch walls.skp
• File:7 foot stock 4 inch square tube with half inch walls.skp
• File:6 foot stock 4 inch square tube with half inch walls.skp
• File:5 foot stock 4 inch square tube with half inch walls.skp
• File:4 foot stock 4 inch square tube with half inch walls.skp
• File:3 foot stock 4 inch square tube with half inch walls.skp
• File:2 foot stock 4 inch square tube with half inch walls.skp
• File:1 foot stock 4 inch square tube with half inch walls.skp

Sat, May 18, 2013

• Progress on 18th: Working on sketchup models for OSE-OSHW-Dev-Backhoe

Input

• • explanation and orientation from marcin about the Backhoe.
  • shown key documents/resources:
    • Backhoe dev page: OSE-OSHW-Dev-Backhoe
    • Backhoe sketchup models in a zip file: Backhoe_Boom_in_Sketchup (my starting point for the day in terms of sketchup source files).
    • Backhoe Prior Art

Output

• File:Stock Pivot Plate.skp

• File:Stock Bonding Plate 8 inches x 16 inches.skp
• File:Stock Spacer Plate 8 inches x 8 inches.skp
• File:Backhoe.skp
  • note 5/21/13 - needs updating to mickey mouse. DONE see new upload to File:Backhoe.skp (note the 4.875" pivot hole is still present)

• • note 5/21/13 - then to 3" pivot hole for rapid prototyping / 3d printing rather than 4.875" as per explanation on Stock_Pivot_Plate