Eric Lotze Log 2022

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Basics

  • The Entries in Eric Lotze Log from the year 2022
  • Moved to this page to reduce slowdowns/size of the main page

Entries

11/13/2022

  • Somehow hit the wrong button or whatever, so the remainder of my chrome tabs we lost to just general search history, so may have been some data loss there
  • So i'll skim history and see if there was any of the things i was mentioning there
  • If not i'll move on to finishing backing up Mobile Links, especially the stuff on using Solid Particles (Typically it seemed they used Sand ) as a Heat Exchange Fluid
  • ^ was from a few hours ago, submitting this to document that + be able to close this tab
  • Still short on time, recovered most of (?) tabs with manual digging
  • Have 1 Large Window of Small Diesel Engine / Smallest Diesel Engine / Heavy Fuel Engine etc stuff (+ Some Fuel Specs on the various Jet Fuels / Standard Marine Diesel
  • Have 1 Small one of FeF/Old Media Stuff
  • Have another on One Community Global and Open Source Ecology Commonality
  • Everything else has been dumped into Eric's Data Buffer Page
  • Don't have time to clean things up/do much else
  • Also later need to document 3d printing i did this weekend

11/12/2022

  • Drastically reduced the amount of loose tabs i have, only have 2-ish groups in separate windows to cover now
  • Then Phone Links
  • Crashing Now, so i'll clean all this up later
  • Also sorry again for filling the recent changes area, i tried to make many of them minor edits so that filter should work

11/5/2022

Recent Events/Activities of Interest

  • This week at school we finally went into the lab for the first time on Thursday!
  • Kind of got "thrown in the deep end", but just were doing basic residential wiring with Romex
    • May not have been romex, i'll need to double check (and eventually document...like i TOTALLY ALREADY DID with all the welding stuff i learnt /s ), but it was the plastic coated conductors that negate the need for Wire Conduit / Armored Cable etc
  • Not much else to report besides that

Wiki Work

  • Moved the pile of links off the top of this page to Eric's Data Buffer Page to make this page more in line with it's actual goal
    • Granted may want to move the "Recent Events/Activities of Interest" bit to another page as well, what are the thoughts on if that is needed?
  • Anywho Today I Mainly added information on Fuel Cells / Gas Turbines / Combined Cycle stuff
  • Also added category links to + read the edits being by other people (hope it didn't flood the recent edit page too much / step on any toes, i tried to make them almost all "minor edits" so that filter should help!
  • Also mentioned a bit of information on Surface Treatments / Thermal Barrier Coatings but just barely mentioned it; that stuff+CVD based Diamond / DLC etc are another area of stuff i need to document
  • I did get another window of chrome tabs emptied out today, and a decent chunk of phone links

To-Do For Tomorrow

  • My phone has:
    • A Paper Analyzing Current FES Tech
    • Less Toxic Flare Compositions (+ Recipes, i was wondering about road flares the other day and what all goes into them, was looking for alternatives for various stuff and found that link)
    • Some good Induction Furnace Industry Standards (also some of those are buried in my YouTube history and/or a YouTube playlist depending on if i made one already or not)
    • Stuff on Soy Sustainability Assurance Protocol (I saw this on a label, and thought it reeked of Greenwashing but it may have some merit to it, needs looking into
    • Laser Excited Phosphor based light stuff
    • Low Impact Hydroelectric Dams (Bit of an Oxymoron, BUT i was hearing on NPR about Lake Mead being so low they may not be able to do the "Artificial Flood" procedure that essentially simulates seasonal flow increases/floods downstream which helps sediments behave right or whatever. That combined with Fish Ladders / Eel Ladders / Potentially even Sediment Bypass etc and so on would lead to it not having too much of an impact i'd imagine, an they allow for Constant (short of Climate Change Worsened/Induced Droughts...) Renewable Power, and Pumped Hydroelectric Storage so if the ecological/sediment issues could be resolved (and all the water isn't gobbled up for animal feed so that those downstream + the river delta get water!) they are a neat solution
    • Stuff on Dish Antennaes / Parabolic Antennas / how they are made
    • The page on the Sawmill (I think "Way out West Blog" was doing some logging work recently so i thought they may want to check that page out, so i need to go in and make sure it is all interlinked well and whatnot probably)
    • Stuff on Ropeless Trapping / Ropeless Crabbing etc
      • Was mentioned on NPR in relation to whales i think, may have use in 3D Aquiculture and could probably use some OSHW for cost reduction (granted dev time, money, and supporting an industry that basically is just overfishing...)
    • A few (~3 or so) more Gas Turbine / Fuel Cell articles
      • One mentions "Ultra Clean Coal" which seems to be a term for Coal Upgrading via leaching that basically removes every mineral except the carbon within reason
    • Something on if DME can be used in Spark Ignition Engines
    • Sloped Bottom Tanks
    • Syntin / Russian usage of it in Soyuz spacecraft instead of RP-1 (May just be more wikipedia-side edits for that one, although i do have some rocket links as well lol)
    • Artificial Topaz / Spinel (For engineering, not just aesthetic, applications)
    • Well Perforation
    • FARO 3D Scanners and Coordinate Measurement Machines
    • Fire Ant mound killing via Liquid Nitrogen injection
    • Slurry Ice generator paper
    • Falling Particle Receiver for CSP
      • Seems like Carbon Materials would be great due to dark color and high thermal conductivity, so carbon negative materials?!? (Short of burning due to the temperature!)
    • Blueprint Symbols (I don't know if they are documented on here, but making pages (and maybe plugins for CAD/MSH3D (If they don't already exist) ) is probably a good idea
  • If i can somehow get past that the next window is mainly on documenting other groups and trying to get database information parity (or whatever the term for "we cross compare and have all of eachother's data")
  • The other windows seem to be mainly loose links that need categories etc, stuff on Bearing Lubrication / Grease Guns / Automativ Lubrication Systems , and if a Filament Dust Filter is needed
  • All in all plenty of stuff to do tomorrow

10/28/2022

Wiki Work

10/27/2022

Recent Events/Activities of Interest

  • First time back on-wiki in a while
  • My Iphone6 Flat Out Died (Pretty sure it is the Charge Controller/Power Circuit module, but i lack the Micro-soldering gear, experience, and just non-shakey hands so i'm just going to need to hope those damn electrons stay in their slot in the Flash Memory until i get the cash to send it off to someone who can do that (rates seem pretty high from what i've seen, although most are in water exposure applications, when, if what i have seen is correct, this is basically remove module a, and insert a new one OR the quick (but moderately more expensive if kept long term, rather than just used as an overblown chip reader) chuck the flash memory into a new "body" method
    • Really wishing i had that Big Box Store Sized Makerspace, a Cleanroom section, and some connections right about now!
    • Due to parent's phone plan and some promotion though i did get one of those iphones with Time of Flight Sensor / Lidar based 3D Scanning, so that has been interesting to mess around with (Haven't done any 3D Scanning Based Quality Control or made any of the scans into 3D printable Files yet, but that is supposedly doable (albeit don't expect Industrial level scan quality, so much more cleanup will be needed)
    • Did loose a pile of links/photos though due to not completing the backup process before that happened (my Seagate Wireless Pro is being quite glitchy (the app keeps on crashing) so either some modification of that, or some sort of Open Source Portable NAS / Open Source NAS is in order...granted again Money and Chip Shortage...
    • Also i was looking into something like the FairPhone / PiPHone , or even the AGM Glory Pro etc to get the Thermal Camera mainly (ir Night Vision would be neat, but much less practical) but due to a number of reasons that didn't work out, but the 3d scanner will be interesting and i am not in a place where any of this should be complained about also, thankfulness for having the resources + things i have etc!
  • ANYWHO that caused a bit of data loss/chaos
  • Also being a Full Time Student at FSCJ's Electrician Program now keeps me busy (Summer with the In-Person Industrial Hygiene and Water Resources + Online Environmental Science was much less time)
    • We are almost done with the Online "Blended Learning" Computer Lab Work (Which has been all the Ohm's Law Circuit Analysis (For DC and AC, from Series, to Complex Circuits, Wire Resistance Calculations / Wire Loss, math related to Motors/Generators (i'm understanding more of the "how" of BLDCs and those Mostly 3D Printed Electric Motors etc), and after we complete a module on Residential Electrical Code we will move into the (Hands On)Lab-Lab
    • I don't know if the pictures are on my old phone, or the new one, but the class had a tour on one of the first day of classes, so i took some photos, it basically had:
      • "Skeletonized Walls" Similar to what a construction site would look like for us to practice running wires/doing boxes etc, a Conduit Bender , etc
        • Also some sort of Shop Vac based Line Pulling system similar to a Pipeline Pig almost, but for Wire Conduit , but that was rarely used, but i was shown it after hearing about it in some story of jobsites past and asking about it
  • Will be starting a paid Union Apprenticeship assuming all things go as planned, this Spring, so that will be nice (Granted may just be being a human trencher to be honest, but gotta start somewhere i guess, and most Union work seems to be Commercial/Industrial down here ~~(Due to Florida being a Right to Work State (Real Orwellian naming as per their MO...)~~ so it may just me more really long wire runs etc
  • I finally picked up my OSHA-30 card!
    • Now i can whip it out like an FBI Badge! /j
    • On a more serious note that will just be nice to have
  • I was looking into the other classes, the NCCER Core , HAZWOPER , and even a Forklift Certification class! (But that may have just been that one day, which has long since passed, and supposedly most jobs make you do a 1 day class when they hire so it doesn't mean too much short of looking nice, and how it has become an internet joke)
    • The original coordinator seems to have resigned/disappeared or something, so there was a decent communication gap there
    • I'll need to get the new person's contacts Monday, and get that all nailed out
  • Also FSCJ had an auction for old equipment and i managed to pick up
    • A Binocular Microscope (Short of the Light System being Broken (Burnt Fuse on Arrival, Probably Broken Light, since a relacement fuse didn't seem to work), threw my smartphone as a flashlight below and it worked great so a lab grade optical microscope for 10 USD or so is a win in my book!
    • A FAA Certified? "iGATE Dual Engine Flight Simulator" ! (For 20 USD, also came with an entire tower pc + CRT Monitor !) (Granted it is missing a parallel cable or two, and the rudder (need to contact them on that, it may be lying in a closet somewhere etc, even if so not too complex to replace compared to the other crazy complex and aesthetically important chassis type thing)
      • Everything booted up fine, main issue was the io parallel cable being missing, so no io that way
      • Haven't cracked open the tower pc for seeing what components it has and probably De-Dusting, but it has a working CD Drive, and although it is currently running Windows XP (probably for the old proprietary Flight Simulator Software), either with a Dual Boot system, or just upgrading the OS, Moving the Software (or ditching it for FlightGear ) could leave me with a giant NAS, and/or a VERY capable pc (Full Size Graphics Card (VR, GPU Acceleration for CAD/Blender, etc), Pile of RAM (For Chrome Tabs /j) )
    • A JVC GY-DV5000U Broadcast DV Camcorder
      • This is a bit of an enigma, turns out it did not come with a battery (or tape cartridge lol, although i will probably just use the various video-outs)
        • I Ordered a 4 Prong Power Adapter, but it turns out it needs an XLR style "Smiley Face" / Arc type 4 prong, not "Square" style 4 prong so i'll need to return that, and get another in the future
      • It is a bit of a long shot, but for 5 dollars if i can get it working it would be a quality camera (in terms of lenses, color depiction, optical zoom, microphones, etc), but also have the disadvantage of lower resolution and 4x3 Aspect Ration (Although this would allow for A e s t h e t i c / Nostalgia value, i was thinking of making How It's Made (TV Show) / Modern Marvels (TV Show) / Industrial Footage type content for modern stuff (or even personal / OSE projects), but with the 4/3 aspect ratio/ a e s t h e t i c, and old stock music for a kind of nod to all that stuff i grew up on.
    • Mainly went there to get a welder or the flight simulator (this is what they said they had mainly), but got the other odd stuff since resalers got most of the other stuff for crazy amounts, someone got like 10 or so old + different model (thus not Part Commonality etc if they were making a new shop) welders for prices probably beaten by new budget models, ESPECIALLY if they plan on making a profit
    • The other impulse buy would have been a lab grade autoclave, which would allow me to do all sorts of mushroom/microbio stuff, but someone else got it i guess

Misc OSHW/Maker News Worth Mentioning (That i will make pages on making this section redundant)

  • Opulo went to ERRF and has been getting a pile of press for their LumenPnP machine, so that has been great to see
    • Also shows how powerful getting a booth at events can be
  • Open5x is having a similar experience, and it will be interesting to see if their OSHW and it's publicity causes a 5 Axis FDM Slicing, and Non-Planar Slicing
  • The YouTube Channel Blondihacks finished their Big Steam Engine Build
  • Vez3D is getting close to shipping their ultra-high flow Goliath Hotend (mainly discussed on their YouTube Community Page
    • They were one of the leaders in the Speed Benchy challenges (along with MirageC who is currently doing amazing objective tests of hotends), so given they push filament printers to their limit, i am excited to see the speed they will pull off with custom hotends, (given that that is the limiting factor now that CoreXY projects like VORON , RatRig , and HevORT are using crazy fast axis to the point they are using Servo Motors on all axis and even the extruder, and High Temperature, High Flow Nozzles etc

Off-Wiki Work

  • Decent amount of Wikipedia Work (Would hear about something in passing and look it up, maybe make a redirect, or add links i found to the talk/discussion page (their editing standards are high, so i don't want to barge in there, short of maybe adding an external link etc)
  • I finally used up that first included 1kg Spool of Prusament Filament, and Loaded a New One ( Black Polyterra PLA now) so the 3D Printer has been chugging away
  • I also have many more links on DME as a fuel, and some more information on Autogas (Aka LPG / Propane as an engine fuel), and CNG fuel mods
  • Also many links on Gas Turbines / Fuel Cell - Gas Turbine Combined Cycles , Non-Catalytic Partial Oxidization based Fuel Reformer that can turn nearly any gaseous/vapor fuel into syngas/light hydrocarbons (fit for a SOFC ), and some other misc links

Wiki Work

  • Misc Small Stuff In-between Last Update and This One
  • Cleared through + documented one window's worth of tabs
  • In doing so finished out the Thermal Insert Press page for the most part

Plan Going Forward

  • Next "Big Chunk" of tabs will be some more stuff on:
  • That may not take too long given it is mainly link dumping + creating a page or two
  • If that can be done, the next window is mainly documenting OSE Related Groups + Synchronizing Information which is a way bigger project
    • Getting the Basics Down + Making Bookmarks may be the way to go
  • The two of those things + trying to watch the recent meetings on Marcin's channel will probably be plenty for the weekend.
  • Also need to get the OSE Discord Set up on my New Phone + Catch Up there
  • Unsure on hours, and it is getting late here, so i'll log off for today and calculate those tomorrow etc

9/6/2022

  • It's been a while, so there is probably a gap of a few small edits + redirect creations / category additions etc

What i've been up to recently

  • That Welding Program i was in last year was obviously done
  • Did a mixture of Environmental Science and Industrial Hygiene classes over the summer to see if i would be interested in that route/fill time
  • Currently doing the Pre-Apprentice Electrician Program at FSCJ now
  • I got a Prusa Mk3s+ kit somewhat recently (that almost wage-thefted walmart check finally came in), and built that
  • Have been using it since, i printed various calibration prints (short of Dialing in Prints / Making/Tuning Filament Profiles etc) it seems to be working great
    • Only issues are occasional mild stringing, and issues with [Overhangs (3D Printing) | Overhangs]
      • Although supposedly the part cooling on the Prusa is kind of lacking
    • I got some various tools for this to make the workflow smoother (i'll need to document this / post reviews etc)
    • I got the Diamondback Nozzle (Which reminds me i need to make pages on Polycrystalline Diamond , Diamond-Like Carbon , Lab-Grown Monocrystalline Diamond , Carbon Glass etc )
      • I haven't installed it (or even opened the box yet) due to an abundance of caution in: Installation Torque, Potential issues with these "insert based" nozzles (as opposed to a monolithic chunk of brass etc), and Lead Content in Brass (i don't think it is, but it may be soldered in there / brazed with Leaded Solder as well
        • It's a bit overkill to be concerned about all that probably, but it was a decent chunk of money, and i also only recently became aware of lead in brass, so need to dive into the data on that (does any of the brass flake/abrade off into the plastic, thus adding an additional aspect of complexity to Food Grade 3D Prints , again overkill, but lead is no joke)
      • ANYHOW this was so i could print Carbon Fiber Reinforced Filaments , Glow in the Dark Filaments (For black + glow in the dark bicolor signs, as well as maybe a goofy Halloween decoration or two!), and just not have to worry about nozzle abrasion no matter what i throw at it
  • This also has me thinking on what to make next
  • The main ideas i've had are:
  • Non-Major Tool Things i was
  • But just as with welding this is a Monday-Thursday "Dark and Early" - 5:00 PM Class so i will be quite busy
  • Will learn a lot though (even though i haven't documented all the welding + industrial hygiene stuff i learned on wiki yet...), and (assuming i pass everything...) get placed in a Union Apprentice!

What i did today

  • Pretty much documented + wrapped up all the tabs in one of the windows
  • Also trying to kind of look into / organize a lot of that hydrogen stuff
  • There wasn't too much on the OSHA side (i think, i may have chosen the LPG / CNG regulations for the assignment where we looked into them, i'll check + document on wiki later), but also the National Fire Protection Association probably has good information on that
    • They are similar to NIOSH / Studies etc in that they are typically more safe than what is legally required due to new data being faster than lobbiest halted regulation etc (or just novel feilds like the Hydrogen Economy ...)
  • I meant to update my User Page, and also lay out how to make this page fit more what the Daily Log of Tasks page actually outlines
    • I may split this page in two, that or perhaps this subsections page is fine?
    • Either way i also need to archive past years' entries

Future Plans

  • School first and foremost
  • Document what i'm learning (and what i've learned!, small backlog from welding, and major one from this summer's programs)
  • Document the tabs / get those under control
  • Learn FreeCAD
    • Especially now that i have a 3D Printer (and list of replacement parts i need to sketch up + print) it is time to learn
  • Print Jigs and maybe build a low cost machine or two to begin growing a Fab Lab

Formal Log Format

6/13/2022

  • Online classes will be the death of me lol
  • This one isn't even virtual it's just "Here buy this expensive book and throw an essay at me occasionally, or take a multiple choice quiz + answer cryptically simple questions
    • At least we have discussions though...via submitting mini-essays and forced replies
  • Homework is kind of an odd concept too, granted i'm some scary leftist who also has ADHD, but one doesn't take an assembly line home after their 9-to-5 and do work at home, so why should kids
    • Granted i get it has some utility, and things like math do require some "drill to kill" level teaching for memorization, but i still dislike the practice / it's effects on Work Life Balance
  • It's 12:40 am local time here, i could honestly get some work done, but responsible me is saying i gotta make my sleep schedule less dysfunctional lol
  • This week was on Colony Collapse Disorder so nothing too applicable unlike all that Non-Timber Forest Product stuff
  • I did catch up a bit on the discord yesterday
  • My laptop really doesn't like having discord and my obscene amount of tabs open at the same time
    • I need mooooooooooooooooooooooore ram
  • Also damn i still need to look into that email you sent me and give a proper response aaaaaa (and edit that video)
  • So i guess to summarize, i am not doing much OSE work right now, but i am still alive lol

6/5/2022

  • Just finished an assignment for my "Intro to Environmental Science" class that involved listing Goods and Services Provided by the environment, if they were needed for life, and what would happen without them
    • Burt a PILE of time on all of this yesterday and today
    • mess due to wondering what level of detail they wanted, what counted given that iirrc most of earth's biomass is livestock etc, and how many processes could continue without the ecosystem
      • This isn't to say "no need for protection; drill baby drill!" but rather Humans can survive a pile of things even with just a power source (Nuclear or Geothermal wouldn't even require the sun) and some infrastructure (re Feeding Everyone No Matter What: Managing Food Security After Global Catastrophe , and most of our products are independent of a lot of these things
        • Desalination + Plant Factories (or even feeding Methanotrophs natural gas / synthetic natural gas from other fossil fuels, or Power-to-Food technology if you are ok eating mush, mush derived "processed food", and mush fed livestock only) handle food and water.
      • Was trying to get to the bottom of it, but even *oxygen* isn't produced but moreso kept balanced, marine snow / peat bogs and the whole carbon cycle lead to net growth but it's very slow. So massive ecosystem loss may just leave us running off of the pile of oxygen left behind till we figure something out (bioreactors, or even some sort of electrolysis + CCS but with the resulting hydrogen instead of CO2 )
  • Was just a mess but that + the Decision Fatigue / Burnout / whatever the term for this was just lead to plans falling apart
  • I did end up choosing some Non-Timber Forest Products for a bunch of the goods though so dived into:
  • So i should get around to documenting all that eventually
  • But yeah just wanted to keep y'all in the loop + post interesting stuff i found i guess

6/4/2022

Goals for the Day

  • Back Up Phone Photos, Offload to Google Photos, but start transferring to that Wireless Hard Drive as the main method (In-Progress)
  • Make Sure IndyMill is documented, then move on to that other design that is for Open Source Full Size CNC Mill
  • Document Jax Makes + Upload Photos Taken There
    • Also potentially update the Google Maps Posting
  • Make a wiki page for Forms That Would Be Good to Have Completed and On File (Safety Stuff, Emergency Readiness Stuff, that above FDA food certification forms that beekeeping channel documented, Tool Inspection Dates, etc)
  • Download Kdenlive and use it for that bit i mentioned and Marcin responded to on a youtube comments bit
  • Time permitting look into Blender CAD Sketcher

Pre-Log Notes

  • Some uncertanty around "Category: CNC Multimachine" vs "Category: CNC" vs "Category: CNC Mill" vs "Category: CNC Machine" and which of those should exist/what should go in each etc
    • Dumping everything in CNC Multimachine for now i guess?
    • Also will create that as a category page, i think as of this edit, it just exists as something a pile of pages link to

5/10/2022

  • I replaced my Laptop Battery since it tiurns out the tabs weren't broken, the battery was pillow shaped and pushing them out
  • So that as well as the ending of welding school caused a bit of a delay
  • About to head into my first class of the Environmental Science Technical Certificate course i am now going into at FSCJ
  • Need to make a page on Prusa's documentation, and how it seems they are sort of Fake Open Source, or at least Poorly Documented / Partially Documented Open Source so that is odd
  • Dumped all my links on Freqency Response Flattening in the Discord's "Reader's Digest" Section
  • Will add more details on what i did/am doing later, need to head off to class

4/11/2022

  • Need to head off to sleep, so this is just a general summary to clean up later
  • Mainly just been dumping info from tabs, so sorry for the seemingly random edits again aaaaa
    • I have been using the "This is a Minor Edit" checkbox more recently so hopefully that tones down my spam
  • Also documented some Workshop Organization stuff, + Safety Stuff
  • Both of which lead into Makerspace planning which post catching up with tabs (got a PILE documenteed+closed today+yesterday, felt good) will be my main focus
  • Will clean this up+add estimated hours later

3/29/2022

Jotting Down Ideas

Log

  • Caught up on the recent changes
  • Added categories + misc small things to some of them
  • Commented on Commented on Page 26 of the House Wall Module Design Guide (essentially you have done all the hard work / planning!, i/we just need to plan the layour+ergonomics for the Work Cells / how many will be required for making a wall module, and as an optional bonus design a Passive Roller Conveyor (essentially a table covered in upside down skateboard wheels (potentially in between rails for stability) (can also be done with Ball Transfer Units if those can be acquired/made for cheap?) Active with G28 belts would be neat, but probably overly complex?
  • Some notes on Design Guide: Kitchen
    • If i remember correctly, European Refrigerators are smaller (largely due to city planning + a little bit of culture i guess), so a sort of Regionalization of the design guide may be needed? Ovens may have been smaller too, need to check
    • Also personal preference i guess those Dual Compartment Sinks are neat, especially if one side is a Gabage Disposal (so you have rough dish scraping/cleaning on the left, then cleaning/soaking of things that need that on the right. Also maximum countertop space is nice in my opinion too. (wait now that i'm thinking about it, is countertop Induced Demand a thing..?)
  • Didn't boot up MSH3D yet so haven't seen the latest models by Catarina yet
  • Also watched a new video by James Bruton on Open Dog V3 !
  • That's about it, 1 hour if even that of work

3/28/2022

Pre-Log Notes

Log

  • Going to need to move on to bed, already ~9 mins sub 8hours as of now, and have been pulling too many late nights yet i already do poorly enough in the morning!
  • Had today off from welding school due to teacher needing to deal with some personal/family issues (or something along those lines)
  • Did talk with a like minded friend about various OS / Tech things
  • Also discussed a bit about Open Source Licensing and the "what if someone steals my design", and i brought up the kind of Brand Loyalty in an Open Source Business Model Context challenge a la Prusa where even though there are cheaper clones you buy original to support the creator and have their better QC/QA
    • Also just cultural awareness of this threat and calling out any corporations that do this
    • Also Share Alike / Non-Commercial licenses
  • Today I
  • Also should document the misc work over the past few days on this log later as well inbetween this and the current last (3/19/2022) work log entry

3/19/2022

  • Been watching younger sibling a bunch recently for parents
  • That, as well as that sort of feeling of dread/overwhelming due to break ending soon (although the Panic Monkey / Frantic Last Minute Productivity is now kicking in!)
  • Tomorrow, sunday, is the last day of break so going back to weekends only again soon
  • I need to send emails out to those various classes as well as look into Electrician Apprenticeship more
  • Also if we are having summer X again and my health insurance can count that as "Full Time Student" work or something along those lines that may count too
  • Got a decent amount of work done, but it is still kind of trading water-ey
  • I almost have this window back to just what i will use for more Lifetrac Demo Media + Appropriate Colorants stuff
  • Also some Flamewar erupted while i was busy being productive and not watching discord today so that was neat
  • Kind of dealt with it, but not fully
  • It is 02:04 or so local time so my ability to stay awake, let alone deal with all that is quite low and decreasing
  • Will wake up and deal with any remains of that tomorrow
  • Essentially this one person, etc (Still trying to clear up that they are the same person, and one person (not multiple users), but i think they are?) has some bad blood with the "main people" behind Precious Plastic, i think mostly due to a fee in their Bazaar or something?
    • For one reason or another i haven't really gotten a clear explanation of all that which makes resolving the issues even more difficult since i barely know what they are and what parties are involved!
    • I've taken screenshots, so even if they delete comments (or i may do so just to make the general chat not have...that pop up first thing, that or just fill it with discussions of other stuff too) i have all their points / answers to questions documented
  • brains blanking out so i'm going to log off now lol; i'll clean this up in the morning

3/16/2022

Pre-Log Notes

  • Alrighty
  • "Blocked Out" Daily to-do (All are in est / i didn't include some items i already did)
    • Catch up on YouTube Comments / Discord (Check)
    • Document missing 14/15 logs (Check)
    • 5:45-6:00 School Class Plotting / Sending Emails Out
    • 6:00 - ? Finish Video Backlog
    • ? - ? Make as many pages as posible documenting above topics

3/15/2022

  • Less progress than yesterday due to watching a younger sibling for the afternoon/nigh, but still got some work done
  • Mainly just dumped some links into the OSE Discord 's "Reader's Digest" section
  • Also documented some more designs/iterations on the concept of the Wire EDM and Die Sink EDM Machine
  • Also a link to a wikipedia page on Remote Sensing is now in the Open Source GIS page
  • Finally just usual discord/youtube networking/question answering type stuff

3/14/2022

Pre-Log Notes

Log

3/13/2022

Pre-Log Notes

  • Just watched an Engineering with Rosie livestream on Airborne Wind Energy
    • Mentioned a bunch of great papers/studies, as well as just a good way to categorize the designs, and Rosie's personal opinion on AWE
    • May be worth reaching out to the channel (Sadly their discord is Patreon only (with the sheer ammount of groups i follow if i were to do that for all of them... (need to calculate this sometime, a sort of taxes, but for supporting all the groups i follow?) )
    • I can update the Makani page a bit too maybe?

3/8/2022

Pre-Log Notes

  • Some low tier drama occuring in the discord
  • It is this same person that had an account called PP Catalonia then went to PlasticsHub / OSR etc?
  • Seems overall toxic but i guess their core issue had to deal with the percent profits the Precious Plastic Bazaar took from each purchase
  • I know their alternate names were banned over on Precious Plastic's Discord, and i think this one is too?
  • Oh also they were spreading covid-19 conspiracy theories on Precious Plastic's Discord right when it was starting and was hurting the most people so that was "fun"...
  • All in all i and/or the other mods need to deal with that I don't have the time / energy (physical or emotional lol) to deal with that now so am saving it for later i guess

Log

  • Just caught up on the recent edits
  • Added a few category links and other minor edits
  • Found These Media Folders and was going through them:
  • Haven't watched the videos, just skimmed and saved the videos as more tabs for later
  • Also kept anything Lifetrac open especially the videos
    • I am creating a playlist on YouTube of all videos showing it working for sort of quick "Yeah it exists and works" type sharing i guess
      • Needed to have this when i was sharing the project in Louis Rosman's Discord in the Agricultural R2R Subsection a while back, reactively making it now
  • Finally THERE ARE CATS AT FEF?!? valuable information...
  • Either way moving on to Mild Steel Pipe (~5 in or so it looks like?) in welding school, although i think i will work a bit more on TIG Test Plates and try some Aluminum Welding pre-diving into pipe
  • Also on the note of pipe Vacuum Brazing has had me intrigued anyways after reading up on it during a midnight deep dive into Skylon / Reaction Engines Ltd ...
  • Also Graphite Heat Exchangers

2/27/2022

Pre-Log Notes

  • Before i dive into anything haphazardly i want to plan things out and maybe even try and block times out?
  • Either way i just want to get some quantifiable work done i keep on feeling like i'm trading water or doing less useful edits/work!
  • Plan(?)  :
    • 1:35 (Now) - 2:00 EST: Plan Things Out + Catch Up On Old Edits / Discord Posts (Discord may need longer?) + check email
    • 2:00 - ? Add misc notes / small edits to the old edits i just reviewed + reply to questions etc on the discord / emails
    • ? - ? Catch up on YouTube Feed (seems to be some CNC Machine Progress, another video in the steam engine series, a video update on the LumenPnP (formerly IndexPnP ) a few other small misc things (famous last words)
    • ? - ? Start continuing the Applied Hydraulics video
    • ? - ? Watch the OSEB Meeting 19th February 2022 Record Note
    • ? - ? Get as many links off of phone as possible (then backup photos, delete them from phone, and reboot) (also attempt to use that old Wireless Hard Drive of mine rather than Google Photos )
    • If Time Remains After All of That Move on to OSEH work maybe?
    • Also condensing / documenting the obscene amount of desktop chrome tabs (maybe even just bookmarking them rather than making a full on wiki page, although that may make them disappear from my thoughts moreso than "save them for later"; may be good to just "get it done"
  • ALRIGHTY 1:43 now, speedrun timeeeeeeeeee
  • 2:44 Now, just finished catching up on edits and checked email, next on to Discord, then YouTube, but first quick stretch / snack break!
  • 2:52 Catching up on Discord now
  • Got a bit side tracked, SciHub Inc. had a livestream where they were making a Modular Rack Mounted Mini-Bioreactor using off the shelf parts, a hand drill, and Two Part Epoxy (made 4 with 30 minute epoxy, may optimize a bit but that may be the per-person limit, good for Swarm Builds ! )
  • Moving on in the schedule NOW then at 4:17
  • Fully caught up on discord messages now
  • YouTube Tabs open and Ready to Go, Going to have a conference/meeting with someone from SciHub's Discord about SCOBY Leather Substitute

Work Log

  • Well Damn
  • I only got to the catching up on YouTube Feed Phase of my plan
  • Although I Did Catch that aforementioned Bioreactor Build stream, and had a talk on Bacterial Nanocellulose / SCOBY Leather Substitute / Leather Substitutes (and Mink Oil Substitutes )
    • We also discussed the Environmental Impact of Beekeeping (Need to look into it further, gets complex, but at least in Gabe's opinion the out-competing native species is a major con; Insect Hotels are much better.
    • Also discussed the OSEH project a bit with gabe, he was quite critical of the Maker Movement / Reprap Movement, neat bits of Constructive Criticism, need to document later
  • I just saw (pun?) all sorts of neat footage in [Google Photos Link from one of Marcin's Recent Edits] that i should dive into sometime!
    • Especially seeing more footage of the Lifetrac out in the wild!
    • Looked like you were using the Sawmill a bit there too?
    • Altogether neat stuff
  • LumenPnP video was great, they seriously nail video documentation in my opinion
  • The steam engine is interesting, coming along somewhat well, although it isn't dual acting and doesn't seem to be too Optimized for Production , still neat nonetheless
  • Really neat video on Phased Arrays (good mechanical teaching demonstration with linear actuators and water (Would be great for a Kid's Science Museum kind of thing like Technopolis which i LOVED as a kid), they also made an ultrasonic based one which was modular and open source although pretty limited
  • Watched some stuff on Permanent Mold Metal Casting
  • There was some discussion of CEB Presses on the Precious Plastic Discord, i linked to some OSE Stuff
  • I also linked to the Indymill project in one discussion
  • Chucked a bunch of links in OSE Discord's "Reader's Digest" Section
  • Some OSHW designs on YouTube to document later
  • The topic for my OSHA-30 class this past saturday was Confined Spaces work mainly, so learned a bunch on that, need to document it
    • Next week is also the last saturday of that so i will have more time (and be officially trained not certified (important distinction supposedly) ) to do stuff like all this again
  • Also discussed Spira Inc and need to make that Appropriate Pigments page i mentioned in Catatina's Log's Discussion Tab
    • Essentially what colors can be used for ink/paint/cloth dye that follow Appropriate Materials etc
    • Gabe is calling up the person he knows at Spira Inc to see if they can tell us how they go about extracting the pigments granted good ol' intellectual property bs may keep that from happening idk
  • I guess i have a fourth chrome window now with about 9 videos i need to speedwatch / document later + this log, so One Step Forward, Two Steps Back as seems usual for me recently, but i got some stuff done i guess
  • Maybe ~8 Hours? Hard to tell, but i did that sort of constant updating in my "Pre-Log Notes" section today, and i think that may be a thing i keep on doing, good for keeping me on my To-Do's , tracking time, and "keeping you posted" ; i just hope it wasn't annoying!
  • Anywho back to a week of school!

2/21/2022

Pre-Log Notes

Log

  • Today I Mainly did
    • Usual minor wiki work
    • Usual SMM work
  • ALSO
    • Documented more / all of the relevant work by Seeed Studio
    • I am fully caught up on my YouTube Feeds
    • Made stuff on Wire Crimping
    • Documented the various Open Source PLCs
    • Smaller stuff like making the page on Layout Fluid and the Bed Leveling vs Bed Tramming Stuff
    • Looked into more Steam Engine stuff
      • Found a company making a modern steam engine in a similar format to a Steam Locomotive , Mackwell Locomotive Co.
      • Good YouTube Video Documentation, Seems they are trying to patent it and go closed source, may be able to contact them and convince them otherwise, although i have barely any time to do stuff like that now, and i feel i'm not the best at it? Can you send them an email or contact them somehow Marcin, if you have time? (probably in a similar situation to be honest i'd bet lol)
      • Some modern/novel designs, but these give me some serious Scam / Vaporware vibes
      • Blondihacks is making a 1/4 HP Steam Engine although it is at the limit of their machine tools so is quite "sketchy", also these model boilers don't seem to Optimized for Production so maybe not of much use?
      • The size of these engines vs the size of a Powercube seems a bit incompatible too? Maybe if a Axial Piston Pump kind of thing is used that may be more dense
      • Read on User: Jon 's log about the Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems‎‎ grant, and made a page on it (but realized one already existed, so seriously contact me if i stepped on some toes with my edits of that!) and it seems GREAT!
        • I don't know if we qualify though i guess, that bit on "it's not for product development, it's for infrastructure" but that is still do-able, and where they draw that line may be a bit more flexible than i think it is
        • I think i already posted it on a talk channel somewhere, but i think the OBI Business Model / My (or some variation of it; i'd love feedback + constructive criticism) OSEH Model (if kind of McDonaldized into a sort of "plug and play" kind of model) could work as infastructure maybe? Also that Open Source Discord Alternative / OSE Videogame (from the using it to sort of trick people KSP style into learning the real softwares and design principles, and maybe even making real usable house designs or even parts/machines!)
        • Either way i think that is a great goal to strive for
        • Also as shown by me making all these edits last minute a few hours before the week of school starts the modivational power of the Panic Monkey / Deadlines for ADHD me really helps, so having that date to keep up with may keep me on track more
          • IE i need to buckle down and focus on the OSEH / Fleming Island Makerspace planning i guess?
          • Do give me feedback / steer me in the right direction i guess?
  • Finally do we have a meeting schedule?
  • Maybe about 5 Hours?
  • Off to another week of Welding and OSHA 30 i guess,! I will check in a little bit throughout, but probably assume a communication + edit blackout until then.

2/12/2022

Pre-Log Notes

Log

  • On Saturdays now i have an OSHA 30 (i guess construction speciality, there is also "General Industry" and Marine IIRC (need an abbreviation to text + predictive text for desktop thing lol)
  • So essentially one less usable day (for relaxation and/or this)
  • I got about 1/2 through that Applied Hydraulics thing
  • I totally dissasembled + clened that Bathroom Exhaust Fan and it worked fine, although we had a spare motor that we had from buying *a whole new unit* to replace a shattered cover (would be a good reason to have a 3d printer!), so that is currently installed
    • I took pictures, no caliper use yet, but wouldn't be hard. It is a very straightforward unit
    • Also funny since they were going to throw it out Disposable Mindset and all that, not like it contains Rare Earth Metal Magnets some copper, steel, plastic, all in an inseparable blob that would most likely go straight to landfill lol
  • Got on a bit late today to be honest
    • Mainly just:
      • Checked on discord, although i still need to contact some people
      • Put the work Scihub Inc. is doing on Restor on-wiki
      • Added Categories to Stuff / Made Some Category Pages
  • Guessing 2-3 hours tops? Always hard to judge hours
  • Off to another week of welding and OSHA i guess,! will check in a little bit throughout, but probably assume a communication blackout until then

2/6/2022

  • Got the Modern Welding 12th Edition (Book) Recently for school
    • Further Radicalizing Me Against Textbook Publishing Companies lol, but it is well written/has good information
    • I don't know quite how i can share the knowledge i am learning from it, TOS and all, probably find other papers/pages etc with the same information + a pile of paraphrasing?
      • Not like i am intending to *steal* from it, but it does have interesting in depth information, especially on more obscure methods / processes
  • Also will probably donate it to the local library or something like that (if i remember correctly there may be a cheeky method with that as well...)
  • Currently double checking that i am caught up on the "Recent Changes" page
  • Updates on my various video feeds:
  • I also want to look for / work towards an Open Source Bathroom Exhaust Fan , one in my family's bathroom is dying again, and i think it is just the bearing, making a horrible grinding noise sometimes, i'm assuming it's just metal plates Slide Bearing is the name i think?, making one with more proper bearings would be nice
  • Getting late so i'm logging off for the day
    • even more tabs now but i did document the Wio Terminal sufficiently short of maybe adding categories
    • Pile of information on some new OS Robotic Arm Designs, the AR4 Robotic Arm by Chris Annin has damn good documentation, kits, and even software made for it, so that's probably the most exciting in my opinion, although Stuff Made Here (I haven't looked into this one much), and Jeremy Fielding (watched about half of the videos on it) also made designs
    • There is also a scale model of the KUKA KR350 Robotic Arm by Coy Beardmore , and they also have some other neat "Benchtop Scale Models of Robotic Cells", and may be worth reaching out to as well
    • Unsure on Hours, guessing about five by my edits on the recent wiki changes page?
    • Also before i log off User: Kenmakunga has a GoGetFunding page for their daughter's tuition Here so chip in if you are able and haven't already, we gotta look out for eachother.
    • Off to another week of tig welding, probably back on friday/saturday again, but will try and check the recent wiki changes + the discord at lunch etc!

1/23/2022

  • Feeling Better Nearing the end of that Infection (Did get a positive rapid test on Monday)
  • Got a good amount of work done today:
  • I also updated SweetHome3D , and removed a redundant, and 32 instead of 64 bit version. At least in viewing your neat looking work it seemed fine. Need to test designing floorplans, as that was where the error occurred last time
  • Also these past few days i have made updates largely related to Discord or various content in my feed / ideas
  • I developed some new editing practices i guess
      • Actually using the "This is a minor edit" feature for minor edits to hopefully at least slightly reduce the spam of my edits on days like this. I hope it doesn't mess with you accessing pages / keeping up with things on the Recent Wiki Changes page!
        • If so Do Tell Me please, i can definitely change that if need be
      • Labeling How Long Attached Videos Are
        • This way you can see if you have enough time/interest pre-clicking the link, saving time
    • I need to look into Desktop Based Autocorrect + Eye Tracking Based Mouse Assist (if mouse is moving it doesn't overwrite it, but when reaching for your mouse etc it gets you in the general area)
  • Overall i felt very productive today
  • Granted if me doing these not 100% aligned with the current work/goals edits + work is pissing people off Please tell me so i could address that!
  • Also Marcin what is the best way for me to contact you?
  • Tomorrow is my birthday so i may not get too much done due to various festivities, but we shall see i guess
  • I'm guessing ~6 Hours?

1/17/2022

  • I likely am infected with the Omnicron Variant of Covid-19 so that's...neat
  • Have all my vaccines and i guess a booster, and it is mild (akin to a mild cold) so far, so that's good
  • Probably going to be isolating this whole week, so missing out on a decent chunk of the Flux Core work at welding school
  • May be able to get some work done on wiki, as well as around the house i guess though.
  • Today I
    • Finished up documenting stuff on Light Monorail and made a page + documented Narrow Gauge Railways
      • Do need to make a page on that farm YouTube channel though. Did document most of their work luckily
    • Read up on Thrive Energy Systems after watching their latest video
    • Added categories to some pages
    • Caught up on recent edits
    • Caught up on discord discussion + YouTube feeds
    • Started Getting Into the Factor E Farm QGIS Map work
      • Updated some related pages
      • Pulled up the site in google maps
      • Tried to get information on what satellites watch the area so i can see how up to date the images are and maybe get some interesting non-optical remote sensing data?
      • Also tried to get property lines
    • Need to find + integrate FeF Site Layout information to that
    • Also start making a QGIS File
    • Also grabbed that How to Document a Wall Module page
      • This did seem like a more pressing issue to an extent?
    • Kind of waiting on Marcin / Others to steer me to what jobs need to get done i guess
    • May also watch some more of the old videoconferences / interviews
    • Maybe 1-3 Hours, again hard to track them

1/11/2022

1/10/2022

  • So today at welding School, teacher didn't show, so we are in the computer lab essentially as a holding pen / busy work
  • SO i'm going to do more wiki work i guess
  • I got my google chrome working on the school desktop, so have access to all bookmarks
  • I AM missing:
    • My Macro Keys
    • My huge pile of "Recently Closed Tabs"
      • So now i will have to dig through history to find each article if attempting that work today!
    • All the software:
  • I think the work i can be most productive is Wall Module Cheatsheet work, and the usual Discord management + networking
  • Thoughts i guess? I'll kind of get started, but i would love some feedback
  • Also made some redirects for Wikipedia's articles on EDM
  • I just discovered the OSE Site Design and GIS Workshop , so it seems some GIS work and whatnot was already done!

1/9/2021

1/8/2022/

  • Today's work was much more structured, and productive
  • But ironic given i am going back to school on Monday, but good nonetheless!
  • Documented just about everything there IS to document on Auger-Based 3D Printer Extruders
  • Dived into Supercritical Water Oxidation (Saw it in regards to space applications, seems really neat. The Convenience of Incineration with little to no Emissions and mineral like ash
    • Main "kicker" is the High Pressures and Temperatures needed, and potential salt precipitation fouling / corrosion issues
  • In the process of Onboarding (i guess, *fancy* term) some people from the discord User: Marcin if you see this, they should have sent an email your way
    • Was showing them some of the old meetings that were the weekly ones with 4 people or so to show how those kind of worked
  • In doing that i began watching some of the reccorded meetings on Marcin's Channel
  • Going to post reactions on that wiki page i made for that, make some YouTube comments, and maybe send an Email Marcin's way
  • Not done yet, just updating as i go

1/5/2022

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