end of summer x + grading and house finishing

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Richard Henegar Update

Emergent Ventures
KC Building Mentor
DoL summary

end of summer x

Met with mutton

Inspection By DoL.

Calibration of CNC Torch Table continued and workshop tidy up ready for inspection on Wednesday 17th Nov. 2021 by DoL. Jon Miller also on site.

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Calibration

Calibration Continued

Calibration of CNC Torch Table

Rosebud - vinyl siding - research, design, BoM (6 hours today + 6 hours over previous 3 weeks)

Redesign of D3D Pro3 riser from https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/D3D_v20.04.27_3D_CAD for thinner halogen heat bed. Printed 4 risers.

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Preparing test file for CNC Torch Table.
Learning g-code.

Winter X

Cut D3D Pro 2 new aluminium heat bed. To add halogen lamps.

Finally attaching torch head to Z axis and Z probe attachment so Z probe can be swung out of heat's way when torch is lit.

Continuing work on the CNC Torch Table

CNC Torch Table build - Control panel hook up to torch table frame

CNC Torch Table build

CNC Torch Table build

Summer X part 2

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CNC Torch Table Build

Installed the remaining X axis. Drilled pulley to fit Nema 23 motor. Installed motors and belts. Had to replace motor to idler plug - didn't fit correctly. Printed new motor to idler plug. Tested motion. X carriages moving in opposite directions. Motion direction corrected by swapping cables to one winding on one of the stepper motors.

assembled X axes- 2 off - idler, motor piece and auto-paralleling piece. Installed one X axis between the two Y axes.

Continued work on CNC Torch Table.
Seeded two buckets with mushroom spawn. Had to wet the straw in the remaining 3 buckets. Set up ozonator again after wetting to sterilize.

Continued work on CNC Torch Table

meeting and planning

Modified Y axes on CNC Torch Table with metal plate carriages plus three 3D printed separate carriages that hold the 1" bearings. Tested the new belt tensioning mechanism - works well.
Set up Ozonator to sterilize 5 buckets of straw for seeding with mycellium. 24 hours on ozonator from 5:30pm 26 Oct 2021.

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Printed New Quick Mount Motor pieces for CNC Torch table with Flange for easier mounting of X axes.
D3D Pro Data collection - Z motors holding force increased by increasing stepper driver voltage from 0.6V to 1.1V.

Summer X part 2 beginning

meeting

Summer X. Sick for 2 days.

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summer x`

Cut and fit panel around seed eco home carport door.

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Worked on disassembling Catarina’s greenhouse.

Picked up insulation from shop and put it upstairs in seed eco home 2. Cut panels to fit over French doors and around upstairs door.

Burned trash

Got trash bags from HabLab and picked up trash at Seed Eco Home. Burned trash.

Installed door. Ben helped me for 30 minutes and said that a carpenter that regularly installs doors can do it in one hour. After door was shimmed and screwed in, I realized it was skewed. Pulled door back out and started over. A dilemma as door is wrong depth. If it’s right outside it’s wrong inside and vice versa. Chose to put it in to match inside.

Put in flashing tape around bottom and sides of carport door, installed future flash pan.

Burned trash, took HabLab propane tanks to Walmart in Cameron and exchanged, took Ben to Orschleins and helped him pick out a good welding mask (he purchased) with 4 arc sensors and 1/30,000 shutter speed on auto lens. Part way back he opened package and lens was scratched, so we turned around, went back and he exchanged it for a good one.

Installed drip flashing above French doors and taped up with epdm. Installed victor flashing around upper story door, along with plastic pan under door. Door opening was warped so very difficult to install. Took out many times before I figured out what was wrong.
Installed treated 2x4 in doorway of carport. Drilled concrete, used concrete screws and liquid nails to hold in place. Spent 30 minutes or more looking for liquid nails. Tried several tubes and they were all bad.