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Re: A Tea between friends :-) How was Your Day
Posted: February 27th, 2016, 9:53 am
by LePaul
My uncle is a fire investigator. He was telling me you would not believe the amount of soot a scented candle puts into the air
Re: A Tea between friends :-) How was Your Day
Posted: February 29th, 2016, 3:44 am
by Amedee
Back from a (model car) racing week-end in Baden-Württemberg and my 'unread posts' page is rather full. Good to see the forum is getting some traction
reibuehl wrote:
Is that a wink into my direction?
Saw the feinstaub-alarm on the highway. The weather we have these days is 'favorable' to temperature inversion

Re: A Tea between friends :-) How was Your Day
Posted: March 2nd, 2016, 10:05 am
by LePaul
Well I managed to spend some quality time on my friend's cnc machine and make some robot parts last night. There's something mesmerizing and relaxing about watching a mill fling metal chips around
Re: A Tea between friends :-) How was Your Day
Posted: March 2nd, 2016, 10:10 am
by ivan.akapulko
Its for new R2-D2?
Re: A Tea between friends :-) How was Your Day
Posted: March 2nd, 2016, 10:12 am
by ivan.akapulko
A strange day, to be honest. Plans for the monts of may have to change: the Postmodern Jukebox concert in Moscow was canceled, and will have to go to Helsinki. And it's a bit out of my budget.
Re: A Tea between friends :-) How was Your Day
Posted: March 2nd, 2016, 10:18 am
by LePaul
ivan.akapulko wrote:Its for new R2-D2?
This is my version of the data panel that is behind one of the doors in R2's body.
Another member of the club makes a laser-cut plastic one, but I preferred aluminum for something electronics would mount to
A club member makes a PCB board with LEDs that fits into this
Re: A Tea between friends :-) How was Your Day
Posted: March 2nd, 2016, 10:19 am
by ivan.akapulko
OMG, found this:
http://www.sdelanounas.ru/blogs/74803/
A visit there is a new big dream for this year.
Re: A Tea between friends :-) How was Your Day
Posted: March 2nd, 2016, 10:21 am
by ivan.akapulko
looks almost perfect. Indication repeats this in the film, or on the basis of the randomization software?
Re: A Tea between friends :-) How was Your Day
Posted: March 2nd, 2016, 10:26 am
by Amedee
LePaul wrote:Well I managed to spend some quality time on my friend's cnc machine and make some robot parts last night. There's something mesmerizing and relaxing about watching a mill fling metal chips around
I think you should invest in a new end-mill

Re: A Tea between friends :-) How was Your Day
Posted: March 2nd, 2016, 10:28 am
by LePaul
Ha, why do you say that? Making aluminum parts is fun for droid building
Yes that was a bit worn...replaced it after. Nothing the bead blaster won't clean up
Re: A Tea between friends :-) How was Your Day
Posted: March 2nd, 2016, 10:38 am
by Amedee
Very nice!
Looking at the map I actually though Baikonur was more in the north -- Improving my geography

Re: A Tea between friends :-) How was Your Day
Posted: March 2nd, 2016, 10:41 am
by LePaul
Nice site, the Russians and United States have made some nice progress over the years, I follow the International Space Station updates
Re: A Tea between friends :-) How was Your Day
Posted: March 2nd, 2016, 10:44 am
by Amedee
LePaul wrote:Ha, why do you say that?
Looking at the 'finish' of the pockets and the borders it looks like the tool is not in optimal shape
But it was not a criticism -- nice work
Re: A Tea between friends :-) How was Your Day
Posted: March 2nd, 2016, 10:48 am
by ivan.akapulko
Amedee wrote:
Very nice!
Looking at the map I actually though Baikonur was more in the north -- Improving my geography

Its not a Baikonur, its a brand new cosmodrome ,called Vostochny and placed these
https://maps.yandex.ru/-/CVHBJUNG
Baikonur is here:
https://maps.yandex.ru/-/CVHBJBYo I was there 4 years ago. The breathtaking spectacle!
Re: A Tea between friends :-) How was Your Day
Posted: March 2nd, 2016, 10:51 am
by Amedee
Oops, my bad -- I though it was a new extension to Baikonur. Thanks!