Good Morning
It’s 10° and won’t quite see 30 today under a clear sky.
Yesterday went by pretty quickly.
I did some experimenting with the plasma table, trying to better understand the piercing process and its various settings, and how they influence the process. One of the challenges of building a system is that there is no overall tech support. My plasma cutter, torch and table setup is unique to me. The good news is that once I completely understand the nuances, I can be my own tech support. It didn’t help that I’m completely new to the plasma cutting process.
At any rate by editing the G code and seeing the effect of each change, I made great progress, and working with the code directly was a huge help in understanding the entire process. I was able to pierce and cut a 1.625” hole in a piece of 1/2” steel with no discernible taper and a good pierce as a result of my experiments. It was the piecing that was giving me fits. You can see some failed pierces in the picture.
I cleaned out several filing cabinet drawers, got rid of lots of old paperwork, old contracts, car purchase receipts and window sticks for vehicles that have been long gone etc.
Only service call was no water at the oddfellows lodge. There is a well pit outside, that has a heat lamp as well as heat tape for these rare extended cold spells. The heat lamp was burned out and it froze. Nothing appeared to have burst, so a bulb replacement and some time should take care of it. Left a spare bulb in the pit.
Son and I got a lot of trash to the street, the totes were definitely a two person lift to hook them on and off the brackets on the carryall.
Never got around to lighting the fire, it was all set, maybe it was because it was warmer outside (almost 30), or I was busy, but now I don’t have to start the day with cleaning the fireplace.
Not a lot planned for today, I told a friend that I would help him with his manual J calculations for an addition. The time is well spent if it provides good heat load and loss calculations so the HVAC can be properly sized. And…. He needs it to get a building permit.
Might be a good day to take the little plane to lunch.