On Thursday, January 12, 2012 01:04:12 PM Kent A. Reed did opine: > On 1/11/2012 7:35 PM, gene heskett wrote: > > On Wednesday, January 11, 2012 07:01:30 PM Kirk Wallace did opine: > >> On Wed, 2012-01-11 at 14:30 -0500, gene heskett wrote: > >> ... snip > >> > >>> So > >>> > >>> the question then is what kind of wax? Paraffin would soften a bit > >>> fast come summer heat IMO. Beeswax perhaps? Nice& sticky, takes a > >>> bit more heat IIRC. > >>> > >>> Cheers, Gene > >> > >> I started with cyanoacrylate, which is stiff, but bounds a little too > >> well, and needs heat and/or acetone for cleanup. Then tried left-over > >> candle wax, which is fairly stiff but didn't have a strong enough > >> bond. Next, I went to hot glue, but needs higher temperature. This > >> was fine for my project so I stopped looking. Hide glue comes to > >> mind too, releases with heat and water. > > > > Mmmm, I have some of that since I also dabble in furniture, but I only > > use it for repairs where the OEM glue was also hide. Heat is > > supposed to soften it but I've not had exactly great success with a > > hair dryer on older furniture repairs and have generally resorted to > > turning a clamp bar into a spreader to get a stubborn but loose joint > > apart. However since the pcb is thin, it could be exactly the > > prescription needed. I'll waste a piece of pcb and try it, using dry > > heat as I'd have to make a new jig if I got it wet. > > > > My thoughts on the wax settled on giving the seating area a coat of > > Door- Eze which I believe to be mainly bees wax, but I am wondering > > and would just about bet it would need a hold down or 2 because the > > drill bit, coming back out of the hole if its an 1/8" hole, can be > > just tight enough to lift it free, or was a day ago. More revs would > > help of course but that spindles max is 2500 revs. > > > > Cold& raining so it's not that pleasant after an hour or so if you > > are a diabetic with the usual cold feet, so progress is slow. > > > > Has anyone actually gotten that board profiling software from that > > site that posted a story about it about 3 weeks back& which Viesters > > reminded me of earlier today? > > > > I've looked at the Makefile& its no resemblance to any Makefile I > > ever saw. When I try to run the make, I get this: > > > > gene@shop:~/pcb-gcode$ make > > ssh phk "mkdir -p www/CncPcb&& chmod 644 www/CncPcb/* || true" > > ssh: connect to host phk port 22: Connection timed out > > make: *** [all] Error 255 > > > > What is that "phk"? It is obviously not my hostname. The build > > directory is in /home/gene. > > > > Thanks Kirk. > > > > Cheers, Gene > > Gene: > > Sigh. The author of the relevant webpage posted without checking his > work, something I would never...well, hardly ever...well, at least not > always...do:-) > > This Makefile is not for making the code, it's for transferring all his > files to another computer named "phk" using ssh; pretty much useless to > all but him. > > One could probably piece together pretty quickly a workable Makefile by > inspection, but I'll leave that exercise to the interested student. > Who has only managed to carve out 3 makefiles in his life. :(
> Regards, > Kent > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Mar 27 - Feb 2 > Save $400 by Jan. 27 > Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> I'm not even going to *______bother* comparing C to BASIC or FORTRAN. -- L. Zolman, creator of BDS C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Mar 27 - Feb 2 Save $400 by Jan. 27 Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users