We have terrible insect damage this year. Our pear tree was basically stripped of leaves. 🙁
All the cement pipe pieces had clogged up. To repair the field and bring it up to code (which we were allowed to do) would cost more than the relationship to water used sewer charge over the next 30 years. In other words it was cheaper to get rid of the tank and field than repair it now that there was a sewer line running past the house. That wasn't there when we bought the house.
Using the Hole Circle program from Jon Elson as a model along with the MakeBore program I modified it to be a hole circle program. Depending on parameters it can do a regular G81 to drill a hole or a G82 to Dwell for a while at the bottom of the hole or a G83 to peck drill. I've enabled hints for each field to give a clue as to what the parameter is for.
And therein was the problem. Old style concrete Pipe Pieces. Dirt and soil gets between each piece and the whole thing is blocked by sediment. Our perimeter drain had the same problem.
The perimeter drain tile is socked. The septic field was now more than 15 years ago. Might even be longer ago. The up side is I can build where the field was. Before that it was wasted space.
Yeah I wish. It was going to be a boat shed to build at 32' Lyle Hess Cutter. But that idea went sideways for a number of reasons. Now we're at a point where it would be cheaper to subdivide the lot into two (or maybe even 3 properties). So at this point anything we do, even if we sold as is right now would end up with subdividing. .
Start with dusting them with Diatomaceous Earth. The Diatoms in it wear holes through the carapaces (or more clearly, the protective layer) of hard shelled insects, and it causes them to dehydrate and die.
Jeez John, I thought that was the good side of town but if you have to lock you sewer.........
LOL! I saw a Septic Pump truck that had two really interesting signs on the back.
Saw one painted yellow with black accent trim, "STOOL BUS" painted down the sides.
The G83 drilling instruction does a rapid move to the R0.1 position before it starts the drill operation. As long as you know for sure that Z0.1 is above your work piece you're safe.
G0 close to anything makes me cringe, but that's part of the fun watching the spindle/ end mill wizzing past your vise with 0.1" to spare at full speed.
Yeah on mine it's 180 IPM for X and Y and 150 IPM for Z. It really hauls and likely I could change the pulley ratios in 1/2 to get twice that but with ACME screws that would be dumb. As it is in the video you can hear the two bevel gears in the knee rattling a bit in the quick turn around in the peck drilling cycle.
