JCDammeyer's 42 projects

[Susquatch]

No Idea. When the septic tank was removed this was the point where the connection was made to the house.

My previous home had sewers with cleanouts like that every 30ft or so. But only a single pipe and cap - not doubled up.

At the farm, we have a septic tank so no more cleanouts. Just throw a ripe flat critter in there once a year to activate it. Don't even need to pump it out.

 

[David]

I'm feeling a bit bugged out now. All that work to make the fence etc to keep the rabbits out and maybe the deer and what happens. Insects. The beans have been devastated and I only planted them outside yesterday.

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We have terrible insect damage this year. Our pear tree was basically stripped of leaves.

 

[jcdammeyer]

My previous home had sewers with cleanouts like that every 30ft or so. But only a single pipe and cap - not doubled up.

At the farm, we have a septic tank so no more cleanouts. Just throw a ripe flat critter in there once a year to activate it. Don't even need to pump it out.

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.

 

[jcdammeyer]

The C programs were written by Jon Elson. Quite a few actually.
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Here's an example of hole drilling.

Pretty simple actually. Move to a position 0.1" above the work. Drill a 0.5" hole at a feed rate of 12IPM. Back up to 0.1" above. Move to next position. Rinse and repeat.

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.

Maybe next a row or rectangle of holes.

 

[Susquatch]

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.

All you prolly needed was a ripe flat critter (road kill) to throw in the tank. That method has cleared up countless septic systems over the years. As I understand it, it activates a different kind of biomass in the tank and pipes that eats all the solids and gets things flowing again till the normal biomass can resume proper function. I've seen it first hand. Amazing really. Doesn't work if the problem is tree roots.

 

[jcdammeyer]

All you prolly needed was a ripe flat critter (road kill) to throw in the tank. That method has cleared up countless septic systems over the years. As I understand it, it activates a different kind of biomass in the tank and pipes that eats all the solids and gets things flowing again till the normal biomass can resume proper function. I've seen it first hand. Amazing really. Doesn't work if the problem is tree roots.

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.

 

[Susquatch]

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.

Ah, I see. Ya, road kill won't fix that. The solution to that problem is sand socks. They keep the sand and dirt out of the pipes. But it has to be put on at initial install. Modern tile is perforated plastic. It still needs the sand sock in Sandy soil though.

Did you consider trying the tile snakes they have? They do wonders in plugged up field tile.

 

[jcdammeyer]

Ah, I see. Ya, road kill won't fix that. The solution to that problem is sand socks. They keep the sand and dirt out of the pipes. But it has to be put on at initial install. Modern tile is perforated plastic. It still needs the sand sock in Sandy soil though.

Did you consider trying the tile snakes they have? They do wonders in plugged up field tile.

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.

 

[Susquatch]

The up side is I can build where the field was. Before that it was wasted space.

Another Shop??? Woooo Hoooo!!!

 

[jcdammeyer]

Another Shop??? Woooo Hoooo!!!

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. .

So putting all that energy into a shop just to see it demolished when we leave would hurt too much. We'd get more for the property if there wasn't a shop there.

 

[trevj]

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I'm feeling a bit bugged out now. All that work to make the fence etc to keep the rabbits out and maybe the deer and what happens. Insects. The beans have been devastated and I only planted them outside yesterday.

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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.

There are a bunch of other generally benign or even wholly organic means out there to control plant predation in the garden, but you have to do the leg (knee?) work, to get a reasonable ID on the culprit, whether it is plant borne larvae, or soil borne predators.

 

[jorogi]

And this one has tabs so that it can be inserted, twisted and locked down.

Jeez John, I thought that was the good side of town but if you have to lock you sewer.........

 

[trevj]

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.

One said "Satisfaction Guaranteed, or Double your Sewage back!" and the other said "I only pump Septic Tanks on Weekends, the rest of the time this truck is used for bulk school milk deliveries!"

As to locking the sewer, ever been in a crackhead's mind?

 

[jorogi]

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.

 

[jcdammeyer]

I've been updating the drill circle of holes program. The move to the first hole is done slowly at the MOVE RATE in order to be able to hit the ESTOP in case something is wrong with where it's going or if it will run into something because the clearance plane is too low.

Here's a video.
https://youtu.be/-1VjXRRVUdE

And here's the program that does that.
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N10 G17 G20 G40 G90
N20 T5 M06 G43
N30 G0 Z2
N40 G1 X8.9174 Y1.5724 F30
N50 S1000 M3
N60 G83 X8.9174 Y1.5724 Z-0.5 R0.1 Q0.125 F5
N70 G80
N80 G0 Z2
N90 G83 X9.0550 Y-0.0000 Z-0.5 R0.1 Q0.125 F5
N100 G80
N110 G0 Z2
N120 G83 X8.9174 Y-1.5724 Z-0.5 R0.1 Q0.125 F5
N130 G80
N140 G0 Z2
N150 M30
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[David]

That's pretty slick! The fast plunge did make me cringe!

 

[jcdammeyer]

That's pretty slick! The fast plunge did make me cringe!

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.

 

[slow-poke]

That's pretty slick! The fast plunge did make me cringe!

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.

 

[jcdammeyer]

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.