edonil Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 No idea. Have you gotten around to reading Atomic Robo yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Still not downloaded it from iTunes, really should get round to that sometime. But after my ikea trip I'm on a minimal spending kick til the end of the month and I can see my pay go in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Fair enough. How's the new computer going? Still messing around with the digital sculpting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Haven't for a little while. But will get back to some this weekend maybe. Have spent the last week rearranging my desk and then tearing it down to replace it, but now I have that sorted I can go back to sitting on my ass mucking about with it during downtime at work. There's always plenty of that kicking around in between things... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 How's work been going, anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Ah, it's about usual. We're making no progress, we have to wait for training courses, permissions, machine time, and so on. And all the while people are being about as mature as children at playgroup. Makes me wish I'd become an electrician... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Being in a field next to it, you probably wouldn't enjoy it. Why all the delays on training? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Yeah, probably not. But then I don't really think I enjoy the job I have, and at least I'd get paid more! No better reason than bureaucracy, and people determined to have their own hoops for you to jump through. It's maddening. Four people from our lab need laser training but they won't do it for us before the next course date of mid October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Ew, that's not cool. Gotta love bureaucracy. (rolls eyes) Hopefully you can get something accomplished in the meantime, though. You being everyone. How complicated is the laser? Can't you get something done with it anyway? Or is it one of those where you need three years of programming experience to get it to turn on. So, finally had Elle show up for a bit...working on writing a scene and finding myself having a difficult time writing in a new character. She just seems to be coming across as almost working too hard at being likeable. I dunno. New characters are always weird to write, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Monkey Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Evening Gents .... how is it all today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osoi Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 I just received my Gencon order! YAY! sans Misaki who I know is coming. The only downer was I didnt get Miss Terious either :sadface: My wife is not going to like me tonight unpacking all my new toys. I like working where I am 2IC and while we have procedures, safe work practices, training etc we have none of the bureaucracy that goes with it, we try to run a tight and effcient ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Oh, not bad. Dealing with uncooperative boards at work, and a muse who is inspired but not very interested. You? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Ah, the lasers easy, I used to use a very similar machine all the time back in Leeds. Safe too, you really have to try to get it wrong. But that doesn't stop them demanding seven hours of this course before they let us back near it... There's one last thing we can try and do before then, but it's not a months work, so that sucks a bit. Evening monkey, how's tricks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Been wondering, what exactly do you do, Osoi? Or generically what do you do, your pick there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Monkey Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 I am not bad ... happy to only have one day of work to go .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osoi Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 I wear many hats Ed designer, production manager, programming, scheduling, coordinating, ordering ... the list can go on. The company I work for are sheet metal and steel fabricators we have a lot of CNC controlled equipment that moves a lot of the setup work into the office and means we need fewer highly skilled people on the shop floor while we can generally employ anyone off the street with a heartbeat to do some of the work and carry out in house on the job training. The fun thing for me is as a backup I have been fully trained when or prior to equipment being installed by the manufacturers in their full use and operation plus more involved troubleshooting as well, so if the workshop have a problem I generally fix it too before I start contacting engineers (have been up to my elbows in grease carrying out a fix one piece ofequipment a couple of years back). Now we are looking at how best to grow so hence I am teaching myself a new 3d modelling package as what I am currently using while useful is going to involve too many ports and patches to be of much use in the future (plus it doesnt run on windows 7 so I have had to create a virtual PC running XP when I want to do some things) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Monkey Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 I remember being shown solidworks back when I did autocad at tech, it was almost brand new technology back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osoi Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 I have dabbled in it before about 18 months ago but got too busy to impliment it and played around with inventor when I was at uni. At the moment I tend to use autocad, sketchup for quick visualisations and a piece of software called autopol. Of ocurse when I was at uni we also used 3D studio and had to make photo realistic renders that took the computers in the lab back then 3+ hours to render the scene, I have more processing power in my phone now than what I was using back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Morning all how's things? I used autocad a bit back in uni days but not had to do anything like that since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Morning.. Have no experience with autocad..but consider myself a cad..will that do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Morning other living soul. Was pretty barren around here. Word of advice Abs. Start training Lilly to use glue as you'll need her tiny fingers to assemble the Ten Thunders archers. How the hell are you meant to assemble those hats. Moving 4 parts in different directions when the whole thing is smaller than the tip of my finger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolution Black Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 lol..not ordered those yet.....the joys of the future.. And not sure if its good parenting to let a toddler loose with small plastic pieces and glue.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 I've not looked at the main Thunders box yet. They could be just as bad for all I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 The archers are just insane. Good luck to you, my friends. Assemble the hats/heads first, that's my advice. Still, gameplay wise, the archers are totally worth it, so I'd still pick them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Yeah, saw the advice on assembling the hats first. Still doesn't make that part easier. Plus the new plastic models really need instructions to know when something is a tab that is required and when it's just part of the sprue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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