Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Robot arms
I met a guy today who has got an industrial robot welding arm.
He wants my help to program it, so am going to spend a day or so in his workshop. Its a proper thing like they have in car factories and hes got a circular saw atachment on it, which he is using to shape marble up with.
The reason he originally bought it for 60 thousand dollars was to make (you couldnt make this up) tea spoons out of the trunks of tea bushes, thus producing the worlds first "Real" tea spoon.
However, he has since been divorced and his wife now owns the tea plantation and he got the robot arm. So he has no tea to make spoons out of.
So he's trying to cut complicated shapes into rocks with it, and needs help with the maths and the programming.
This could be hilarious. A proper bo robot arm with an angle grinder on the end of it at my command....
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Japanese shit
well, we were just taking the car down to the garage to see what the problem was with it.
the mechanic guy listened, revved it a bit, then really reved it again, and then there was a horrible smashing , clunking noise and the engine stopped. the camshaft retaining bolt has sheared, and now its all stuffed again.
the warranty company dont want to know. new engine is 3000+ dollars.
thats it for the car. no come back from here i dont think.
RIP Bruce, died at 3pm, Tuesday 27th July
An ode to Bruce:
Bruce, you are the colour of custard
You got hot, like english mustard
we fixed you, loved you, cared for you and again you busted
You are a japanese piece of shit, rot in hell you beige bastard
marvellous.
