FatherMcD
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Does that Rest Room door go to the outside or is it just for super skinny people?
What happened at your workbench today?
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Rhinochugger
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AlanL
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Definitely skinny people only
The diner ends at the food service counter, there's no room for food prep but don't tell the customersThat is a good suggestion.Weather it a bit with Tamiya weathering powders
It has given me the idea of a diluted black spray with an airbrush to tone it down. I was going to spray the roof with a matt grey.
Thanks for the suggestion
AlanL
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Interior lights are on the list, the interior is too dark and uninviting but where to place an on/off switch that is accessible?
My solution will be an air con unit positioned on the back wall with an open base to operate the switch
GAP
G Scale Model Trains, 1:1 Sugar Cane Trains
How about a small reed switch and a magnet?
AlanL
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I had considered that but didn't like the practicality of it with an outside magnet that could get lost and unless disguised would look unsightly.
Yes I do possess such a battery box and it will be enclosed within the furniture at the back of the diner (unless I find an unswitched version). But I don't want to handle the diner to operate the lights. With the exterior switch hidden inside an air con unit on the outside wall it will be easy to bend down and switch the lights without moving the building.
The air con unit is now in development
As is the sign for the diner-
Not entirely happy with the sign, it will be changed slightly in size.
If you could print (I assume) the sign with the backs of the letters etc open, I would have a solution to illuminate the whole thing from the inside.. - The sign, that is.
Reckon that would look really cool. - Fonz cool. Happy Days!
PhilP.
AlanL
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I like the sound (or should I say the look) of that.If you could print (I assume) the sign with the backs of the letters etc open, I would have a solution to illuminate the whole thing from the inside.. - The sign, that is.
Reckon that would look really cool. - Fonz cool. Happy Days!
PhilP.
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Grover65k
AKA Tony
There's a possum on your bench!
grizzmo
NW Tas
Its ok its a ringtail, much easier to deal with than the brushie you had
grizzmo
NW Tas
Lol, I thought I had done a slightly better paint job than that
Our ABC, used to run a lot of stuff from the BBC when I was a kid.
GAP
G Scale Model Trains, 1:1 Sugar Cane Trains
Been making circuit boards for my servo point motor controllers. I am now in the process of installing them, thre are 9 in two "districts" , Ringbalin Yard and Ringbalin Approach.
A Picaxe micro-controller to do the servos and an ESP01 WiFi module (the one with the wriggly piece of track that is the antenna) to relay the point position (Straight through or Divergent) to a small computer (Raspberry Pi) that displays the position on a screen using icons that change colour. That way I can see at a glance which way the points are set at a glance from across the room.
The input is from a microswitch mounted under a 3D printed point lever, this also doubles as an indicator of point setting.
The blade position is adjustable by 2 "trimpots" for each controller, it reads their setting to determine servo position.
Single board, the prototype.
The main board with 5 controllers they each act like a single board but are built on 1 board for ease of mounting.
Point lever in straight position
Point lever in thrown position
Lever and servo point motor
Blade adjustment "trimpots"
Next step will be to make controllers for out in the yard that will be controlled by switches on a control panel connected to the small computer and the display will show point setting.
This has been a fun project using my soldering skills and my learning how to use an AI bot to turn my ideas into software code.
A Picaxe micro-controller to do the servos and an ESP01 WiFi module (the one with the wriggly piece of track that is the antenna) to relay the point position (Straight through or Divergent) to a small computer (Raspberry Pi) that displays the position on a screen using icons that change colour. That way I can see at a glance which way the points are set at a glance from across the room.
The input is from a microswitch mounted under a 3D printed point lever, this also doubles as an indicator of point setting.
The blade position is adjustable by 2 "trimpots" for each controller, it reads their setting to determine servo position.
Single board, the prototype.
The main board with 5 controllers they each act like a single board but are built on 1 board for ease of mounting.
Point lever in straight position
Point lever in thrown position
Lever and servo point motor
Blade adjustment "trimpots"
Next step will be to make controllers for out in the yard that will be controlled by switches on a control panel connected to the small computer and the display will show point setting.
This has been a fun project using my soldering skills and my learning how to use an AI bot to turn my ideas into software code.
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Northsider
Modelling the Northern half of the Isle of Man
That's what I love about this Forum, the thought and effort that gets put into projects, across a multitude of styles and approaches. Although I taught rudimentary electronics, and even a bit of machine-code programming, this is way beyond my understanding/competency (colleagues did Picaxe and Raspberry Pi with older students) so I'm aware of it and find it's application fascinating, not least because it's a million miles away from my mechanical, rod and bell-crank method of point control. Thanks for posting!
Madman
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I feel the same way. I'm still in the nuts and bolts world, when it comes to inventing new things for our hobby.
David1226
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Chris Vernell
Three score and nineteen
That very nice man Andrew, of Boot Lane Works, has cut and sent me some acrylic discs, to fit the bore of the De-Winton boiler of their latest model:
One of these will be supplied with my 'drop-in' kit.
All pre-wired, except for the two wires that connect to the motor.
PhilP.
One of these will be supplied with my 'drop-in' kit.
All pre-wired, except for the two wires that connect to the motor.
PhilP.