What happened at your workbench today?

[Chris Vernell]

My work bench is out of bounds! No2 Child is using it for university work

Think long-term: #2 child's degree could lead to lucrative employment supporting your train habit

 

[Rhinochugger]

I'm sure I'm missing something here (it wouldn't be the first time) but why do you need four point motors ? I have a hand thrown double slip (not LGB) and it only needs two point levers to be able to set all routes. Your picture of the Beamish slip shows only two point levers also. Is this something peculiar to the LGB unit?
Phil

I've been wracking my brains, and I can't get it - straight across both ways and curved both ways are all you need - n'est-ce-pas?

Years ago I had a Minitrix n gauge double slip, and that's all it did and all my trains went wherever I wanted

 

[Gizzy]

I knew Gizzy had modified one to make a crossover permanently but I wanted one that was controllable.

Geoff

Geoff, I have since replaced my double slip with a crossover I brought from Ebay Michael....

 

[Gizzy]

Finally got around to modifying a LGB double slip. I always wanted one that would act as a crossover from both directions or allow a train to change direction from both directions. I knew Gizzy had modified one to make a crossover permanently but I wanted one that was controllable. There is an example at Beamish on the standard gauge section (see photo).

To do this requires some modifications and the use of four point motors. I removed the linkages and replaced then with some 2mm threaded rod, locknuts and some brackets fashioned from LGB sleepers. Using four DCC point decoders I got it working. See the video.

Geoff

I think you could have done this with 2 decoders Geoff, as you can connect LGB 2 motors to a LGB decoder output, as you are changing from straight to curved roads....

 

[schienenkönig]

The lockdown, which in Germany led to some of the schools being closed again, gave me a two-hour work until the holidays. So I have a lot of time to do handicrafts, but less money. But I think that was the government's right decision.
This means that the construction of the six-axle tram is going much faster than expected.
Today I was able to finish the roof of the A-part. The resistors and the pantograph are still missing.

 

[Paul M]

Think long-term: #2 child's degree could lead to lucrative employment supporting your train habit

Unfortunately not, she's doing stage costume design, not a well paid career, even at the top of the tree I'm afraid, but she enjoys it

 

[playmofire]

The lockdown, which in Germany led to some of the schools being closed again, gave me a two-hour work until the holidays. So I have a lot of time to do handicrafts, but less money. But I think that was the government's right decision.
This means that the construction of the six-axle tram is going much faster than expected.
Today I was able to finish the roof of the A-part. The resistors and the pantograph are still missing.
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Coming on nicely.

 

[LGeoB]

I'm sure I'm missing something here (it wouldn't be the first time) but why do you need four point motors ? I have a hand thrown double slip (not LGB) and it only needs two point levers to be able to set all routes. Your picture of the Beamish slip shows only two point levers also. Is this something peculiar to the LGB unit?
Phil

The Beamish one has a mechanism so that two of the blades move in the opposite direction to the other two when a lever is moved. I thought about this but it was easier to use more motors. I really need a diagram here!

 

[LGeoB]

I've been wracking my brains, and I can't get it - straight across both ways and curved both ways are all you need - n'est-ce-pas?

Years ago I had a Minitrix n gauge double slip, and that's all it did and all my trains went wherever I wanted

For the normal LGB double slip, only one route can be active at one time. Using four motors you can have it straight across both ways simultaneously or curved both ways simultaneously. For example, this means you can set it as a standard crossover and leave it alone.

 

[trammayo]

My workbench? Today? Maybe the spiders were playing. I was otherwise employed .

No room on mine for spiders! Can't be bothered to clear things up

 

[LGeoB]

For the normal LGB double slip, only one route can be active at one time. Using four motors you can have it straight across both ways simultaneously or curved both ways simultaneously. For example, this means you can set it as a standard crossover and leave it alone.

Some diagrams:





I can run a train around the loop in either direction without activating the double slip as both crossover or both curved routes are set at the same time. The second picture is similar to the double slip settings on the Beamish picture. If I used the unmodified double slip, I would have to change the routing each time a train approached it.

Just to complicate things I also want to use the loop as a reversing loop so then I will have to change the routing as the train goes around the loop. That is the next job!

Why do this? Where the double slip is, there isn't enough space to get more track in.

Geoff

 

[Rhinochugger]

For the normal LGB double slip, only one route can be active at one time. Using four motors you can have it straight across both ways simultaneously or curved both ways simultaneously. For example, this means you can set it as a standard crossover and leave it alone.

Ah - gotcha - thanks for the explanation

 

[Northsider]

I'm currently self-isolating having been identified as a close contact of a Covid case. I broke up for the holidays last week: always so much nicer doing these things in my own time . But it means I have been keeping clear of the family in the new garden room, making progress with three scratch-build IOM 'H' wagons. Progress is currently halted as I failed to order the axleboxes, but they are on their way now. I spent just over a day of my enforced free time building the IOM 'L' bolster wagon kits; I have photographed the build and written it up for submission to GR -but can I find the lead for the digital camera? So there's another online order; photos to follow when it arrives!

 

[schienenkönig]

Today my friend and I worked on the Hagen tram and the Wuppertal trailer 429. The Hagener got 3/4 of his second roof. The trailer 429 received spring packages.

 

[dunnyrail]

I'm currently self-isolating having been identified as a close contact of a Covid case. I broke up for the holidays last week: always so much nicer doing these things in my own time . But it means I have been keeping clear of the family in the new garden room, making progress with three scratch-build IOM 'H' wagons. Progress is currently halted as I failed to order the axleboxes, but they are on their way now. I spent just over a day of my enforced free time building the IOM 'L' bolster wagon kits; I have photographed the build and written it up for submission to GR -but can I find the lead for the digital camera? So there's another online order; photos to follow when it arrives!

Not sure what type of Digi Camera you have but if it uses SD Cards a SD Card Reader would have been much a much cheeper option. Just takes the card from the camera and links to the PC via USB. Always worth having one anyway.

 

[Northsider]

Not sure what type of Digi Camera you have but if it uses SD Cards a SD Card Reader would have been much a much cheeper option. Just takes the card from the camera and links to the PC via USB. Always worth having one anyway.

I hadn't thought of that! A lead is ordered now -it cost £2:99. Would a card reader be cheaper?

 

[dunnyrail]

I hadn't thought of that! A lead is ordered now -it cost £2:99. Would a card reader be cheaper?

Oh probably a little more than that so I think you have done well with the Camera Lead, I would have expected something in the £20-30 mark, a reader could be got for around a Tenner.

 

[Rhinochugger]

Not sure what type of Digi Camera you have but if it uses SD Cards a SD Card Reader would have been much a much cheeper option. Just takes the card from the camera and links to the PC via USB. Always worth having one anyway.

Some PCs will just accept the SD card - but you always tend to go with what you know.

 

[dunnyrail]

Some PCs will just accept the SD card - but you always tend to go with what you know.

Ah forgot that some do have a slot for SD Cards, been a MAC man for so long you forget these things.

 

[casey jones snr]

Final weathering applied to the 7/8ths scale locomotives. I’m happy with the results:-

I have a few wagons that could do with some weathering as well.