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spiking Plier
OOPS I left out some text. I purchased these pliers from Fast Tracks a few years ago and I have used them but they are just to big, I use the pliers from Micro Mark. I was wondering if anybody else uses the Fast Track tool?
What's on Your Workbench - February 2021
Here we are in February! Thank you all for sharing lots of interesting projects over the last few months. Let's keep the shares rolling with the latest from your workbench and layout!.
Eric
Eric Hansmann
Contributing Editor, Model Railroad Hobbyist
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http://designbuildop.hansmanns.org/
Sounds different - changing the tone of a piezo buzzer?
Good evening all,
I have some PSX circuit breaker boards with the optional piezo buzzer added. This buzzer helps notify that there is a short detected by the PSX board.
A friend of mine mentioned that he can't hear that audio range any longer and wondered if there was a way to either use a buzzer with a different pitch or change the pitch of the recommended buzzer.
Any insight into this idea/problem would be gratefully accepted!
Thanks in advance,
Tim Moran Akron, OH
LAZY TRAIN _JMRI RPI3 DCC++ Rotating Scenery Layout NEMA 23
hello fellow railroaders figured i would get the best exppsure for a new idea and just registered and found a blpg possible so first post with what you can expect from me in a couple days
Computing ballast coverage
The question keeps coming up ... how much ballast does it take to ballast model railroad track?
Well, it's going to vary by scale.
In HO, one level teaspoon of ballast will do about 1 inch of track. You can test in the other scales to get a similar approximation, my guess (without testing it) would be a level teaspoon of ballast will do two inches of track in N, or half an inch of track in O.
Dullcoat as primer
The instructions for my Campbell Scale Models barn suggested using Dullcoat as a primer on the aluminum roof. While I haven't painted the roof, yet anyway, it got me thinking. I have a plastic kit where the paint is not bonding well, and thought about using Dullcoat to prime the plastic
A first experiment seemed to work, but I am not sure. Does anyone have experience using Dullcoat as a clear primer?
Not sure what power adapter I need for a 1995 New Bright Musical Express. Help?
I bought a 1995 New Bright "Musical Express" set off of Ebay, thinking that it took four C batteries like my other New Bright set. This one, however, clearly needs an adapter. I'm just not sure which one to get. I see numerous new bright adapters on Ebay, but am not sure whether they're compatible. New Bright made so many "express" models, it's really hard tracking down the exact replacement parts.
Preserving expensive resin and mold making materials
After throwing out the 3rd set of mold making materials I vowed to find a way to increase the shelf life after opening.
Internet research indicated that it was the exposure to air that shortens the shelf life of the materials regardless of how tight you fasten the lids. I decided to try a different approach: remove the air.
Workbench Weekend
It's a "workbench" in function only, yeah. But over one weekend earlier this winter, I was able to set up a permanent, organized workspace that was not a) my computer desk or b) the floor, since one of these options was detrimental to my actual job-related productivity, and the other was detrimental to my increasingly-decrepit body (being a hockey goalie does not make you feel younger, believe me).
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