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Posted by twcenterprises on Saturday, October 13, 2012 10:04 PM

Packer

Brad, The resistors are from a bulk package of LEDs that I bought a few years ago. IIRC they are either 680 or 540 ohm, but don't recall the wattage. I don't understand a whole lot about electronics, so it's kind of like chinese to me. lol I'm using 1.5v 15ma bulbs if that helps, my track voltage is 12.

If using 12 volts supply, 1.5 volt, 15 ma bulbs, I calculate you need 700 ohm (or higher), 1/4 watt resistors.  Higher values will give a bit more voltage drop, and slightly less light, but should make the bulbs last longer.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, October 13, 2012 10:30 PM

Good Morning!

Not even 5.30 am as I start to type this. I just sneaked out of the bedroom to get some "undisturbed" computer time. That´ll be a problem, once Petra is up Whistling

WindowsXP is now installed again, but I lost my Internet connection. I´ll be having a telephone conference with my son to see, how and if I can re-establish that. But he´s a busy guy, so I don´t know when he has the time to call me up. One should think that a father´s well-being has top priority, but my little request is way down on the list. I have to add, though, that he and his terrible GF just moved into a new apartment last week, so they have plenty to do to get that into shape.

Without having my notebook in service, I spent a lot of time working on those two modules. I ballasted the track and added some greenery. Not a lot left to finish them!

Got to hurry, I hear Petra is waking up!

Have a splendid Sunday!

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Posted by wetidlerjr on Sunday, October 14, 2012 12:35 AM

Good Morning! from Tipton IN.

It's Sunday, October 14, 2012

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Sunday, October 14, 2012 1:29 AM

watch?v=unAsUugK9zw&feature=related

Just something to consider when thinking of a power station for your layout..imagine tossing this little thing into the building.....Mischief

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Posted by galaxy on Sunday, October 14, 2012 4:18 AM

Morning Coffee and donuts in the diner!! {It's Sunday so Donuts are special}

GOOD MORNING!!!

Toto, follow the yellow brick road to Carona, Kansas!!!

Today we ride the Heartland train {Oct. 14 - Sunday - Carona, KS - Departure at 11:00 AM, returning at approx. 4:00 PM Cost $10 per person}. We will board at the  Heartlands Museum Complex, Carona Depot, Carona, KS for the PUMPKIN PATCH ride!!!

The Heart of the Heartlands Museum Complex is located in the former mining community of Carona, KS.  The complex includes the museum building, the Missouri Pacific Depot from Carona, KS; the Missouri Pacific Depot from Boston, MO; a collection of railroad locomotives and cars; and a railroad signal display.  The outdoor displays are open anytime.{The Heart of the Heartlands has dedicated the museum building at the Carona museum complex to Charles R. “Dick” Webb and his family}.

Also, The Heart of the Heartlands conducts motorcar rides under the auspices of the North American Railcar Operators Association (NARCOA) on various railroads in this region of the United States. Permission from these railroads is obtained by our certified excursion coordinators, for those interested in that sport!

More info here: heartlandstrainclub.org

Well, I am off to pack my "day lunch" for the trip, how about you??? You coming along???

The Prayer candle is Lit for those in need!

Have a GREAT Sunday!!!

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Posted by blownout cylinder on Sunday, October 14, 2012 6:28 AM

Good Morning

A wet miserable blegh day for us'uns...it started to rain yesterday morning and is still coming down this morning....blah....

Like I asked earlier...why did we not see this rain when we really needed it?

Anyhoooooo....got some stuff done around the house yesterday and it looks like more will be done today...including running my choo choo's.....

Have a good one!!

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Posted by JohnReid on Sunday, October 14, 2012 6:40 AM

Good Morning ! from Montreal in the GWN.I am looking forward to another great day in the shop.Man, I love this stuff.Cheers! John.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, October 14, 2012 6:56 AM

Good morning. It's 70° and mostly cloudy with 94% humidity. There's a fair chance of rain. The high will be 85°.


Looks like a day for thunderstorms. Last night I got the wall and end pieces for the grain elevators gallery cut from scrap pieces of plastic from some larger structure walls and never once touched anything sharper than a Dremel cut-off disk. Today I'll see if I can put them together. Provided I can get that done I'll have to measure out the length and width for the roof pieces. So far virtually none of this has been measured (except the height of the silos). It's mostly been done by eye and dead reckoning. I have no other plans for today but who knows what anybody else has planned for me.



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Posted by LSWrr on Sunday, October 14, 2012 7:37 AM

Good Morning All:

Jeff, I took Dorothy out shopping yesterday and I took her to a craft store and they have cutting gloves.  Some of the fabric cutters are very sharp so they came out with gloves that prevent a knife or cutting wheels from cutting your hand.  Do you think that might help you out in your hobby?  Have you ever tried a nibbler for cutting out windows?  

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, October 14, 2012 7:46 AM

LSWrr
Jeff, I took Dorothy out shopping yesterday and I took her to a craft store and they have cutting gloves.  Some of the fabric cutters are very sharp so they came out with gloves that prevent a knife or cutting wheels from cutting your hand.  Do you think that might help you out in your hobby?  Have you ever tried a nibbler for cutting out windows?  

Never tried the cutting gloves. Sounds interesting. I wonder if Wal-Mart has them. As for a nibbler, don't think I ever heard of that. If it makes cutting out windows easier I'm all for it.

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Posted by LSWrr on Sunday, October 14, 2012 7:48 AM

Verry cool power station video!

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Posted by Heartland Division CB&Q on Sunday, October 14, 2012 8:39 AM

Good morning.......

Everybody .... I brought some genuine KY country ham to the DIner from the local Ham Festival. Enjoy!

John Reid ...  Good to see you here in the Diner.  I have been impressed with your work posted in the general forum. Feel free to post photos here so diners can see it if they missed your other posts. We would like seeing pictures here. 

Thayne ..... Feel free to post photos of work in progress of your model. I recall seeing Great Lakes freighters many times. 

Jeff .... You certainly are creative! Looking forward to seeing your completed grain elevator. 

We're ready for the visit beginning today. The MI "outlaws" and the TN "outlaws" will be here. 

Cheers. 

GARRY

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Posted by cudaken on Sunday, October 14, 2012 8:55 AM

 Morning, Sigh Boy I am not ready to go to work today! Sigh

 Flo, Coffee Pleases.

 Looks like we will have some Lightning today, great.

 Need to leave a little early today, I have to stop and get gas and Diet Dew so I can stay awake at work. Working 6 days in a row this time a round. Great, just what my toe needs to heal! Bang Head

 See you all later after my term of enslavement is over today.

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Posted by gear-jammer on Sunday, October 14, 2012 9:02 AM

jeffrey-wimberly

Great gallery.  I was wondering if there was something that would seal the card stock, but noticed that you are using styrene.  I am impressed with the detail you have put into the silos.Thumbs Up

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Posted by TMarsh on Sunday, October 14, 2012 9:04 AM

Good Morning!!!

Sunday breakfast buffet please. Thank you. Oh I see there’s a fresh Kentucky ham (kind of a disagreement in terms there) set up at the end. Load me up!!!

Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a south southwest wind around 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Love the way they say “breezy”. It’s windy out there.

Sssssh! SurpriseShe noticed. Asked me this morning if I used the white grout for the floor. When I said yes (nothing more), she just gave a half nod and went down stairs. Could be good……could be badZip it!.

Jeff- I think your layout is fantastic. I always have. It’s so…..can’t explain it. It’s you. It’s real. It’s whimsical at times. It just looks fun. I guess. And I am SURE, those neighbors are just wallering in delight at the sounds coming from your trailer as opposed to the thump thump thump cra….sorry, art they normally are forced to here.

ZIVA!!!! THAT”S IT!!! I knew something was missing this week. I have felt strange all week. Kinda blahish, tired, frazzled, irritable yet lethargic. Now I know why, I haven’t watched Ziva this week. Oh my gosh! Best get on that today.

Brenda took the dog out this morn so I haven’t seen the rain gage, but from the back window it appears to be over an inch and it’s suppose to rain pert near all day. This is good. Most farmers around here are done, and we need a good start on the wells.

Tired of looking at messes. Gonna clean today.

Ya’ll have a good day!!!!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, October 14, 2012 9:11 AM

gear-jammer

jeffrey-wimberly

Great gallery.  I was wondering if there was something that would seal the card stock, but noticed that you are using styrene.  I am impressed with the detail you have put into the silos.Thumbs Up

Sue

Well what you're seeing in the photo there isn't mine. I was just using it to point out what I was talking about. I'll be real happy if my elevator turns out looking THAT good.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, October 14, 2012 9:15 AM

TMarsh
ZIVA!!!! THAT”S IT!!! I knew something was missing this week. I have felt strange all week. Kinda blahish, tired, frazzled, irritable yet lethargic. Now I know why, I haven’t watched Ziva this week. Oh my gosh! Best get on that today.

Nurse! Break the glass on the emergency ZIVA video cabinet! The patient is going into stage two withdrawal!

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Posted by Curt Webb on Sunday, October 14, 2012 9:17 AM

Morning All,

Not muched planned for today. I have some Cal Scale detail parts for my RS-1 that I want to prep and paint before installing on the loco. I ordered some lights for the TT section (exterior) so it won't be so dark when I run night time ops.

Still no change in my friends status in the hospital. The depatment had a special blood drive for him yesterday and I will be donating tomorrow at a blood center.

Yesterday was the US Navy's 237th birthday. GO NAVY.

Hope everyone has a good  day and prayers ffor those in need.

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Posted by saronaterry on Sunday, October 14, 2012 9:53 AM

Good Sunday morning, Diners!

40f and cloudy.

In-laws here, had a nice dinner last night at the local watering hole. Burgers and fries, lotsa laughs and beer.

Found the cord for the camera. Here's the promised pics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More ballasting today after the in-laws leave, then the Packers play tonight. They need a win.

Prayers for those that need'm!!

Terry in NW Wisconsin

 

 

 

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Posted by Seamonster on Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:03 AM

Jeff:  That suggestion by LSWrr for a cutting glove sounds like a good idea.  It made me remember a segment I saw on a cooking show recently.  I believe a chef was showing the host how to cut up a piece of meat and he gave her a glove to put on her left hand.  It looked like chain mail and was to protect her hand from the razor sharp knife.  If you can't find a glove at a sewing supplies store you might try a speciality kitchen supplies store or one that sells butcher's supplies.  Hopefully the chain mail is fine enough that the sharp point of a #11 blade won't go between the links.

As for nibblers, they've been around for a long time.  I bought one many years ago to cut holes in sheet metal for electronic projects.  The only problem I have with it is that it requires a large hole to insert the cutting head through before it can nibble at the material unless you're starting at the edge of the material. Micro-Mark sells nibblers.  I don't know how big a hole they have to have to get the head through though.

Another thought is the punches from Micro-Mark.  They have two sizes of corner punches.  I bought the smaller one for cutting window openings in a project I was building.  The punches have a very sharp right angle blade and cut the corners of the windows.  You can either hold them by hand and tap them with a hammer or better yet put them in a drill press chuck and use the drill press (with the power off!) to press them into the work to cut the corner.  Micro-Mark also has a set of straight punches like little chisels of various sizes which are used the same way to cut the material between the corners.  I bought them too.  Between the two types of punches I can get beautiful square window openings.

Hope this helps.

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:06 AM

Good Afternoon!

Ta Da! My ´ puter is back to work! It took Christian and me 3 hours (over the phone) to fix everything and now it is up and running again! Have not yet re-installed all the programs I had on it before, but there is no rush for that. Feels good to be connected again. Thumbs Up

Took some time to work on the modules today, which are nearing completion. I have to admit those two modules, although looking kind of nice, are not up to my previous standards, but they are good enough!

Zoe, all drinks are on me today!

Have a good one!

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Posted by pascaff* on Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:13 AM

Morning All,

   Currently 49 with an expected high of 78 under sunny skies.

   Sundays on the work front usually mean an opening to closing shift 10:00 to 6:00 can be a long day depending on people traffic.

    Stopped at the hospital after work yesterday. Wife had more than half of her ham sandwich that was her dinner. Then we went for a walk up and down the hall. She is doing great, getting stronger and ready to take on her next round of chemo. Thanks for all the prayers.

  Ken -  I hate those 6 day stretches of work. Really tire me out.

  Happy bithday NAVY and to all current, retired, and vets of same, from one NAVY vet. SeaBees Can Do

  Prayers to all in need.

     Paul

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Posted by twcenterprises on Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:14 AM

Seamonster

Jeff:  That suggestion by LSWrr for a cutting glove sounds like a good idea.  It made me remember a segment I saw on a cooking show recently.  I believe a chef was showing the host how to cut up a piece of meat and he gave her a glove to put on her left hand.  It looked like chain mail and was to protect her hand from the razor sharp knife.  If you can't find a glove at a sewing supplies store you might try a specialty kitchen supplies store or one that sells butcher's supplies.  Hopefully the chain mail is fine enough that the sharp point of a #11 blade won't go between the links.

As for nibblers, they've been around for a long time.  I bought one many years ago to cut holes in sheet metal for electronic projects.  The only problem I have with it is that it requires a large hole to insert the cutting head through before it can nibble at the material unless you're starting at the edge of the material. Micro-Mark sells nibblers.  I don't know how big a hole they have to have to get the head through though.

The cutting gloves I've seen (when I worked in a chicken plant, years ago) had a mesh fine enough to prevent a #11 blade from doing any serious damage.  At most, you might get a tiny pin-***.  They are designed to prevent you from cutting yourself as with a cutting motion, not so much an "impaling" (pushing) motion.

Although I don't have one, a nibbler is a great tool.  I seem to recall you'll need a 1/2" hole to start with?  Don't quote me on that without double checking, though.

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Posted by saronaterry on Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:15 AM

You could try a sports store too, Jeff. Go to the fishing department and look for the filet knives display, they'll have filet gloves for fish cleaning. Same thing but cheaper.

 

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Posted by saronaterry on Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:16 AM

Top AGAIN!!

Sheesh.

 Eat up.

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Posted by rdgk1se3019 on Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:27 AM

Here is a nibbling tool.

This is what the nibbler can do.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:34 AM

Good suggestions all around. I'll have to see what I can find locally. It'll have to wait until I have money though. I finished paying on my History Channel life membership this month and some things I ordered from there so that means I'll have about $60 extra to work with. With prices spiraling upward faster and faster that extra money looks real good. With gas prices here averaging $3.68 a gallon (reg) it costs about $74 to fill up from a quarter tank. Just ten years ago I could have filled it up for about $30.

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:36 AM

rdgk1se3019

Here is a nibbling tool.

OK, that's the first time I've ever seen one.

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Posted by galaxy on Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:39 AM

Jeffrey...If you cant find some cutting gloves {butchers in grocery stores use the chainmail style} let me know and I will look around here for you. If you have a fabric store I believe they have ones really meant for shape blades like an exacto as the cutting wheels for fabric are one round sharp wheel to "speed up" cutting fabric.

I certianly hope we get a COLA this year...gas here is $4.05 a gallon! I go absolutely NOWHERE if I don't have to!  and food,, everytime I go I am amazed at how little I come home with for what I spend.

The hobby budget this year and looks like next will be a goose egg for me.

Sigh

Geeked

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:55 AM

galaxy
I certianly hope we get a COLA this year...gas here is $4.05 a gallon! I go absolutely NOWHERE if I don't have to!  and food,, everytime I go I am amazed at how little I come home with for what I spend.

I hope so too. Not being able to walk more than 100-150 feet I have to drive everywhere just about. My old van gets about 10-12 mpg, 14 mpg if it has a good tail wind. In my opinion the 318 was never designed to be an economical engine. It was intended to be a workhorse.

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