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    Armand,
    I sent you a PM.

    Chris
     
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    Armand,
    Park train on the side sounds like a great idea, not in circles but zig zag around small bushes and ponds with farm animals hanging around.... but if you just have one, Chris would be more delighted to get it. On the other hand if it is a park train I think it should be something like a Thomas engine? with bogie's and lots of kids.... what else does Railino make?. I am curious to see how the kit looks like.


    Kim
     
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    Hi Kim,

    I see that Chris already posted the link, :we-wink:
    but I just made a scan of the brass kit, loco NS2...
    and a video of it running on a cigarette pack.

    So its more easy to make yourself an idea.

    See you later alligator.
     

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    Kim, love the forklift. Awesome work dude!

    Armand, where would one obtain these 3mm ball bearings? I'm toying wth an idea and they might be just what I need to get my project off the ground.

    Regards,
    Dan MacKellar
     
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    Thanks for the info guys. I'll bear this in mind as I work on my little project :tb-biggrin:
     
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    Armand,
    This is very interesting esp the steam 21002.
    They have tracks and crossings including a 90 degree crossing.
    now I have a lot of questions since you volunteered to be their spokesperson.

    So what wheels does it use?
    how good is the track?
    Is "[SIZE=-1]o.Abb.: Flexgleis 840 mm" a 84cm flex track?
    what is the difference between 28011 and 28911?
    The crossings are static since it is pulled by magnets so they expect a complex set of motion underneath that can move the loco in either side of the crossings? now that will be something.
    Based on your answers I might get one set with the steam[/SIZE] loco..

    Thanks
    Kim
     
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    Hi Kim,

    Spokeman :we2-jiggy::we2-jiggy::we2-jiggy:

    will try to answer you ;-)

    -The 28011 is a turntable (just brass parts) and the 28911 is a cross.
    -The Flexgleis is also an etched brass kit, with total length of 84 cm
    means that you have the rails (just flat) and the fixations, but it is
    for soldering, so short circuit :we-confused:
    If you put motor (I plan Tim's 9Volt-Wonder) better to solder the whole
    story on an etched pcb board.
    The rails are just flat etched parts, but good enough to move the train,
    like you see on the video (on the video is motor inside)
    Problem is the wheels, they are melted from brass, but not accurate
    and too small to make good running. (2mm)
    -The magnet was intended to run on sleight under the track, but no kit
    exist. And it was intended to be pulled by wires and just forward, backward.

    Cheers

    Armand
     
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    Chris,
    I was pretty excited when I saw that flat servo but my only problem with it is the initialization routine during power up.

    I tried to make some wheels for the forklift and landed up making some beer kegs there is a N scale barrel in the picture for reference…


    [​IMG]

    No forks yet I might have to etch it in brass.

    [​IMG]


    Kim
     
  13. Chris333

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    Kim,
    What voltage do regular servos work at? and can their speed be controlled just like a train throttle with a potentiometer?

    I have one of those Nn2 frets coming and I would like to make a similar "Americanized" set up using a servo.

    My only experience is as a kid with RC cars.
     
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    Chris,
    The servos work at 5V with a little tolerance around it. You can almost get the servos to do anything you want with respect to speed and torque.

    Here is a link showing some details

    http://www.societyofrobots.com/actuators_servos.shtml

    If you want to have the servo do a continuous turn you need to hack it a bit

    How to modify a servo

    You can also have a potentiometer and turn it around to control the speed of the servo..

    Kim
     
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    Hi Kim, Hi Chris,

    I was taking somewhere look of how to control servos with DCC decoder :)
    In the very early time of Servos was existing some models that just worked
    with voltage and reverse voltage. Still partly used for track switching now,
    but mostly hudge and not Z like.
    So other alternate is to use simple servotester as interface.
    This is just an example with spreaded IC, with small modifications it should
    work.
     

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    I have 2 smarties in order, hope they arrive soon.:w20z6q:
     
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    Finally got some interest to start working on this, Finished the sliding door mechanism

    [​IMG]
     
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    Kim,

    That is amazing!!! I really would like one for a building I have been working on. I can't believe the door goes up and a forklift comes out!!! Fantastic!!!

    Great Work,

    Chris :thumbs_up:
     
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    It took a while to figure out the linkages to make this work. Here is the shutter sliding.

    [ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=iZnRLxoT45s"]YouTube - Animated shutter in Z scale for the warehouse -2[/ame]

    [ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=1CHtydqTQ0M"]YouTube - Animated shutter in Z scale for the warehouse -1[/ame]


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    Looks very natural,
    and again surprising creation on the way.
     

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