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On Mon, 30 Nov 1998 22:54:31 GMT, "Matthew Bates" <train_depot@yahoo.com> wrote: :Jasper Janssen writes: : >I stopped Lego before 9V trains came out - Does this mean LEgo 9V uses :>PWM instead of just reducing the voiltage to 0? my 12V transformer (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train Tables, and my Round House
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Hello, I am just about to router a circular hole near the middle of a large modular table. (Built based on Bens design) When I built it, I modified it for this purpose, I did not place a crossbrace in the middle, but rather put crossbraces at one (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Train Tables, and my Round House
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Well, I finally had a few rainy days to try to finish building my LEGO Train Tables (following Ben's original design). ftp://jeffk.com/pub/...lding.html I started to put my Round House onto the table, and remembered that I'd want to imbed the (...) (26 years ago, 1-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | 4552 to be Discontinued?
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Are train sets discontinued as frequently as other system sets? I'm interested in #4552 Cargo Crane (available from S@H only), but I'm over my LEGO budget for quite a ways into next year. Should I borrow? DJ Zorn (26 years ago, 1-Dec-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: sticker shock
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On Sun, 29 Nov 1998 20:06:05 GMT, "Ben Fleskes" <benfleskes@msn.com> wrote: :Fully agreed. I see this all the time at the train shows PNLTC goes to. :People spending small fortunes to buy an engine or a car simply to run it :around a track. Well I (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9V Speed Regulators
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Jasper Janssen writes: >I stopped Lego before 9V trains came out - Does this mean LEgo 9V uses (...) No they aren't PWM, they vary the voltage between 0 and 9V See (URL) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Track Switch solenoids
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On Thu, 19 Nov 1998 01:39:31 GMT, Larry Andersen <neonglass@earthlink.net> wrote: :My problem with using pneumatics for the job is that the pistons stick :after sitting for a while. You have to break them loose manualy before :they will work (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9V Speed Regulators
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On Thu, 19 Nov 1998 04:24:02 GMT, Mark Harrison <harro1@one.net.au> wrote: :The reason this is of interest to me is that I have always wanted to use :12V lighting sets with my 9V setup but as the regulators always said :9-10V I thought it would not (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A better boxcar? (was: Re: Thanks to Terry Cruse and Ali V.
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On Fri, 6 Nov 1998 20:42:39 GMT, "Dan Parker" <danp@qi2.com> wrote: :I must agree with Ben -- and this might be a little more blunt. As much of a :LEGO trainhead that I am, I find it difficult to justify building a shrine to :the 9v series in its (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: A new diesel by Ben
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Yes, it uses two 1x2/1x4 angle brackets. both attach to a 2x6 plate. The two medium slopes attach to either side and a non rotating magnet base attaches to the middle with a couple of 2x2 plates to space it out far enough. The upper angle bracket (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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