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(...) Hmmmm not sure, never tried this. Possibly remove the existing wires, and try to fit 4 thinner wires out where the 2 currently exit. The standard wire is probably heavier than necessary, another case of LEGO over-engineering (in a good way!). (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) During the DCC conversion described by Tom Cook, there is some kind of semiconductor that gets removed from the train motor. I wonder if this component is somehow responsible for preventing excessive current in the motor windings? Judging from (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Hello, To all train builders ! Ok, So we have had a fare bit of a talk about 9v train wheels, and their problems. But I have a few 12v wheels and 7750 wheels that I like to run on 9v track.Do any of you know how to make 12v wheels go better ? (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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The last time my trains were run (at BrickFest) I experienced no end of troubles with wheelsets that had all been used before with no apparent problems. Yes, some of them are the newer super-friction specials but at the time they were installed on (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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(not really replying to my own post, but adding the 2 cents of Robert Miles and my reply to him...) (...) This does explain exactly why the long, heavy trains had such trouble on the curves, and why the banked curve in particular would be (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yup. What's your opinion of the best place for the wires to exit the case? Either side of the accessory connector? Out the front? (...) and most do (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Neither my idea nor my track :) It worked, though. (...) Sounds like an excellent idea. (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Oops. Sorry. Didn't know what I was doing. Anyway, the folder is public now... (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think this has been mentined before and I wish LEGO made the train motors like this! Oh well, maybe one day. Another option for the lead to the decoder is to take a standard 9V lead with 2x2 end, slice the conductors on the bottom in half, (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ya. Leave it to YOU to do that, right? (just everyone wait to see what Rob and I are cooking up... I'm going to make sure I have plausible deniability on any actual brickmods though... "it wasn't me, honest! It was ROB!" ) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) You'd prefer they leave that job to you? *grin* JohnG, GMLTC fut ??? (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Steel wool? Wow! I would think that would be a bit harsh on LEGO track and I can imagine lots of fibers getting caught on the studs of the ties as well. I found that using a small dab of Brasso on a cloth rag and running it down the rails (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Mine either! How DARE these people cut, hack, and mod their LEGO!!!! (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Good info here... however... (...) Deep links end in .jpg or .gif or whatever the file type is, and give the real location of the file, they do not end in .cgi parameters. You need to click through one more time to get the deep link value. Hope that (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) After we cleaned the tracks with steel wool, disassembled them, transported them to the road show and reassembled them, the coupler magnets still picked up a copious amount of steel wool fibers. I certainly wouldn't want to get *that* stuff (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I was thinking that as long as we are modifying the motors in a manner to perform better, I was looking at the possible places we could open the motor box to allow ventilation for the motor. Perhaps we could cut a hole on the bottom directly (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Sheesh! What a doufus... Store link: (URL) really cares about my feedback...lol. -Dave (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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Hi All! Regarding parts for sale at the September meeting, let me point out that those attending the meeting are encouraged to visit my little shop on Bricklink: (URL) mention that you are attending the meeting in the comments box and I'll gladly (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.us.lugola, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, lugnet.org.us.baylug)
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(...) At the Indianpolis LEGO Road Show this past Friday, we ran the same layout as John referred to at the top of this thread. All the heavy locos that ran the outer loop experienced the exact same symptoms as he mentioned above, to the point where (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.indylug)
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(...) What I meant was: Maybe you can use the simple bricks at the ends of the roof, if you're just a bit short of the more sophisticated ones. (...) Yes, If all goes well. I've registerd for all 5 exibition days of the event, but not for the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-03, to lugnet.trains)
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