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(...) I'm a professional Software Engineer with 3 years of PHP and mysql experience, were I to log in and discover poorly commented, badly structured, inefficent code I don't think I'd laugh, I think I'd fix it. As a community, I think you are (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: ILTCO Article - Making heavy-duty powered LEGO® Track Connections for Public Display Layouts
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James Powell wrote in message ... (...) W or (...) I still have to post the final detailed presentation notes, but the page related to my BF PDX presentation on Operation is here: (URL) kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) Lego parts store: (...) (21 years ago, 17-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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(...) Icky. What about when amatures come in and write code that is... laughable... at best. Then you have a website made of mangled, chaotic code that definetly does not help the community at all. Poor commenting, bad structure, inefficent (...) (21 years ago, 16-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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(...) 1) That the site software will be published under an Open Source license. 2) That the content (or at least as much as possible of it) will be available as a whole under an Open Source license. 3) Probably also that we will set up a formal (...) (21 years ago, 15-Feb-04, to lugnet.org, lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: ILTCO Article - Making heavy-duty powered LEGO® Track Connections for Public Display Layouts
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(...) What I did for the Train Operating Weekend last year was to make 12 gauge wire connectors, run into screw type connectors. These each had a 2x2 plate connector wired to it (not the lego original ones, but ones made from plates, with 18 ga (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains...
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(...) I've used a 27 mHz hobby setup powering a 4.5V motor before. It worked quite well, for about 1 hour at a time. However, it required 10 N cell batteries to power it. It fit into a battery car that had the guts cut out of it (I have a spare...). (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Train poster
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(...) Yes, they are handbrakes. (...) It doesn't particularly matter- the way that brakes are dealt with on trains now is that they are a fail on device. I think that the hand brake wheel is to take the brakes OFF rather than put them on- I don't do (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains...
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(...) Last year I built a tram and the power came from a 9V battery box (heavy, the battery are quickly out...), and it is not very recommended to make circulate a tram without control (just on/off) on a circuit with other trains. I realized a (...) (21 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Hello! I am back for a short remark:-) I have tried to make a steam engine based on the Danish E-Type using BBB´s wheels and I have to say I am very happy to be able to use these wheels! Tell me what you think as this is my first ever atempt to (...) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Review and pictures from COLTC's GATS show last weekend
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(...) SNIP (...) Very nice. I especially had to chuckle at the Dad and son pop-up towards the end of the first movie. Andreas (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Hi im going to be using a potentiometer to control a train, it will be connected to the sensor input, just wondering when i program it do i define it as a rotation sensor? thanks steven (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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Hello! (...) Well, most AFOLs already have been LEGO fans as kids and - after a periode of neglecting the brick, the so called 'dark ages' - found back to their old love. That means: For the purpose of growing hard core LEGO fans it's necassary to (...) (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains) !
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| | Re: Review and pictures from COLTC's GATS show last weekend
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(...) link again. The videos are at the bottom of the page. (URL) were made by mounting a video camera on a train car and having the train push it around. Thanks and enjoy John (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains...
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Thanks I'll take your advice. I want to use it with DCC, I have DZ143 for my locos but I havent decided which one I will use for cars. Gustav (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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(...) why not just add a few new links/rearranging the front/homepage of LUGnet to make the central portal for the community? Jeff (21 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: LEGOFan.net - central community run hub for all areas of the LEGO community.
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(...) <snip> What exactly does it mean to be "community owned"? Is the site going to be like a WIKI and anyone can change the content? Is there going to be a controlling body (say, for example, of 9 people) who are going to make all the decisions (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains...
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(...) With my CN engine I found it necessary to put a capacitor across the leads to smooth out the flicker. It worked quite well. I used the kind of cap that didn't have a pos or neg. it could be used both ways. (URL) This worked pretty good for (...) (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains...
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(...) Yes is a good idea, but I have two problems, one the schools are on vacation (now is summer in the south), and the seconds is a difficult to find a CNC lathe in our technical school here. But I will try Best Regards (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains...
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(...) Yes the LED flickers, a little, and I will do the same with the others wheels, it works and is very cheap. I need to work to improve the electric contact, maybe this weekend Best Regards (21 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Idea for a track power pickup for non motored trains...
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(...) Hi all, To cut back on costs, isn't it possible to let a technical school making those metal wheels on a CNC lathe? It could be an practical exercise for the students (programming the CNC lathe and see the result) and cost effective for the (...) (21 years ago, 11-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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