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| | First MOC after quite a while of frustration...
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| Hi train fans, the possible(?) end of 9V trains, the blay desaster and the too high demands of myself against my MOCs have lead to a kind of frustration in my hobby. Due to all this and more, I lost a lot of the fun that LEGO meant to me in the (...) (18 years ago, 28-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
| | | | Re: Reed Switches was Re: Has Babylon Fallen?
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| (...) Good link! (...) I don't bend the leads on the reed switches at all. I use very small reeds, maybe 1 cm in length, solder directly to the straight leads, and then carefully trim them shorter. (Trimming is optional.) The switch is then (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | Reed Switches was Re: Has Babylon Fallen?
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| (...) Miniatronics makes nice (URL) switches> that seems to work well. (...) Yes, you have to grab the lead in wire up close to the glass envelope with a pair of needle nose pliers, and, while holding the pliers you bend the wire. (...) Those are (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | | Meet Me in Manhattan
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| While on vacation visiting relatives in New York for Thanksgiving, Ross and I were able to hook up with fellow Ashcanner Jonathan Lopes for lunch in Manhattan: (URL) and Jonathan pictured>> (Yo Yrizarry, any relation?;-) We had a great time visiting (...) (18 years ago, 27-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.people, FTX)
| | | | Nova LUG at Dartmouth Train and Hobby Show
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| Seven stalwart members of NovaLUG participated in the Dartmouth Sportsplex annual Train and Hobby Show on November 18th and 19th for the fifth consecutive year. As in previous years, we had our own exhibition room right off the main entrance and (...) (18 years ago, 25-Nov-06, to lugnet.org.ca.novalug, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.ns, lugnet.robotics.events, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains)
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