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(URL) took an HO chip and attached it to a 2x8 electric plate. After an absolute brutal hatchet and soldering job, I started anew and actually made a reasonable job of it. Separated the 2x8 into 4 2x2 electric segments 1 input 1 variable speed (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I'm glad to hear that this worked so well! When I first got into DCC I bought an HO decoder that ended up being just a little bit too big to cram inside a LEGO train motor, and I've been meaning to do this ever since. I was thinking of using (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, Chris Phillips wrote: <snip> (...) Hey Chris, THere was a post a while back in which someone showed how to take the metal tabs out of the 2x8 brick---by taking a small drill and taking off the plastic holders. I did that for my (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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This is great! Don't forget that this device does not have to be stationery but could be incorporated into your mobile wrecker crane for remote control of those tricky salvage operations! You will need some method of picking up the contact to the (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Dave, I don't know if you already did this, but before you glue it together, consider putting diodes in parallel with the light outputs. This will allow you to run inductive loads like motors and relays with the light outputs without fear of (...) (21 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I was thinking exactly this type of scenario at work today--getting a train motor and taking out the motor--just use the contacts--but then I figured that maybe I'll adapt one of my motors so that the 2x2 electric plate stays directly (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, David Koudys wrote: <snip> (...) Oh My Goodness!!! THis could get really fun! So I install the Lenz N decoder in a train motor, leaving the 2x2 contact plate alone (still connected to the wheel pickups) Just soldered the pickups to (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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Now if I can just steel myself enough I will be taking the motor out of a train motor and fitting a HO scale decoder inside with the motor outputs going to the 2x2 connector. I will put this in a train with a modified 12-9V connector cable to a 12V (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I don't have a 12v motor but this mod should be pretty easy. Good luck with that. As for modifying--for my good friend that asked, here's a walk thru: (URL) K (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Yes! It works, I came home this evening and cut open a perfectly good brand new 9V motor and put a 1.5 amp decoder inside and connected it to the 2x2 electrical plate on the motor housing. Now I have those old 12V locos running again. They (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sweet! Love to see pics sometime :) Yeah, the 9v train housing is a strange animal, but I'm pretty much used to it now. My biggest qualm is the lack of 'fake middle wheel' expandability for 3 wheel power bogeys to emulate newer NA locos. Right (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I have trouble accepting the destruction of a perfectly good 9V motor so I guess I will not be making many of these. Unless of course I stumble across a few 'dead' motors!! My best 12Volt locos have two motors so the power pick-up bogey has to (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, John Hill wrote: <snip> (...) Lets see--there's Brickshelf... there's MOC pages... probably lots more but those are two specifically catering to the LEGO community :) I don't use either so you'd have to find info about setting up (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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In lugnet.trains, David Koudys wrote: So I have this perfectly good accessory brick And I have this perfectly good train motor that will take said accessory brick... and I've been surfing all day, tring to find some inspiration! And so far, a few (...) (21 years ago, 26-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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I'm wondering...... Would it be possible to pull the metal wheels from a dead 9V train motor, and fit them into a standard wheelset frame, and convert it into a power pickup? Seems to me it should be possible, it's just how much work it would be. (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) How about a Switcher with an on board de-coupler? ;O) Mike (21 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Well I was thinking of not actually installing the decoder in the motor - here's my idea: 1. Cut through the conductors under the 2x2 connector on the motor. 2. Connect the power pickups to 2 of the contacts, the motor to the other 2. 3. (...) (21 years ago, 29-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This sounds like a great solution if you can pull it off. This, or contacts at both ends with pickup on one end and motor power on the other, are what we'd been hoping LEGO would do in a redesign of the motor but Brad has said not to count on (...) (21 years ago, 30-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
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