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(...) Will that work? I thought the wheels from the motor mounted differently... if it does, neato! (20 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) They are different and I'm sure you'd have to do some modding and remove the gear bit. It might work. The hard part would be making a brush that rubs on the wheel. But if it worked you could do the complete power pickup in one wheelset. And (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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You are right they are different. What I will do is to try and get someone to make a collar (like a ring) to put over the wheel in order to adjust it.The collar should be thin and of a conductive metal. Tomorrow I´ll have more news....keep you (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) If you ar going to "sacrifice" a motor for the wheels, why not use its power pickups. Lester (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Sometimes my english, plays against me..... My idea was to use the metallic wheels of the motor in a standard boggie, for testing purposes, if this works, the following step was to make a copy of the wheels with a lathe, but Larry and Dean (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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Photos of the first stage (URL) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) Might not be needed. I have followed this debate with interest (I have a similar idea). This has been done before, on Bens April Fool Joke in 2000. Take a look here: (URL) at the red engine, and this picture in particular. (URL) he actually (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) suppose you could do two wheels on each side to minimize flicker... Mark (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.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 (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.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 (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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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 (20 years ago, 13-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 14-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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