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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)
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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)
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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)
| | | | | Re: Lego factory sets / building instructions
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| (...) Hi Ville, Unfortunately, there's no simple way to get the typical LEGO instructions experience with Factory. Often LDD's automatic instruction steps aren't well organized and sometimes impossible to follow. It's better if the model author (...) (18 years ago, 25-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ldd)
| | | | | CAD sketches of Swedish and one Danish train
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| Hello! I've not been doing any Lego-building or -CADding for a very long time now, and I've come to realize that I probably won't be doing it for a long time to come either. So finally I decided to post a couple of half-finished CAD sketches of (...) (18 years ago, 24-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !!
| | | | | NELUG Display at the Great Train Expo
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| On November 18th and 19th, (URL) NELUG> put on a wonderful display at The Great Train Expo in Wilmington, MA. (URL) Our layout continues to grow, and this display was no exception. We filled a 13' x 26' layout with everything from water to carnival (...) (18 years ago, 24-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.ct, lugnet.loc.us.ma, lugnet.loc.us.me, lugnet.loc.us.nh, lugnet.loc.us.ri, lugnet.loc.us.vt, lugnet.org.us.nelug, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Help needed for Train Poster 2006
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| (...) i have the cargo train files and the passenger train files here (URL) train parts needed, if not in the same folder can be found (URL) (18 years ago, 24-Nov-06, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Hmm, we should probably check my math. I think at the time I was having trouble finding inexpensive 3-foot electrical cables to chop in half, but I think $80 would pay for materials for more sensors than I usually bring to a train show. (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Has Babylon Fallen?
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| (...) Yeah, I almost took you up on the offer. When I designed a trolley line, I thought wouldn't it be cool if the trolley crosses the main line I realize that I'd need reed switches. Then I realized that even at your cost I need $80 worth of (...) (18 years ago, 23-Nov-06, to lugnet.trains)
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