well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles. The adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and the Works Apprentice, George.

[franciswilliamwebb]

Is that a glimpse of pampas grass?

[MrWolf]

1 hour ago, franciswilliamwebb said:

Is that a glimpse of pampas grass?

 

You can tell who has been married for years on here....😉 🤣

[JustinDean]

…what have I missed?

 

Pretty little green locos and a young lady in a big jumper. 
 

….right, back to work. 
 

Jay

[Gilbert]

1 minute ago, JustinDean said:

…what have I missed?

 

Pretty little green locos and a young lady in a big jumper. 
 

….right, back to work. 
 

Jay

Keep up at the back....

[Bungus the Fogeyman]

Has anyone got any big ladies in young jumpers? Asking for a friend.........

 

Disgusting of Market Harborough

[NHY 581]

Morning all,

Yesterday saw the stiches out of the hoof and there's now more movement and less tingly stuff going on. Back with the Doc sometime in the New Year so put this to one side for now. After roughly tens days, post op, I do feel as if I have more feeling in the finger tips and less numbness in general. Certainly better than before and an improvement over the last 18 months or so.

Perhaps understandably, I'm looking forward to doing a bit of modelling and I will, once I work out exactly what I'm doing !

The last week has seen another  show invite drop in and if nothing else, I must make a list as a few have moved from their expected weekends/months. It's already looking like being a busy year once again.

Therefore, more train stuff and less hoof stuff to follow...........fingers crossed ( and yes, I can do that now )

 

 

Onward and ever upward. 

 

Rob

[Gedward]

Great news Rob.

[MrWolf]

Good to hear that and now you have the Room of Doom in order a bit of modelling can be seen as light physio to improve mobility and dexterity rather than dodging household chores. 😉

[John Besley]

I have a problem (don't we all...) and seeing as the topic of troublesome points crops up here on a regular bassis thought I ask the sheepmister for advice...

 

Peco live frog Y point 0:16.5,  when the road is set for the right hand side I have a intermittent dead spot, this can be cleared by gently wigling the under board point motor pin to move the blade off the stock rail by a nano fraction, I've adjusted up the wiper contact and was wondering if I should wire a jumper across....

 

Unfortunately I can't rewire the entire point as everything is fixed, it's been like this for a while but with not able to do anything work wise with a busted wrist thought I'd try to get to the bottom of the problem...

 

And yes I am useing gaugemaster point motors

 

 

Edited December 11, 2023 by John Besley

[figworthy]

It seems that his Supreme Wooliness's new business venture has been revealed.

 

 

 

 

Adrian

Edited December 11, 2023 by figworthy

[MrWolf]

That's definitely a white sheep there. Is it a case of cultural appropriation? Or do sheep not care about such things?

[Donw]

32 minutes ago, John Besley said:

I have a problem (don't we all...) and seeing as the topic of troublesome points crops up here on a regular bassis thought I ask the sheepmister for advice...

 

Peco live frog Y point 0:16.5,  when the road is set for the right hand side I have a intermittent dead spot, this can be cleared by gently wigling the under board point motor pin to move the blade off the stock rail by a nano fraction, I've adjusted up the wiper contact and was wondering if I should wire a jumper across....

 

Unfortunately I can't rewire the entire point as everything is fixed, it's been like this for a while but with not able to do anything work wise with a busted wrist thought I'd try to get to the bottom of the problem...

 

And yes I am useing gaugemaster point motors

 

 

 

If the point is a bog standard electrofrog it probably relies on blade contact to power the frog. You can use a switch to  back up the blade contact. The issue with turnouts wired this way is the open blade will be at opposite polarity to the adjacent stock rail and if a wheel touches both you have a short. Dead spots usually occur when the blade contact is unreliable it may be that the passage of a loco causes a loss of contact due to the blade moving very slightly.

If the point uses blade contact you cannot wire a jumper across as that will cause a short.  The best option to avoid problems with blade contact is to isolate the blades from the frog, bond them to the adjacent stock rails and power the frog through a switch. This cannot be done with the point in position as there are links underneath that need to be cut.

 

Don

[John Besley]

13 minutes ago, Donw said:

 

If the point is a bog standard electrofrog it probably relies on blade contact to power the frog. You can use a switch to  back up the blade contact. The issue with turnouts wired this way is the open blade will be at opposite polarity to the adjacent stock rail and if a wheel touches both you have a short. Dead spots usually occur when the blade contact is unreliable it may be that the passage of a loco causes a loss of contact due to the blade moving very slightly.

If the point uses blade contact you cannot wire a jumper across as that will cause a short.  The best option to avoid problems with blade contact is to isolate the blades from the frog, bond them to the adjacent stock rails and power the frog through a switch. This cannot be done with the point in position as there are links underneath that need to be cut.

 

Don

 

Hmm I did think that might be the case... at some point Exhill will be dismantled for a house move so I might just let it go untill then and either relay the point or rebuild the whole thing in a different format.

 

Where can I find the data sheets / drawing for this method please?

Edited December 11, 2023 by John Besley

[Donw]

I build my own turnouts mostly this page from DCC concepts has a diagram of a peco point and how to do it https://www.dccconcepts.com/manual/making-peco-better/

 

Don

[NHY 581]

Morning all, 

 

Things are quietly trundling on at Chateau Sheep but 'plans' remain as per with new modelling at a stand still ahead of Crimbo. 

 

There is obviously an intention to recommence hostilities after Christmas and thankfully,  I may well have found an alternative baseboard from the Swedish baseboard company so all is not lost. 

 

Yesterday saw a package arrive containing goodies. Figures are not something that play a part on the layouts of the Sheep Continuum, other than the occasional loco crew. I'm grateful to John, aka @Warwick Sidings for the opportunity to play about with a few cameos, more of which over the coming weeks, no doubt. 

 

 

 

Rob. 

 

 

[Fishplate]

On 09/12/2023 at 08:17, NHY 581 said:

Yesterday saw the stiches out of the hoof

 

On 09/12/2023 at 08:17, NHY 581 said:

once I work out exactly what I'm doing !

 

On 09/12/2023 at 08:17, NHY 581 said:

another  show invite drop in and if nothing else, I must make a list

 

How are you getting on Rob ? You've been a bit quiet on your topic. Hope all is ok?

[Fishplate]

Haha. Both posted at the same time!

[Wayne 37901]

Afternoon Rob.

 

I must have missed what happened, but I'm glad to read that your hoof is on the mend. I don't remember us talking about it at the shop.

 

Some good stuff here as usual. I'm making steady progress on the NCB project so will update that before Christmas.

 

Take it easy.

 

Wayne

[NHY 581]

Afternoon all, 

 

Just sharing this here.......

 

☆ SWAG Members Day- SUNDAY 28th APRIL 2024☆

Rob

 

[John Besley]

I don't know if it's OK to ask but what control system do you use?

[westerner]

I didn't realise that Rob controlled Peter Cook and Dudley Moore.

[NHY 581]

3 hours ago, John Besley said:

I don't know if it's OK to ask but what control system do you use?

 

Of course it's okay, John but sorry, control what exactly........if you mean this thread, I have no control. Gave up years ago ! 

 

Rob. 

[John Besley]

2 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Of course it's okay, John but sorry, control what exactly........if you mean this thread, I have no control. Gave up years ago ! 

 

Rob. 

 

Sorry should be more specific, I am pondering changing Exhill Works from DC to DCC (to get an idea of the size and scale I work in see  the link below) while I model in 7/8ths the locos and stock are adapted 00 chassis and subframes ...

 

My questions are what do you or others use for the control system and decoders.  I know everyone will have their ultimate system bit all I need is - 

 

Hand held controller, with slide knob for preferance,  sound and light function.

 

Other niceties at some point will be background sounds - birds, machinery, industrial clatter etc.

 

But I fear drowning in expensive systems that work of a PC or phone

 

 

Edited December 17, 2023 by John Besley

[NHY 581]

8 minutes ago, John Besley said:

 

Sorry should be more specific, I am pondering changing Exhill Works from DC to DCC (to get an idea of the size and scale I work in see  the link below) while I model in 7/8ths the locos and stock are adapted 00 chassis and subframes ...

 

My questions are what do you or others use for the control system and decoders.  I know everyone will have their ultimate system bit all I need is - 

 

Hand held controller, with slide knob for preferance,  sound and light function.

 

Other niceties at some point will be background sounds - birds, machinery, industrial clatter etc.

 

But I fear drowning in expensive systems that work of a PC or phone

 

 

 

 

Roger. 

 

I'm new to DCC so perhaps not best placed but here are my thoughts to date. 

 

I use a NCE Powercab. I have experience of the Bachmann Dynamis system and various Gaugemaster DCC systems.

 

The Powercab is by far the one which I prefer. The ergonomics suit me, moreso at present due to my gimpy hooves. There are three says to control speed. Two sets of push buttons. The first increases/decreases speed in mutiples of either 5 or 10 depending on if you are on 28 or 128 speed steps. The second set increases/decreases in 1s. The third option is a roller. Very smooth. 

 

The background noises I can't comment on. 

 

Decoders. The best I have found is Zimo or Bachman /ESU. I've tried DCC concepts, Dapol, LAIS ( Carp !) and a few others but Zimo of Bachmann/Zimo, Bachmann/ESU are those I stick with.

 

The above combination gives me the smooth, slow speed running I want. 

 

I hope this gets the ball rolling. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

[woodenhead]

@John Besley I also use an NCE Cab - I do sometimes use a computer whilst tweaking individual locos via a Sprog but generally (and this includes programming a loco ID) I can just use the NCE Cab to play trains, and this includes point control to 20 individual IP Digital point motors (I can even use macros to daisy chain a series of point movements for route setting).

 

DCC doesn't have to be complicated or linked to anything beyond the controller.