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22 Night
Driving (23) Making
Tires (24) Brass
Chassis (25)
Switching Scales (26) Routed
HO (27) Rails
Installed (28) Oval
Action (29)
New
1/32 Beginning (30) Construction
(31) Routing
(32) Painting
and Taping
(33) Power Taps
and Timing
(34)
Up and Running (35) Scenery
(36) More Slot
Racing (37)
Once again, it took a whole day to lay copper and figure out the wiring.
Then I realized that I really do need
to get underneath that table. In the
next 24 hours, this track will be complete! I have all three control panels
that will be placed around the table. The most important tool, other than
a router, is that yellow stick that looks
like a highlighter. It's a solid piece of plastic used to smooth out all
those little mistakes I made laying the copper.
It is a miracle tool that does not rip or tear the thin copper.
I tested the track with my ohm meter and
found it read a consistent 1.3 ohms on each lane from the bridge to the
track directly below it. I figure that's pretty solid. My power tap is all
set to go. Everything is modular here. I can
easily unscrew the two layers and use my router on the underside of the piece
for my soon-to-arrive lap timing
sensors. The wiring will not be in the way of the wires since they can easily
me moved aside. I have a jumper wire for
each half of the connection and the extra wires on each lane are the power
leads from the control panels. I will use
a distribution panel below to aid in future modifications/changes.
