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Month: August 2022

Turnout Motor Noise

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022

Although I could rely on finger-flick turnouts, especially since the Walthers Code 83 turnouts have a snap-action on the points, I want to try something different. One of the products in development over at Iowa Scaled Engineering is a 3D printed key switch. Originally intended for the relaunch of our timelock circuit, I wanted to…

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More Foam

August 7, 2022August 23, 2022

When I last laid down foam, I left a section at the end of the peninsula unfinished. After reflecting on that choice, I decided to finish the foam (and fascia) all the way to the end so that the long side was complete. This simply involved cutting a piece of foam to fit (cut it…

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