BlackRat Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Got a germ of an idea developing, whilst not quite 'revolutionary', may well bring a smile to your face! Watch this space! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted March 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16, 2012 Printed shirts in 4mm scale ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nth Degree Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Got a germ of an idea amoeba scale? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Right, having passed the first hurdle, and more importantly a field test at the SWAG gathering, its time for a photo break down of whats what! So watch this space, but not to closely! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcountryman Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Without blowing the cover of your innovative idea, & witnessing the tests today at Taunton, I can predict that not only will there be a large take-up by railway modellers, but also the possibility that their bored wives & girlfriends taking a sudden unexplained interest in the hobby! It was a pleasure meeting you today, from the guy with the oversized tea mug! Cheers, Rob ( Westcountryman) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted April 29, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 29, 2012 So watch this space, but not to closely! Personally I think it will have great appeal to a certain type of frustrated person! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Can't be that innovative surely? The paper tissue has been used in place of the silk handerchief for a long while now..... ...I'll get my coat.... Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Rob, that was no mug!! It held more liquid than a 9f tender! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigger Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Go on then, spill the beans, whats all the BUZZ about!!!!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 may well bring a smile to your face! Or Mrs B. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted April 30, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 30, 2012 Or Mrs B. Oi ! This is a family show ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Well here it is, almost................. I got the idea whilst watching some builders laying a block patio (you know, those little brick things) at a neighbours, and how they used a 'plate vibrator' to tamp and level the sand into the cracks between the bricks. So, I got to wondering if something similar, but on a much smaller scale, could be use to assist in ballasting............... This is what I came up with Here's the basic ingredients, a ball deodorant (armpits just wont do ) a selection of motors, grommets, wire and some bits from a chocolate block connector. The deodrant is brokn down into its component parts..............very easy to do and your hands smell greta! A hole is drilled in the bottom big enough to take two wires.......... And the ball part cut in two with a razor saw........ Select a suitable connector, which will act as an 'oscillator' to the device, ie it makes it 'vibrate' !! and the motor is fitted into the body of the smelly. The 'collar' to the deodorant is quite soft, and a push fit is easily achieved........... the half ball is the glued over the motor and whizzzzy bit........... and the cap glued back into place............ and here's one that I made earlier, and 'field tested' at the Taunton get together recently. And YES, it DOES work, tho I only took a 9v battery, which didn't really give the 18v motor enough 'kick'. BUT.........further testing at home reveals it works a treat, so there I think it might work better, without the ball on, the ball was acting initially as the outer, but the 'flat top' of the cap works better on the rails. It might be even better, with a piece of plasticard glued on, with say 16.5mm (or 18 etc) size grooves cut into the top, so it fits snugly over the rail tops. Anyhow, you get the idea, and I hope you like it. If nothing else, it gave us all a laugh at Taunton, and IT DOES work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Theo Paphetis and the other 'Dragons' may wish to invest ........... just tell them your name is Levi Roots and not 'Black Rat'. . Brian R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Hmmm. . . . I was only joking about the Ann Summers bit, - now, I'm not so sure!!!! Maybe the Dragons would be interested, after all! Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I think someone has beaten you to it. I recall seeing a video on YouTube of a German guy using his girlfriend's vibrator to help with ballasting. The pics were somewhat X rated, so your machine is much more acceptable for families...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Just be careful around the chocolate block connector... Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 17, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2012 Right - now come up with something to apply the glue - but only in the right places (a sort of jacker-squirter' perhaps' (for those who know of the jacker-packer). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
devondynosoar118 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Right - now come up with something to apply the glue - but only in the right places (a sort of jacker-squirter' perhaps' (for those who know of the jacker-packer). Now you are just going to make it completely obscene! In summary it vibrates up and down your track then sprays white glue everywhere.......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 21, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2012 SWMBO caught me looking at her roll-on deoderant... "What are you doing ?" "Oh, I want to make a vibrator out of it, for..." WALLOP !! "But it's for my model railw..." WALLOP !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 21, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2012 Now you are just going to make it completely obscene! In summary it vibrates up and down your track then sprays white glue everywhere.......... 'Ere! You're putting me off my cuppa! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Gentlemen pleeeeezzzzzzzzeeeeeee! I will be toooo excited to finish the project, prematurely perhaps! I hope to be there at the end! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Of course mate, we want to see this project brought to a successful climax... Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Ere! This is meant to be a serious comp! This gizmo is my retirement pot! Summat tells me its going to be an international something or other lol ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 As long as it gives you a buzz, carry on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 Sorry for the delay but I haven't been sitting here doing nowt! Been doing a bit of tweaking! Fiddling! and of course field testing! (NO! NOT testing it out in a field!!). I have added a couple of guides (this gets worse!), ..........and by that I mean something to hold the Rail Rabbit to gauge. Call them rabbit 'ears' if you like. Adjust for P4, EM, OO, HO etc, you get the drift! So if a piccy paints a thousand words............... Yer tiz! Yup it DOES work, and hopefully it IS innovative. Hope you enjoyed the thread, its been a bit of fun and well worthy of international recognition and a huge marketing campaign. After all...................it worked for Miss Summers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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