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LCB continued and starting Stock Storage


MattB

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On Bank Holiday Monday I made my first dividers for the stock drawers. Used 9mm ply for the ends and 3mm ply for the dividers. Measured the width between the slots as 45mm which enables enough room for me to get my fingers into the slot to pick up the stock. Haven't glued dividers in as they are tightly wedged (sprung) into the slots. Unpacked some Hornby stock some of which hasn't seen the light of day for a couple of years. Usefully I found that two Hornby coaches (the grouping sort) will fit into one slot but I cannot get two MK1, 2, 3 coaches in together. I have 9 slots in each drawer. I reckon I will need 5 drawers to take all my stock (but normally there would only be 3 in use at a time as rest of stock would be on the layout). Have 9 drawers so plenty of room for expansion!

 

Also finished building my CANGizmo tester for my new layout control bus . Initially 1 of the LEDs didn't work (the white one) so I unsoldered it and put it back in again, tested it again and it worked. Ran full test and everything worked as in the instructions. This module is a standalone test module for network testing CBUS modules before one puts them in the main LCB. Started building the CANUSB4 so I can convert my CANACC8 and CANACE8C to FLiM mode. 

 

Next plan is to get some 22 gauge red and yellow wire (these are my DCC track bus colours) so I can start re-wiring the DCC bus under Baseboard 1 (currently wired with wrong diameter). The drop downs are ok and will remain but the bus itself as well as being the wrong gauge is a bit of a mess plus I want it to run closer to the front of the board so I can get the main feed wires from the controller to it neatly. Will probably use normal cable tie pads but glued on to underside of board as the sticky pad tends to come away. Once that's done will move onto the layout control bus which is more of a mess.

 

 

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