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6 hours ago, NFWEM57 said:

 I use a spring loaded tap follower when I need to tap a hole and mount the tap and tap follower in a pillar drill or lathe tail stock.

Well, I never knew about that. Just searched it on YouTube. I've learnt something this morning.

I have successfully used these... rotary encoders for Prodigy replacements.

20 minutes ago, Vistisen said:

I have a program BrickArch that can generate bricks and Window headers  in different sizes. 

A search found this... http://www.bwwmrc.co.uk/bricks/

Had an email notification of shipping yesterday but it didn't say what for...

Quote

 

Your order has been shipped via Royal Mail, Standard Delivery service - Wed 5 Apr 2023.

Inbox

sales@kernowmodelrailcentre.com

Wed, Apr 5, 10:05 AM (1 day ago)

to me

Your order has been shipped via Royal Mail, Standard Delivery service.

Consignment ref Ignore email.

For delivery to:

XXXXXXX

Thank you for your order.

* * PLEASE NOTE - YOUR ORDER HAS BEEN PASSED TO THE WAREHOUSE AND WILL USUALLY BE DESPATCHED THE SAME WORKING DAY.  * *

 

I only have the Railmotor on order.

Part two is in No5 the February issue.

Not forgetting that the nut needs to be recut/replaced when stringing the opposite way round.

3 hours ago, rob D2 said:

But apparently I'm selfish and unsupportive ,

I can beat that...  I'm selfish, unsupportive and Xenophobic.

The BFI film wouldn't play for me until I turned off Adblock.

15 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

When I lived in Birmingham it was in a brick built house, how old are you?!!

 

Mike.

Brick!!! You were lucky... our 'ouse was a cardboard box.

1 hour ago, Danemouth said:

 

I had an Aunt who used sterri - awful in tea/coffee but great in rice pudding, tapioca and semolina.

 

Dave

And custard.

The welding on the cheap trestles is done in the workshops for the visually impaired. I have a couple where none of the welding is square.

52 minutes ago, Tomathee said:

 the decoder has 8 wires so presumably I'd need two.

 

Unless the loco has lights you only need four wires.

If the decoder stays in the loco you would have two wires to the speaker and two for the pickups, if the tender has any.
If you move the decoder to the tender, which is what I would do, you still only need  four wires, two to the motor and two for the pickups.

You can buy pre wired 4 pin jst connectors like these.

For wire, I have stripped the cores from old computer cables, such as mouse, printer, keyboard etc.

15 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

Who's Phil Collins? I'm 74.

Ask Jesus, he knows him.

5 hours ago, Izzy said:

Handset rotary controls are unreliable (the encoder) and fail on a regular basis with a cost for return and repair. I've given up with mine and just use the buttons now.

Bob

Did you not try the encoders from AliExpress. two for less than a fiver posted.
Mine is still working fine.

It was originally priced at more than a standard 4 wheeled wagon from Oxford Rail.
Will the price of Oxford Rail wagons double when sold in a Hornby box?

Are the two outputs of the PL-26 linked?

'Go to first unread post' has started going to the first old post at the top of the last page.

Are they a second run?
I thought the original availability was so hard to get that people could not make a full rake.

If these have all sold out, where did they come from, or are they Hattons original allocation arriving late.

Coronation Coaches.

4 minutes ago, Mike_Walker said:

Once again we appear to have someone wanting something for nothing whilst expecting others to pay for his "free" entertainment.  I give up!!

The implementation of the adverts will have added an extra cost to running the forum which also must be recouped.
I have decided not to sign up for premium, as after all the time, money and hair loss that has been invested in monetising the forum it is only fair that Warners see some return from it.

15 minutes ago, eldavo said:

It really is time that Warner's realised that the IT "professionals" they employ are incompetent.

They will also want paying, adding to the cost of running the site.

They sound similar to this range at Hattons.

Three of these would do me nicely. You have the parts.