brian335

On 17/06/2018 at 22:26, paulypaul0 said:

 

Thank you.  I see myself spending a fair bit of time reading those pages, but a quick skim through tells me I'll be fine - I think!

Link rot has set in, you'll get a 404 if you try the link quoted. Try this one instead https://www.brian-lambert.co.uk/Electrical_Page_3.html

Hi,

I hope you will pardon my intrusion on this learned topic but I'm a (very) new boy on the block and wondered if you would mind identifying and explaining the use of  some of the tools in that picture you posted. In particular I'm puzzled by three

1. First is just below the callipers and looks like a scribe at one end but what's the flat end for? 
2. And second, to the right of the square is a yellow handled object which looks like a mini-weeder
3. Finally, the bars at the bottom, clearly some bending and / or folding arrangement

Thanks for all your hard work in producing this series of articles.

Brian

Hi Tom,

Just came across your entry. I have an NCE system at home which is fine for what I want and have built a MERG setup for my club. I'm not at all electronic savvy but if you can build a kit of any description and you can solder, then you can build a Merg kit as they are really well designed and the instructions are very clear (and yes I am a Merg member!)

However, the build for the throttle is not for the faint hearted as there are a lot of components, many are surface mounted and very fiddly to do. That said, I've built two now and they both work. To buy their kits, you do need to be a member and it might be best to first join up and then try out some of their simpler kits such as the Gas Light Twinkler which is now available in both through the hole and surface mount and are both great fun to build.

Brian