technique or tip

A simple bridge disguises edging

rob — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:24:17 -0600

The original timber lawn edging performed a retaining function at the top of a steepish slope so i didn't want to remove it but the "creekbed" ran under it, as we saw in a previous post.

labelling outdoor wiring using cable ties

rob — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:49:16 -0600

Cable ties are dirt cheap and colourful. Tie them round wiring to create colour bands.

garden roadbed and tracklaying

rob — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:16:27 -0600

Plastic trenching and sharp sand ballast make tracklaying go quickly and adjust easily. Soldering a jumper across every joint makes it go much more slowly!

garden railway level crossing for pedestrians

rob — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:13:02 -0600

Strong enough to walk on, nothing to trip on after a few beers (other than a passing train)

Physical areas vs power districts

rob — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:49:37 -0600

The Port Bonifacio railroad is sectional. So power feeds need to go to each section.

Mounting a Digitrax Zephyr on a panel

rob — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:32:03 -0600

Not only do Digitrax's user interfaces suck, but so too do their hardware aesthetics.

Mounting a RRAmpMeter on a panel

rob — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:57:00 -0600

The eyecrometer

rob — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:09:09 -0600

I don't recall where I first heard the term "eyecrometer" or "Mark 1 EyeBall", but your own eye is one of the best measuring tools around.

Laying out track markings

rob — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:02:57 -0600

I use a simple styrene template of a 90-degree track curve with an easement to tangent on one end. One side of the template is 580mm radius, the other 650mm.

Aligning track at sections, modules, lift-outs etc...

rob — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:18:30 -0600

the Port Bonifacio layout employs several different techniques for aligning track at joins.