technique or tip

labelling outdoor wiring using cable ties

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

garden roadbed and tracklaying

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

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

Physical areas vs power districts

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

Mounting a Digitrax Zephyr on a panel

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

Mounting a RRAmpMeter on a panel

The eyecrometer

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

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...

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


12V power supply

I can source from a recycler for about $15 large power supplies in a heavy case with front handle, fan, mains socket, switch, fuse, terminal strip etc etc

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