I while back I said no more 9mm track. Then I built a small 09 scale layout. Then there is this. There is link wiring to do and then there are questions. Will it be operated? Unlikely/only minimally. The 009 layout has been hawked about by young Burnham on a couple of occasions, but this would be regarded as unusual. The pointwork remains at this time manual, but I have considered using the Peco switches and switch stand thing with the 'new' smart switches as an almost retro-step. Remember this is theirs, not mine. I am just the instrument.
Some of the early feed wiring fell into the realm of 'entertaining'. I've not managed to this for a goodly number of years and ran a follows:
The brain has two applicable reactions in this situation. 1. grab something which is falling. 2. keep hand away from the business end of a soldering iron as it is likely to be warm. In the split second in question, my brain confused these two reactions and placed them in the wrong order. I now have less skin on my finger than I did before the moment in question. Don't let anyone tell you that half a century of experience makes you better at the job in question.
Ow. I bet you said oh bother...
ReplyDeleteI've had a few close ones with my soldering irons lately; for the last few years I've been using a gas powered soldering iron which is now kaput as the reservoir has cracked, dropped probably, and I had become un-used to the antics of mains leads unexpectedly moving the hot iron where I don't want it to go. They also don't make a hissing sound to remind you that they're on the way the gas one does (did).
Remember, if it smells like chicken, you've got hold of the wrong end.
Have you test run the TT layout?
After more than a few encounters with the non-handle end of a mains iron spinning round atthe end of its "safe cable", I changed to the slightly dearer versionof the same. Namely the ones sold with a silicone lead. Not springy, just dully heavy which can pull the iron over, but an added bonus the silicone isn't melted by the hot bit! I do use a gas iron too, the only problem theer is the hot bit above the bit that can have unexpected effects on nearby items:fingers,wire,buildings, small blobby model figures...
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