...@4ax.com>, Halla generously decided to share with us.. Snippetry.. Nothing has been polished, or corroded (AFAICS). When not attached to the tracks, should the train wheels still turn when gently persuaded? Not if they're driven by a worm gear they won't.. <looks politely A what now? A worm gear. One of the gears is...
On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 09:23:36PM +0000, Halla wrote: Well, he went and saw another set and bought that too, didn't he? I keep dropping hints that if he wants trains out he's going to have to increase the size of the house... we'll see how it goes. ;-) Or you could suggest politely that he move to one of the smaller scales. Z gauge (1:220 scale, 6.5mm between the rails) is *...
...wrote: On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 07:50:04 +0000, Geep <Geep@nospam.demon.co.uk> blethered: In message ... writes I keep dropping hints that if he wants trains out he's going to have to increase the size ...no, no. He needs to increase the size of the *train room*. Any house parts that are attached to the train room are just a bonus :-) Whichever would involve more room in the...
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007 07:50:04 +0000, Geep <Geep@nospam.demon.co.uk> blethered: In message <....com> writes I keep dropping hints that if he wants trains out he's going to have to increase the size of the..., no, no. He needs to increase the size of the *train room*. Any house parts that are attached to the train room are just a bonus :-) Whichever would involve more room in the house...
...<qvrqp2h7juhr5le5tibji7bblip21kh6cu@4ax.com>, Halla <halla@drunkenbastards.spam.com> writes I keep dropping hints that if he wants trains out he's going to have to increase the size of the house... we'll see how it goes. ;-) No, no, no, no, no. He needs to increase the size of the *train room*. Any house parts that are attached to the train room are just a bonus :-) -- Geep
... small number of things. Or, if the track has been set up and the train run on a carpet, it's picked up some fluff which has tied itself in knots around the poor little train's innards. This is, understandably, uncomfortable (would you like to have an internal corset?) so the train is sulking. It can be fixed if you carefully take the beasty apart. -- David...
...set a few months back. He's hauled it all out and set it up, and his train appears to have seized up, Its wheels will no longer turn. [...] Did you polish... Nothing has been polished, or corroded (AFAICS). When not attached to the tracks, should the train wheels still turn when gently persuaded? <sniplet> Could be the brushes on the commutator have ...
On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 02:36:01 +0000, Halla <halla@drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote: Nothing has been polished, or corroded (AFAICS). When not attached to the tracks, should the train wheels still turn when gently persuaded? Unlikely. The tiny electric motor is probably connected directly to a worm gear which drives a "normal" gear wheel on one of the axles. Some motors have a worm gear ...
....spam.com> writes Nothing has been polished, or corroded (AFAICS). When not attached to the tracks, should the train wheels still turn when gently persuaded? No; because the power from motor to wheels is, I'm sure, worm gear - ...If it does, the problem is either dirty track, or the connection between wires and track. [1] Any wire, really. Length of bell wire will do. -- Geep
...with us.. Snippetry.. Nothing has been polished, or corroded (AFAICS). When not attached to the tracks, should the train wheels still turn when gently persuaded? Not if they're driven by a worm gear they won't.. <looks... can drive the pinion, but the pinion can't drive the worm in reverse. -- 'Kay, Chiz! Chas who hasn't played with toy trains in decades.
