New N-scale railroad, part 5; control cabinet and curved benchwork
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2023
- In part 4, I build most of the straight side of the peninsula. In this installment, I build the DCC cabinet and demonstrate how to build curved benchwork.
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You couldn't have done it without Zeus!!👍💪🐕
Every time I see the workshop in the background of the shots it just keeps looking better and better, you did an amazing job outfitting the shop it looks really well laid out and designed for the tasks at hand.
As this was the first project done in the new shop, I was still outfitting it during the early stages and adding more stuff that I needed.
3:41 - That's why I always do glueups at the very end of the day. This allows the glue to set overnight and then in the morning I can clean up and process them for the next module or set them aside while I do other things. I like your 2x4 and clamp method btw. Looks great.
Thank you for the shout out. I'm glad you found my videos as helpful as I find yours.
Back in 2006-07 I did spline roadbed using jigs like that in G-Scale. It was and still in use today.
Love ur work and ur videos
Clearly, you can never have too many clamps.
some questions and suggestions for extra content. The plywood you are using. It appears to be painted? it that true and if so is it primer or some other type of paint? Also can you show us how you put lever feet on the legs?
the foreman checked your work lol
I'm amazed that you can still get such good quality 3/4" ply from your local Home Depot/Lowes. Our local stores here in MD have very little available, and it's of poor quality. The situation with 1/2" ply is better in terms of supply, but quality is even worse.
The plywood I use is called "whiteface". Birch-faced cabinet grade also works but is more expensive. The important things to look for are the number of plies (the more the better) and that it has been stored flat. If a sheet has a bow in it, I can get around it by ensuring that the two side rails bow one each way and hold each-other straight. On the other hand, if it's twisted, it's no good.
I hope this information is useful.
@@mpeterll Thanks for the notes. I've heard you mention Whiteface in earlier videos and I asked both stores about it; blank expressions all around. "If you want the really good birch plywood, it's among the finished boards section" . So I did .... it's available in 2'x4' pre-finished sheets at $35 each which works out at $140 for a full 8'x4' sheet!!
Do you run every wire back to the control system cabinet, or only the main runs? Is any of the control system distributed?
Only the DCC command station, boosters, power supplies and power-district breakers go in the cabinet. Only the bus wires need to be routed back to there. The turnout control boards go under the benchwork close to the turnouts they control. On the three-deck Keewenaw & Scenic Valley build that I did last year, there were only 13 pairs of wires routed back there - 8 pairs for track power, 4 for turnout power, and one for auxiliary power (structure lighting, etc).
@@mpeterll thanks so much for the explanation.
I remember watching one video where you showed the wiring, but I could not remember the name.
(I would be interested in more wiring planning and execution videos)
@@HumancityJunction There will be a lot more wiring videos coming up in a future project because I have to install a signalling system on it.
apparently the foreman is camera shy!