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101. glueing track
... bare spots needing patch repairs, but generally the ballasting has stood the test of time very well. regards, Martin. posted: 28 Dec 2011 12:50 from: Glen Suckling wcampbell23 wrote: Another potential option for securing loose ballast is the Scenic Cement from Woodland Scenics. It seems to be competitively priced compared with Copydex. Hi Bill, Yes, I have recently started using it. It goes down well but I have only had it in place on my layout for a few weeks so I cannot speak for its performance over the long term. Here in the USA MicroMark( http://www.micromark.com) are marketing their own brand of scenery and ballast cement which, at first glance, seems to be the same thing but at a lower price. I have just bought a bottle but have not opened it yet. I will let you know. Incidently I do not glue my track down per se. I use a 3/4 inch plywood base to which I glue 1/2 inch homosote and 1/8 inch cork ...
... your ISP. When you say complaints department, you do mean their technical support, rather than general complaints? I'd suggest making it clear to them that you want it passed to BT. Nigel The line responsibilty is the organisation that you pay the line rental too, which is not always your ISP posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:29 from: Nigel Brown Geoff Cook wrote: The line responsibilty is the organisation that you pay the line rental too, which is not always your ISP My understanding is that as regards broadband performance the first line of support is your ISP. Nigel posted: 12 Apr 2013 14:30 from: Hayfield It depends who you ralk to and according to Virgin (and rhry did record it) You dont stand much of a chance getting it fixed if you phone line provider is different from your internet Thankfully thy telephone started playing up and after 2+ hours the BT engineer has replaced the outside line after agreeing there was a problem on the line. As a result my speeds are up on the internet, whether ...
... shifting the mill to the right a little. Maybe also to shorten the lengths of goods sidings a little, and the station platform a little (which I'm not keen on). I have, then, two questions. Firstly, is there anything on the plan that presents special difficulty from the perspective of laying out, with templot, as close to the plan as possible? (Please note, I haven't tried it yet, because I only have a Mac, and I'm having some difficulty with Wine when trying to perform certain actions in templot.) For example, the turnouts for the goods sidings on the upper line, whilst they look quite shallow, look like they overlap somewhat Secondly, are there any other ideas that could be employed for shaving 15-20% off the length of the plan, ideally without loosing any sidings. Many thanks for reading, and if I am in the wrong forum, please feel free to ignore The full-size scan is at: gallery/2632/original/2632_271434_550000000.png posted: 27 Jan ...
... scissors, with the curve of the formation pushing the centre diamond into one of the running lines? Does look fun to build though! Hi Paul, Well maybe, but hardly "just" a scissors. In a normal scissors crossover, all 4 crossings of the diamond lie within the 6ft way between the running lines. This is not affected by the radius in the running lines, you can curve such a scissors down to any radius you like, assuming the stock will negotiate it. In this case, it is performing the same function as a scissors crossover, but the two underlying crossovers have been displaced. The turnouts in the running line have been moved much closer together, and those in the side road much farther apart, so that one of the K-crossings now lies in the 4ft way. Or to put it another way, one rail of the running line crosses inside the diamond. If you ignore the other side road, that makes that part essentially the same as an outside slip. I don't think this formation has ...
... result. Sorry it's a bit long winded but that is more or less a blow by blow account. Cheers Phil Last edited on 17 Jul 2012 22:18 by Phil O posted: 23 Jul 2012 11:53 from: Phil O Hi Martin I don't know if this will help to shed further light on this problem, but it may be time related somehow. I have been using Sketchboard this morning and have now had the problem 3 times now at roughly 1/2 hour intervals regardless of what operations I have performed. Cheers Phil posted: 24 Jul 2012 13:12 from: Phil O Hi Martin I have resumed using Templot having left in Trackpad since my earlier post. I switched to Sketchboard and created the rectangle shown and modified it to the width required and selected outline only, I then went to rotate it and got the error message shown in the attachment. 38_240759_200000000.png Cheers Phil posted: 24 Jul 2012 17:51 from: Martin Wynne Hi Phil, Thanks for these reports. I haven't been able to reproduce those errors ...
106. Posted by email
... open-circuit to the power supply unit only: "To start up a stand alone PSU for testing purposes, you need to short the PS_ON pin to one of the common pins. Under normal operation, PS_ON is activated when you press and release the computer power button while the PSU is in standby mode." In any event, on my desktop system the result is clear. With the system in Hibernate mode and live power to the PSU, there is no voltage on the motherboard. So it is incapable of performing a Windows update or anything else. Laptops may be different, but if there was any actual power on the motherboard it would represent a load on the battery and negate the claimed advantage that a Hibernate state can last indefinitely and not use any battery power. We have wandered a bit off topic. regards, Martin. posted: 26 Jun 2012 18:29 from: Paul Boyd Hi Martin Maybe off topic, but perhaps on safer ground I don't know about laptops, but desktop PCs always have 5V on the motherboard ...
107. PC Memory
... 32 bit can only address about 3.5Gb (2 ^32) Secondly, I've seen reports that even memory hungry apps like Photoshop (CS, not Elements) don't really make full use of more than 8G, but as ever there's conflicting advice out there. I know that with 2Gb, I've had Photoshop give me "out of memory" errors, so the more memory the better, I think. What you will be able to do with more memory is run more applications at the same time without too much deterioration in performance. Video editing can use as much memory as it can take, although when I used to use Pinnacle Studio 11, it ran quite happily with only 2Gb memory. I guess the answer is, if you can afford it, go for 16Gb! I don't know if you're buying an off the shelf PC or getting one made, but it might be relevant to be aware that some motherboards have a memory size limit of 8Gb. Guess how I know this? Cheers posted: 17 Apr 2012 16:54 from ...
... guesswork puzzle. I've gone back to basics and have started again making sure the^' is set to 46.83 (allowing an extra 6' in there). I'll look at this figure again later on since I've been re-examining the prototype pics of the next crossover east which has revealed that between the two crossovers remained 30' track panels in ash ballast with a 6' wide enough to leave about 3' between the sleeper ends (8'6") sleepers. Examination of a pic of a crossover at Lartington which performed a similar function reveals that my previous guessed dimensions (C -9) may possibly be generous and may yet be reduced (any millimetres I can gain back in the overall length are very welcome). Any way I'll post up some background info and pics later on. Cheers All Steve posted: 22 Sep 2012 07:54 from: ESJAYTEE After another little delay (who invented working for a living?), here's another version. I went back and started the whole scheme from scratch dong it to the original ...
109. Floating pad
... thorny issues. 1. Choosing what to include. A user-customised toolpad would be great, but a lot of work -- not in the functionality but in devising the user interface to set it up. 2. If you have a subset of common functions, some users may tend to use it exclusively and eventually forget that there are many other functions available, or never find them in the first place. 3. Screen space. I have tried hard not to have Templot looking like some programs, where you perform keyhole surgery in a tiny space surrounded by massed ranks of toolbuttons and icons. Trackwork tends to need plenty of space to work on. Even so, some things always seem to be in the way -- the shove timbers dialog for example. Generally, if you want to speed things up I think the keyboard shortcuts are the better solution. If you prefer to click something rather than use the keyboard, have you tried using Templot with the Windows on-screen keyboard?* To get the F6 curving mouse action ...
... will try your idea. Over the last 10 years or so I have worked with several brands of printer, Canon, HP, Brother as well as Epson. Only the Epsons which I have used have consistently maintained anything like dot accuracy over a long period. The graphics people amongst us will only look at HP or Epson. I regularly use an Epson Stylus R800 on which we print molecular structures and have found this admirable. But this is my first foray into A3 for myself, I look forward to seeing how it performs. Thanks for your advice Jerry Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Templot talk> Printing large individual templates about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time visitors. indexing link for search engines back to top of page Please read this important note about copyright: Unless stated otherwise, all the files submitted to this web ...
... Glen Suckling wrote: Any suggestions on an alternative to Norton? Hi Glen, You will get a dozen different answers to that because no one is likely to have tried them all, or even more than 2 or 3. You will find general agreement not to touch Norton though, as it is so invasive. For a free anti-virus program, I suggest Microsoft Security Essentials. For a paid-for anti-virus I have used ESET NOD32 for several years and found it very effective with minimal impact on system performance. Another well-regarded one is Kaspersky. I'm glad you got Templot loaded. regards, Martin. posted: 7 Jul 2012 00:28 from: Dave Summers I have had a similar problem to others when downloading Templot upgrades using Norton Internet Security. There are several workarounds. Disable Norton Anti Virus for the duration of the download and installation Read WS.Reputation.1 bypass info for a more permanent solution. Use a different Anti-virus program. Martin could submit the file to Symantec for whitelisting but that would inevitably slow down ...
... Templot2 software must not be used on any computer which is in use for safety-critical or life-support functions. 7. Some functions within Templot2 software may cause the display screen to flicker and should not be used by persons susceptible to photo-hypnotic effects. Children using Templot2 software should be supervised. 8. Templot2 software and all associated data, information, documents, computer files and web pages are provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, express or implied. Templot2 software is not warranted to perform in accordance with any published statements or information, or to remain available indefinitely. 9. In no event shall Martin Wynne be liable for any damages whatsoever arising from your use of Templot2 software or any associated data, information, documents, computer files or web pages. By downloading, storing, saving, installing, running, executing or making any other use of Templot2 software you accept the entire risk and liability for any consequence of such use. 10. Where Templot2 software is made available for your use free of any ...
... - this is shown in the storage box with red details, or 2. an unused template -- this does not show on the workpad but is included in saved data files, and shows in the storage box with blue details, or 3. a library template. This is similar to an unused template but cannot be copied onto the background from the storage box. It can only be copied to become the control template. It shows in the storage box with green details. Tool functions containing the word "make" perform the first option for you. For example tools> make crossover stores the existing control template as a background template, and then creates a new control template to form the second turnout of the crossover. If you are using Templot as a program to design a track plan, the track plan is built up as a collection of background templates, each one located in its position on the grid. If you are using Templot to create a collection of individual construction templates, it is better to store them as unused or library ...
... Bing catalogue from 1912) and the production methods of the time produced rail with a head width of approximately 1/16". Viewd that way, the gauge matches the scale very well. Unfortunately, when someone else came along who knew how it should be measured, no one told them how 1.25" was being measured (I.e. incorrectly!) so it all went to pot- model track standards of the era were somewhat accommodating, so no great hardship. I presume that at some point a few calculations were performed, and 7mm came out as the nearest whole number on the metric scale. (Metric being viewed as more scientific/engineering-y at the time.) The sensible and logical (and scientific/wnginerring!) approach is to define your scale ratio and set the gauge from that. After all, that's what we do for all of the other dimensions! (The best alternative is to make aure the distance over the outside faces of the whwels is to scale and to derive everything else backwards from that. ...
... or copy it anywhere other than on my own computer. b. the computer on which I will install the code is my own personal property and under my full control. c. before selling, lending out, disposing of or otherwise ceasing to have access to the computer, I will delete all of the downloaded code from the computer. d. my computer has access to the internet. In addition on a personal note, I will also undertake to provide feedback and report any functions that I find to either not be performing properly or have faults and those that have enhanced the system, and will if requested provide a general synopsis of my findings on the use of the new system to that date. Am now looking forward to trying the new code. All the best, Brian Nicholls. posted: 24 May 2011 16:55 from: Martin Wynne Brian Nicholls wrote: Am now looking forward to trying the new code. Hi Brian, Thanks for joining. You are now purple, and you can download TDV from: topic 1500 regards ...
116. Quick-mode
... personally enjoy taking my time when working in Templot to get things right, which the program does admirably. As to the red Z tool button, I have never really seen the point of it, and have just about totally ignored it over time. It's not difficult to Delete items in Normal Mode if required by the various methods open to one. I think the main problem with Quick Mode, is that it seems to change the function of certain key operations as compared with Normal Mode. What a particular key function would perform in Normal Mode, in Quick Mode seems to do something else, and very often causes templates to disappear or do something you don't want it to. Therefore, I think it can be more confusing to a new user in the long run. All the best, Brian Nicholls. posted: 18 Jul 2012 18:39 from: Phil O Hi Martin. I am like the others, I had a quick dabble when it first appeared, but soon reverted to Normal Mode. It therefore gets my vote for ditching ...
... the wing rail tips of the Vee end template previous produced. Again, all the diagonal rails are removed, leaving only the K end partial main road rails in place. This part of the template is then stored, and I usually define this as the K end of the template when re-naming. Remember only the main road parts of both templates are used in the final finished article. Below I have shown the instructions that are required to achieve the accurate quarter diamond templates, as described above. This should be performed on the converted diamond, not the turnout switch. If the vee has been omitted from the template, then bring this back into view as follows: Use< do>< omit rails and joint marks... (CTRL+ O)>. And tick the vee box, leave all the other boxes as was. First check the alignment between the main road wing rail and the vee (zoom in as required), if not acceptable then do the following: Ensure the peg is on the FP. ...
118. Closed Frog Turnouts
... topic: 1469 Closed Frog Turnouts posted: 29 Apr 2011 11:50 from: Charles Orr There is an interesting article in the June issue of Model Railroader on how to build closed frog turnouts. I've never seen these before. Are they prototypical? regards Charles posted: 29 Apr 2011 16:23 from: Ian Allen Also known as "swing nose crossings". Yes they are used on high speed lines to maintain wheel/rail contact throughout pointwork, the same way switched diamond crossings perform the same task. Ian Parts of Templot Club may not function unless you enable JavaScript (also called Active Scripting) in your browser. Templot Club> Forums> Trackbuilding topics> Closed Frog Turnouts about Templot Club Templot Companion- User Guide- A-Z Index Templot Explained for beginners Please click: important information for new members and first-time visitors. indexing link for search engines back to top of page Please read this important note about copyright: Unless stated otherwise, all the files submitted to this web site are copyright and the property of ...
... sites? I always do CTRL-A to make them readable.) Martin. posted: 17 Apr 2011 11:03 from: Nigel Brown Been using AVG for a long time, first the free version, then the 3-system full version package. Apart from a brief period just before I switched from version 8 to 9, I've never had any problems with it. I do, however, switch off the automatic system check, and just run it when I think it needs it, which takes care of performance issues. Nigel posted: 17 Apr 2011 15:43 from: Paul Boyd It might go against the grain to suggest a Micro$oft product, but so long as your PC is used regularly I reckon Security Essentials is pretty good, especially from a machine loading point of view. It just sits there quietly and doesn't seem to have the processor-hogging properties of many other AV products. I switched to this from Kasperksy because they, along with many others, seemed to think that the purpose of owning a reasonably powerful ...
... 1: 2 !!! When I first tried using F5 to align the diamond to the centre lines of the curves with this small angle, I found the main road wing rail alignment to the vee was grossly out and had to find a method of dealing with this, hence the work round. Now back to the work round, below is listed what to do when faced with either a small angled vee (less than 1: 4) or if complete accuracy is essential (or required): This should be performed on the converted diamond, not the turnout switch. If the vee has been omitted from the template, then bring this back into view as follows: Use< do>< omit rails and joint marks... (CTRL+ O)>. And tick the vee box, leave all the other boxes as was. First check the alignment between the main road wing rail and the vee (zoom in as required), if not acceptable then do the following: Ensure the peg is on the FP. ...
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