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... rails, but I'm still hopeful of finding a solution where those rails can be dropped in prototypically. Followed by inserting a miniature key on a break-off slug, or maybe by heat-sealing the open jaw down over the rail with a suitable shaped bit on the soldering iron. As soon as I have got a DXF out of this, and you have proved block substitution in CAD and successful printing, I'm going to be getting one of these printers myself and experimenting. At present the chairs are a bit primitive compared with the injection-moulded ones created by Len Newman, but everything has to start somewhere. I can still remember gluing unidentifiable bits of white metal over rivets. regards, Martin. posted: 21 Jan 2016 03:24 from: Andrew Barrowman As soon as I have got a DXF out of this, and you have proved block substitution in CAD and successful printing, I'm going to be getting one of these printers myself and experimenting. At present the chairs are a bit primitive compared with the injection-moulded ones ...
... Andrew, Does that mean you have now found satisfactory answers to your problems in your message: topic 2547- message 25595 cheers, Martin. posted: 9 Sep 2018 20:02 from: madscientist having reviewed both, I found the switching in cobalts to be more robust then tortoises posted: 9 Sep 2018 20:06 from: Andrew Duncan Well a wee update 2787_091458_260000000.jpg Yup as I said to Jim I do need to be neater in my approach to wiring. Anyway I've now finished splitting this board into 3 districts and compared to muddle I had before I now stand a sporting chance of finding electrical problems as I can now switch off each district separately wooow!!!! Other wise you can see the Megapoints plug and a hole where the track power din plug will go when it arrives from RS. Oh and the din plug for the Megapoints power. Food calls. Andrew posted: 9 Sep 2018 23:28 from: Andrew Duncan Martin Wynne wrote: Andrew Duncan wrote: I wasn't thinking of using either tortoises or Meccano, at ...
... bala_road_1969_1244x812.jpg It's somewhere along the mountain road from Bala to Lake Vyrnwy, but that covers a dozen Geograph squares. Despite spending an hour on maps and Google Streetview I'm none the wiser. It can't have changed that much in 50 years, surely? Martin. posted: 11 Apr 2018 12:25 from: Nigel Brown Martin There are two mountain roads. This one is the one from Llanuwchllyn via the Bwlch y Groes. Taken from the bend at SH91142505 looking up the road with the crags of Craig yr Ogof ahead. Compare with http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2107116 taken just after the bend. Nigel Last edited on 11 Apr 2018 12:26 by Nigel Brown posted: 11 Apr 2018 13:35 from: Martin Wynne Nigel Brown wrote: There are two mountain roads. This one is the one from Llanuwchllyn via the Bwlch y Groes. Taken from the bend at SH91142505 looking up the road with the crags of Craig yr Ogof ahead. Hi Nigel, Many thanks for that. You obviously know the area well. Here's ...
... template, ask yourself why that is? The whole point of a GUI "style"( which is a rather simplistic term) is that similar actions across many different software applications are performed in a similar way. This leads the beginner intutiitively through his or her first steps as they progress to intermediate and expert use. It also reduces the need to remember" custom" user interfaces on an application by application basis. In this regard Macs are far better at this then Windows as the Aqua interface has remained far more consistent compared to Windows and as a result there is far more" convergence" of user interface amongst native Mac apps. Regards Dave Last edited on 30 Jan 2018 14:32 by madscientist posted: 30 Jan 2018 14:55 from: Nigel Brown Dave My comments are directed solely at the question of getting newcomers started in Templot. I couldn't give a damn as to what other bits of software do, or are trying to do, or may do in future. I don't think it's relevant. Nigel posted: 30 Jan ...
... is used and all rest are ply. approx £7.20 a point for all ply for all plastic( all exacto scale) with fully functional chairs and 1.6mm thick £14.45 all copperclad, with cosmetic chairs £9.30 chairs are adding close to £4.5 per turnout( or £9 for fully functional), so omitting them from either ply of copper clad, almost reduces the cost in half. All plastic is the most expensive by the way, costs of plain track using ply and functional chairs £9.8 per metre, compared to approx £5.00 metre C&L flexitrack( in 25M bulk) Last edited on 29 May 2015 14:37 by madscientist posted: 29 May 2015 14:39 from: Martin Wynne madscientist wrote: using a Templot turnout for a right hand B 5 type turnout That's a very odd size. Don't build a B-5 unless you have a very good reason. It would have an unnecessarily long switch unmatched to the crossing angle, and a much sharper radius than other 1:5 turnouts: 2_290934_260000000.png For ...
... have only really dabbled with it on sporadic occasions. I have attached a copy of my Templot Box File and Background Shapes of where I got to around 4 years ago. I am basically at the stage of having to re-learn Templot almost from the beginning although I have followed the progress on the Templot Forum. The recent discussion on importing and using Maps as Background Shapes has also spurred me along. I did import a Map of Moretonhampstead that I copied from one of the many books that I have acquired. It compares reasonably well with the 25" Maps of the NLS. I'm not too sure if I have used the correct style of Turnout. The 1 in 8.25 RAM/ CLM seems an odd size E.g:- REA semi-curved C-size left-hand switch (unjoggled) 1 in 8.25 RAM( 1 in 8.28 CLM) regular V-crossing equalized-incremental timbering. Anyway that's where I am at. Regards David Attachment: attach_2515_3095_moretonhampstead _2017_10_06_1108_32.box 307 Last edited on 14 Oct 2017 10:36 by David Higgs posted ...
... the angles involved and lead to an undesired result. Cheers, James posted: 23 Jun 2008 20:28 from: Martin Wynne phileakins wrote: Screwfix are still offering the clearance deal on the sander- how did you get on with yours? Is it worth getting one in your opinion? Hi Phil, Unfortunately I haven't yet had time to use it for track building, although I did do a DIY job on it very successfully. Generally as a Far East import it seems a good buy, although obviously it doesn't compare with a professional machine costing 10 times as much. The one-sided clamp fixing of the belt tip-vertical adjustment seems a bit suspect to me, although in practice it remained firm enough. Previously I have always used a disc sander for track, although the belt option on this looks to be a better bet. The tilting work table fits either the disc or the belt, although the fixing for the belt is rather less of a precision matter, and the degree of tilt is limited by a badly positioned ...
... . 'HiNi' rail, containing 18% nickel, resists oxidation and yellowing. Also the running surface is a bright silver and looks so right. I am currently planning another layout. You can be sure the trackwork will be constructed using HiNi rail. One of the primary reasons I'm considering the use of Steel Rail is due to the suggestion that it stays clean much longer than N.S. Rail (perhaps this explains it's growing popularity for exhibition layouts?). However, your HiNi rail sounds interesting Brian. How does it compare to Steel rail for staying clean please? And what solder& flux do you recommend for soldering? Many thanks. Brian. posted: 23 Jan 2008 01:06 from: Brian Lewis polybear wrote: One of the primary reasons I'm considering the use of Steel Rail is due to the suggestion that it stays clean much longer than N.S. Rail (perhaps this explains it's growing popularity for exhibition layouts?). However, your HiNi rail sounds interesting Brian. How does it compare to Steel rail for staying clean please ...
... I get the feeling that Martin isn't using the dining room or the kitchen for his track experiments although the smells and possibly harmful vapours still need treating with respect. Rob posted: 15 Dec 2018 01:02 from: Martin Wynne Andrew Barrowman wrote: Did you generate the G-code or was it Slic3r? Your filament might be the same stuff I'm using. It's called PLA/PHA. Hi Andy, It was sliced with Cura, which is the default in the software supplied with the printer. But I've been comparing the Cura-generated code with Slice3r -- it's completely different, and Slic3r has far more options. So I have to try them all to find the best for our purpose. What's obvious however is that none of them are optimized for railway track -- they assume you want to print a toby jug or an alien invader. I've been editing the G-code manually to get what I want, and my thoughts now are that for the timber base the best option may be to generate the G-code ...
10. 0-16.5 turnout
... menu item, top of list. Or save even more space by creating a shorter custom switch. There are some sample 0-16.5 (0n30) templates available for downloading here: topic 28 Also some templates matching the Peco 0-16.5 turnouts can be downloaded here: topic 2526 cheers, Martin. posted: 19 Dec 2018 17:32 from: Hayfield Martin Thanks for the quick response, I am not necessarily looking for a direct replacement for a Peco turnout. I will print off a sample narrow gauge turnout and compare it with the one I have produced, also I will have a go with a 9' switch posted: 20 Dec 2018 10:01 from: Hayfield I have had time to have a further look at the templates and compared the 0n16.5 sample templates with Peco 016.5 flexi track. My conclusion is that the timber spacing is much wider and the timbers slightly longer, though with the Peco track being of crazy track format its slightly difficult to compare exactly. In my version 2 plan I have adjusted the timbers for a ...
... for geeks- and it makes the mistake of telling you how to work the software, not how to do make drawings. My only suggestion would be build a manual like jpeg images are built:- do the whole picture at a blocky level of detail, then do the whole thing at a slightly greater level of detail then repeat the process- thus at any stage you have something which is complete. BUT please take a happy pill this morning! There is no doom and gloom- you have far more contented users compared with the moaners. Any software which can generate a complete Template of the L&Y's Bolton West in about 15 minutes flat in any scale or gauge can only be described as brilliant- and Templot is just that- Sketchboard or not! Hope that is helpful. Best Wishes, Howard posted: 1 Jun 2012 09:05 from: Les G Martin Wynne wrote: Hi Paul, Yes I know. But I do seem to be suffering from a form of writer's block. I just can't seem to get going ...
... -10-26_16.52.30.png 151 Last edited on 26 Oct 2017 16:57 by madscientist posted: 26 Oct 2017 18:10 from: madscientist Heres a 10 second MP4 video captured from my Mac running templot in a window under Parallels The initial capture was run at full lossless MOV and converted in a compressed MP4, the initial MOV file is over 30 Mb in size!. The resulting Mp4 is at 2249 x 1276 FPS: 10 Data rate 3.79 MB/s file size 4.7 Mb Note the complete lack of fuzzy bits compared to your video obviously its a trade off between file size and resolution/compression Attachment: attach_2548_3069_MacX_Screen_Recor der_2017-10-26_at_p.m ._05.30.07_(3) .mp4 135 Last edited on 26 Oct 2017 18:16 by madscientist posted: 26 Oct 2017 18:27 from: Martin Wynne Hi Dave, Thanks for that info, but just to repeat, that isn't the MP4 file which anyone is or will be seeing. You asked me about the MP4 creation capability in FlashBack so I exported one for you as an example ...
... sleepers for my layout. As this has become a hot topic in some areas I thought that I would publish my notes. While I'm targetting 2mm finescale the general principles will apply to all scales. The instructions in this article refer to version 0.82d of Templot. Background An interlaced sleeper turnout is one where all (or almost all) the timbering is simply standard 10" wide sleepers rather than the heavier and longer 12" wide timbers. These were popular in the 19th Century mainly, it is thought, due to their comparatively low cost compared to timbered turnouts. Aim This article will start from a standard Templot turnout and explain how I convert it to one with interlaced sleepers. I'd like to thank Jim Watt of the 2mm Scale Association for his assistance in debugging the results of my experiments in this area and for providing me with some appropriate NBR turnout drawings. I will explain some of the more unusual Templot options, but I will not cover the basic template creation steps. Starting Off We begin with a standard template. First of all use ...
14. Forum emails
... Bell). I have previously been a DSL customer and it was really flakey. That doesn't seem much of a free and democratic choice to me, but if it's what you have it's what you have! In the UK, most people's broadband is through the phone line, so we can use pretty much whichever ISP we like. I don't know what the scenario here is with cable broadband. The downside of broadband through the phone lines is the crap speeds and dodgy connections we have to put up with in the UK compared to the rest of the world I would have suggested using a different email provider, but that has already been discussed. With Comcast I have had 2 outages in the last 2 years so the level of service proved for high speed internet is good. It sounds like the ISP bit of Comcast is good- shame about their email practices. This doesnt really add anything, but hopefully it's useful background. Yes, it is. Thanks. posted: 6 Aug 2007 16:58 from: Martin Wynne Paul Boyd wrote ...
15. Templot docs
... . In 074b: geometry> rails> menu options (untick each rail as required). regards, Martin. posted: 28 Jan 2010 14:26 from: Martin Wynne Brian Lewis wrote: CorelDraw, (which comes with a 450 page User Guide and two other helpful publications). If Corel can do this, why not Templot? Hi Brian, CorelDraw= multi-national corporation. Templot= one man in a shed. Martin. posted: 28 Jan 2010 14:35 from: Alan McMillan I think comparing Martin's one-man-band operation with that of a multimillion dollar corporation like Corel is hardly fair. Corel has the time and the personnel to create a 450 page user guide, Martin does not. What Martin has created is an amazing piece of software and I would much rather it existed in the public domain without a comprehensive manual than it be in the position of never having being made available because there weren't full instructions. I had Templot for four years before I decided to sit down and really LEARN it. ...
16. File preview
... 00-sf layout but he scrapped it to build a p4 one. Having said that Phil did likewise with Calcutta and that was EM. Its one of the reasons I said I do actually support better track as ultimately it gets people looking and (in my experience) they choose p4 of thier own bat. Truth is if I'd have used 00sf I wouldn't have saved any time at all on the track building front and to be fair the 10 mins or so it takes to swap wheels from OO to p4 is insignificant compared to the time it takes to detail and weather the stock. Cheers Jim posted: 17 Feb 2014 18:53 from: polybear Jim S-W wrote: Truth is if I'd have used 00sf I wouldn't have saved any time at all on the track building front and to be fair the 10 mins or so it takes to swap wheels from OO to p4 is insignificant compared to the time it takes to detail and weather the stock. Cheers Jim Hi Jim, But that's cos' you play with those strange lookin ...
... topic: 752 Saving user preferences posted: 5 Mar 2009 09:28 from: Martin Wynne Dear all, Bruce Wilson wrote: However, I do like the suggestion made of having Templot remember the last user settings. OK, I give in. I have never understood the importance of saving user preferences. I seldom use the same ones twice, and compared with an hour on Templot and hundreds or even thousands of mouse clicks in a session, half a dozen clicks at the start to change a few settings seem insignificant. Especially compared with the great advantage of starting from a known repeatable condition every time -- which also makes it much easier for me to provide user support. But I've been asked for saved preferences so often that I give in. In the next pug I will include the option to save some of your settings. But I need to know which ones -- I can't do every single thing that might be changed in Templot (although I can add more in each subsequent pug). So if you would like ...
... suspect there would have been a fair bit of improvisation, especially as the track would likely have been relaid due to heavy usage between 1866 and before the junction was completely revised in 1907. Pre-grouping trackwork is a sadly neglected area, but will always remain very mysterious, I suspect. Fully agree, and the photos of Holborn viaduct show some pretty tight formations there also. I agree about pre-grouping track and the drift towards today's monotony started about 1923!! Just for completeness, here is a pic which compares my box file with the scan from "The Engineer" 1129_090857_510000000.png...not spot on, but surprisingly not too far out. Cheers, Howard posted: 9 Feb 2014 14:48 from: Ariels Girdle Looking at your original .box file, some of those curves are very tight, to say the plan is more or less to scale. The design of the real thing must have caused a lot of head scratching. There are locking bars and other paraphernalia to fit in too. Presumably, knowing the LCDR, it ...
... I've made some progress this evening with the exchange sidings opposite the platforms? Not quite sure how I got rid of the dogleg that's on yesterdays version but with some fiddling it seems to have gone and I've gone ahead and split the long curved siding up to enable me to add two lots of turnouts that follow it's curve. The problem that I'm left with is that the point work coming off the down line at the far left hand end of the station just before the bridge seems to be taking up a lot of room compared to my drawn plan and indeed the prototype. If anyone has any ideas as to how to start the point work earlier and possibly shorten their length then I'd be grateful for some help here. My ruling radius is 36". Many thanks Andrew Attachment: attach_1684_2326_Yeovil_- _Martin_with_some_GW_switches_gds_y rd_started_abit_bette_rv3.box 260 posted: 7 Nov 2013 23:01 from: Andrew Duncan And here's the background plan I'm working against... Andrewundefined undefined 2787_071800_460000000.png undefined posted: 8 Nov 2013 12:15 from: Jim Guthrie Andrew, I had ...
20. A user gives up
... output -- which is far and away the best video format for our purpose. The latest HTML5 video format is not lossless and produces a much worse result for line graphics and CAD screens, and a massively increased file size at the same time. All of which explains why I tried an alternative slideshow format at: http://templot.com/companion/index.html?fit_turnout_to_existing_curves.htm It received kind words, but I'm not really convinced -- it's still very time-consuming to do and the screen experience is clunky and confusing compared with simply watching a video. I've spent many hours on all this stuff, and still not found a format that I'm really happy with. regards, Martin. posted: 17 Jul 2013 22:25 from: JFS I take your point about the editing issues and keeping these things up to date is always a challenge. But you surprise me a bit with the techie stuff- For me vids have never been easier- by using Youtube. Here is one I did of my signalbox simulation (users said they needed ...
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