Templot Club forums powered for Martin Wynne by XenForo :

TEMPLOT 3D PLUG TRACK - To get up to speed with this experimental project click here.   To watch an introductory video click here.   See the User Guide at Bexhill West.

  • The Plug Track functions are experimental and still being developed. Some of the earlier pages of this topic are now out-of-date.

    For an updated overview of this project see this topic.   For some practical modelling aspects of using Plug Track see Building 3D Track.

    The assumption is that you have your own machines on which to experiment, or helpful friends with machines. Please do not send Templot files to commercial laser cutting or 3D printing firms while this project is still experimental, because the results are unpredictable and possibly wasteful.

    Some pages of this and other topics include contributions from members who are creating and posting their own CAD designs for 3D printing and laser-cutting. Do not confuse them with Templot's own exported CAD files. All files derived from Templot are © Martin Wynne.
  • The Plug Track functions are experimental and still being developed.

    For an updated overview of this project see this topic.   For some practical modelling aspects of using Plug Track see Building 3D Track.

    The assumption is that you have your own machines on which to experiment, or helpful friends with machines. Please do not send Templot files to commercial laser cutting or 3D printing firms while this project is still experimental, because the results are unpredictable and possibly wasteful.

    Some pages of this and other topics include contributions from members who are creating and posting their own CAD designs for 3D printing and laser-cutting. Do not confuse them with Templot's own exported CAD files. All files derived from Templot are © Martin Wynne.

Admin - be a Templot Supporter!

Quick reply >

Martin Wynne

Admin
Location
West of the Severn UK
Info
.
Enjoy using Templot?
Thanks.

Please do not send requests for help direct to me via email.

Post your questions on the forum where everyone can see them and add
helpful replies.
Friends,

I've been aware for several months that the donations fund is barely covering the web site costs. And like everything else they are going up.

What to do about it? There are several options:

1. revert to Templot being a paid-for product. That's out of the question -- I would rather stop Templot entirely than do that.

2. accept advertising sponsorship on Templot Club. That would compromise our independence and would probably involve me in extra admin work. It can also be annoyingly intrusive on the page.

3. find a cheaper hosting provider. That would likely mean losing some of the present facilities and reliability. It would also mean another massive site migration. I spent many hours on that 12 months ago and I'm not keen to do it again.

4. bang the drum more loudly. Some members have been extremely generous in the past, for which many thanks. Likewise some long-standing members originally paid for Templot and shouldn't be expected to pay again. I would rather try to spread the load more widely if possible. Which means:

5. some form of "little and often" supporter subscription. That would normally involve me in a lot of admin, but fortunately we now have the Patreon system to support content creators, and they do all the admin work.

I have therefore set up a Patreon page for Templot supporters with options to donate £3 or £5 per month to the Templot cause (or some other custom amount if you prefer). Click this button to visit the Patreon page and see those options:


If you would like to support Templot, you might like to click one of those options. For which many thanks indeed -- your first payment will be made on the 1st of the following month. You can end your subscription easily at any time -- or hopefully when I announce that the coffers are now overflowing. :)

It's important to make clear that this is a 100% voluntary donation -- i.e. you don't get anything in return (other than a warm glow), this is not a payment for anything. Which in theory means there shouldn't be any UK VAT added, despite the note on the Patreon page. I have ticked the box to indicate that this is purely a supporter donation. However Patreon being a USA company I doubt there is much I can do about it if they do add VAT.

If you would rather make a one-off donation, the Donate button for that is still working at the top of the page, many thanks.

Thanks for reading this,

Martin.
 
_______________
message ref: 3898
Years since I bought Templot, about time I contributed further. To be quite honest those of us who use it a lot should pay appropriately. So nice not to have adverts and a site which works !!!
 
_______________
message ref: 3900
_______________
message ref: 4259
Friends,

I've been aware for several months that the donations fund is barely covering the web site costs. And like everything else they are going up.

What to do about it? There are several options:

1. revert to Templot being a paid-for product. That's out of the question -- I would rather stop Templot entirely than do that.

2. accept advertising sponsorship on Templot Club. That would compromise our independence and would probably involve me in extra admin work. It can also be annoyingly intrusive on the page.

3. find a cheaper hosting provider. That would likely mean losing some of the present facilities and reliability. It would also mean another massive site migration. I spent many hours on that 12 months ago and I'm not keen to do it again.

4. bang the drum more loudly. Some members have been extremely generous in the past, for which many thanks. Likewise some long-standing members originally paid for Templot and shouldn't be expected to pay again. I would rather try to spread the load more widely if possible. Which means:

5. some form of "little and often" supporter subscription. That would normally involve me in a lot of admin, but fortunately we now have the Patreon system to support content creators, and they do all the admin work.

I have therefore set up a Patreon page for Templot supporters with options to donate £3 or £5 per month to the Templot cause (or some other custom amount if you prefer). Click this button to visit the Patreon page and see those options:


If you would like to support Templot, you might like to click one of those options. For which many thanks indeed -- your first payment will be made on the 1st of the following month. You can end your subscription easily at any time -- or hopefully when I announce that the coffers are now overflowing. :)

It's important to make clear that this is a 100% voluntary donation -- i.e. you don't get anything in return (other than a warm glow), this is not a payment for anything. Which in theory means there shouldn't be any UK VAT added, despite the note on the Patreon page. I have ticked the box to indicate that this is purely a supporter donation. However Patreon being a USA company I doubt there is much I can do about it if they do add VAT.

If you would rather make a one-off donation, the Donate button for that is still working at the top of the page, many thanks.

Thanks for reading this,

Martin.
Hi Martin
Done using the donate button. Would not be abe to build my layout without Templot.
 
_______________
message ref: 4261
Details not wanted but out of interest is the financial position healthy yet?

Hi John,

Thanks to the recent kind contributions we are secure for the immediate future, but painting the town red may have to wait awhile. :)

cheers,

Martin.
 
_______________
message ref: 4264
Hi Martin

I've just signed up. I think it's an oustanding piece of software - an amazing achievement. Congratulations.

Still in the early stages of a modular 0 gauge layout design - I might fire off a question regarding transitions curves at some stage.

Oh - and I'm trying to follow the Plug Track stuff - and will shortly be firing up a 3D printer.

Very Best Wishes from Berlin

Chris
 
_______________
message ref: 4527
It aint much what i am doing, but could you confirm my monthly payment please?
I really would hate to lose this program and site and resources facts.

With best regards from the Netherlands
 
_______________
message ref: 4862
@Justme Igor

Hi Igor,

I have sent you an email.

p.s. the Templot program and this web site is free for everyone. :)

cheers,

Martin.
 
_______________
message ref: 4866
Back
Top