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My sympathies and condolences Rick.

Hello Gene, I'm 6'4" and I'm guessing you're not vertically challenged either. I have layout parts that can't be seen by my less height endowed operators. They just don't go up there much.

Hello Glen, Go for the full dress red uniform. The RCMP are a unique police force and their dress uniform is their trade mark. Your plastic officer could always be on his way to an important function.

David, Your skills with the declensions tenses and conjugations of other tongues is gratefully enlightening. I couldn't figure out why the French were building a Borg train on Marvin.

My DC panels are mounted on inverted monitor arms enabling them to be moved for the convenience of the operators. I have used multi strand cable attached to amphenol connectors, because I had them. I wanted to make all parts of the control panels instantly and easily unpluggable. The wire is...

Hello Cactus, I'd say if ventilation is adequate then go for it. I would be more inclined to building my own tools though. I remember an article in MR that showed how some dude had formed a wire in the shape of a roadbed cross section. In one pass he cut outside incline, the ditch, inside...

Yup it stinks when hot. Don't take my word for it thrust a hot soldering into into some foam and judge if you can live with a room full of that odour. I too enjoy attacking the stuff with sharpened steel but I agree it can get messy. I have a pal who has made some convincing rock by picking...

But I'm still confused! Are you saying the dc is being modulated to pass the data or is it simply being used to carry the modulated ac data signal.

Hi guys, The mechanism shown is all Lego parts and is actuated by the R/C receiver (not shown). The original idea was to use the car parts but the Lego proved quicker and easier.

Currently getting this cam to work with the guts from a R/C car.

Hello Shamus, I feel your pain. I used to be the SysOp for my BBS for about 14 years and have destroyed it far more times than I care to think about.....yeah, reinstalling from a huge pile of 90k 5" floppies...haha. On the other hand now we all know that you indeed are one of us fallible...

Oh oh. another Speedvision addict. Yup, I too have to switch over to Big Paul or Jesse. Rest of the time CBC FM gives me lots of classical with NO adverts.

I know it's almost over but may I wish all Gaugers a happy dragon slaying day in honour of Englands patron saint. I raise an ale to you all.

Hello 88fan, I thought a rejection slip collection was part of an authors pride.

Thanks for the tips guys, but sadly what I have is a toy and can do none of those clever things. It is 2.1 mp and has flash and an LCD takes movies and will play back on a tv. No close up or focusing but it did cost just over $100 CDN about 45 Quid so I wasn't expecting much and it is great fun...

My first train cam used an X10 wireless camera and was fixed to a couple of flat cars; My new one is quite a bit smaller and this is one solution to the problem of following the train tracks; A better solution is of course independent control of panning such as this work in progress; I have...

I just got a new digicam and it has lots of features, including AVI movies and tv out. whee! but unfortunately no macro. So...here's a shot taken through my optivisor lens of my new P2k 0-8-0 switcher.

Hey Dash, That was naughty, absolutely hilarious but naughty nonetheless. Now I have to wipe up sprayed tea.

Hello Sean Patrick, I am not a jeweller but I am very involved with the trade and have jewellery casters as customers. Brass is easy to cast if you have lost wax jewellery casting equipment. I would recommend you find a trade caster and get some costs and see if you can get something cast and...

Thanks Fred, That would have been handy advice a few years back...haha.