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Offline J.L.

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« Reply #735 on: October 21, 2018, 02:23:12 PM »
The lighst are 12 volt DC incandescent.

On the internet, you can purchase male/female connecting plugs very cheaply. The second pic shows the hexagonal section turned round so that the female unit will fit in a hole drilled just under the surface of the rafters.

A 12 volt transformer with an added switch will make the powering of the lights very easy and clean.

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Re: Textile Mill Diorama
« Reply #736 on: October 21, 2018, 07:44:59 PM »
I have a story that turned out well in the end.

When all was wired up, I plugged in the transformer, turned on the switch and was pleased to see the light go green. With high expectations, I plugged its male end into the receptacle on the diorama. It was as though the diorama had never heard of Edison. Nothing!

And of course, I had shrink wrapped all the connections.  :-[  Lesson learned.

So it was a game of finding the faulty connection.  Fortunately it was just the last female lead wire I had turned round in the lathe that turned out to be faulty.  I found it by bypassing it with a new pigtail as a starting point and all the lights came to life!

So now the end of the new female plug stands pround of the back wall. It actually looks better than the earlier recessed one.

A happy ending.

I will be interested in seeing how the engine room looks in the dark.

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Re: Textile Mill Diorama
« Reply #737 on: October 21, 2018, 07:56:45 PM »
Hello JL,

That is way too cool, looks so real.

Have a great day,
Thomas
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Re: Textile Mill Diorama
« Reply #738 on: October 21, 2018, 08:12:44 PM »
wow - in the dark with just the scale room lights adds so much!

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Re: Textile Mill Diorama
« Reply #739 on: October 21, 2018, 08:55:43 PM »
The last two pictures a just amazing  :praise2:

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Re: Textile Mill Diorama
« Reply #740 on: October 21, 2018, 09:04:01 PM »
WOW,

That has so much ambience it is almost as if I was in there at lights out time.

Really well done and I have been following your progress for a long time and am still amazed at the high quality of your work and attention to detail.

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Re: Textile Mill Diorama
« Reply #741 on: October 21, 2018, 09:09:45 PM »
 :praise2: :praise2:The lighting is brilliant, made me start looking for the clocking on machine as I have just turned up for night shift.   :shrug:   :old: :DrinkPint:
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Re: Textile Mill Diorama
« Reply #742 on: October 21, 2018, 11:43:55 PM »
I agree JL......the last image 19c_ .......looks so realistic

Having said this, I think we as members of this 21st Century see what we expect to  see in terms of actual brightness in the image

I have a distinct image in my mind  :old: of the roof lighting in a machine shop on afternoon shift in 1966......definitely a little dimmer & yellowish lighting hue

If you do make & place a "Bundy Clock''....just make sure it is in clear view of the Foreman's Office ....wouldn't like anyone clocking on anothers time card  :embarassed:....

[in your local, I think it would have been branded a Remington Time/Card Machine]

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Re: Textile Mill Diorama
« Reply #743 on: October 22, 2018, 12:39:49 AM »
Stunning photos John. Just amazing!!!

Bill

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« Reply #744 on: October 22, 2018, 07:24:10 PM »
Thank you for the kind words gentlemen. I agree. Seeing the engine in that light is quite dramatic. It does make you think of the night watchman keeping an eye on things with his time clock over his shouder as he makes his rounds.

It's off to the line shaft pulleys now. They are very nicely cast and are kept in place with a #3-48 setscrew.

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« Reply #745 on: October 24, 2018, 02:49:45 PM »
I made a jig for crowning the pulleys, but it is really not robust enough to prevent chatter when being swung back and forth across the face of the pulleys.  Nevertheless it puts and equal amount of arc on both sides of the pulley's centre line.

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« Reply #746 on: October 25, 2018, 02:27:37 PM »
A lot of work is being done with wiring and the placement of the line shafts before the subfloor got into plae.

Interesting work.

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Re: Textile Mill Diorama
« Reply #747 on: October 25, 2018, 02:51:25 PM »
Neat dedicated jig John, so what did you do to eliminate the chatter or chatter marks afterward?  The final finish looks good!

Bill

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Re: Textile Mill Diorama
« Reply #748 on: October 25, 2018, 03:54:19 PM »
Hi Bill,
Thanks. It is always intereting to watch a flat belt centre itself on a crowned pulley.

The chatter marks were removed by filing and sanding the aluminum sufrace while the pulley was still on the mandrel.

I made sure I was wearing a mask when sanding the metal.

Cheer...John

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Re: Textile Mill Diorama
« Reply #749 on: October 25, 2018, 06:32:50 PM »
One last check will be made before the subfloor is laid to ensure that all the electrics are working! This is a 12 volt DC system powered by a small 110 v AC  transformer.

I might also install the 6" belts before gluing on the subfloor over the line shafts. The outside of the belts will be painted brown. The lettering on the belt makes one think of a fan belt!



 

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