Usually called "crown molding." Verryl Fosnight http://wyomingdivision.org/ -- Please use verrylf@... for all general and Wyoming Division correspondence to me. Use this address only for business

Hello all.... In some older houses...There is an Accent Trim, near the top of the Wall an inch or so down from the Ceiling. Not necessarily a moulding but sometimes it is referred as

I have both 12 VDC and 5 VDC power buses on my layout, supplied from large switching power supplies I bought from Jameco. I use servos for most of my turnouts and all of the stub turnouts. (I had some

I use a separate 5V bus for my servos turnout controllers.  I currently have about about ten installed.  I drive my bus with a switching power supply.  Jameco probably has the best US prices.  I

Hello Don: Cool! That works too. I don't need a reverser on my turntable, I'm 3 rail "O" gauge! One circuit is the gear motor, the other is the Lazy

Inside the pit there is a circle of track. It consists of two almost semi-circles with two small insulated sections, the size of the bridge, opposite each other, in an unused area. Each semi is

Turntables need a reverser only when they actually turn the loco around to head in the other direction.

Hi Tom: We added reversing cam switches to the turntable shaft. They work OK, but there is a dead space where we have no tracks. You can also use a toggle

Hi Don, Are the turntables always in need of an auto reverser by default? Thanks, Tom

As updated there are no reversing loops except for the turntable itself. DonV

Walthers makes a 12v PS {filtered} to go with their new LCC switch control;. Keith

A friend of mine uses a different approach to keeping wires out of the motor of a locomotive. He uses Aleene's Tack-It Over and Over. You can use the adhesive to hold down wires and you can peel

Hi! You power both systems from the DCC Bus or a 12v supply. The control boards supply the power to the servos. Jay

Dave, I have a 12 V DC power bus that runs around my layout. Then use small adjustable regulators from Banggood.com set to 5 V to power my servos. Paul O

If I go with servo-based switch machines (e.g. Tam Valley or Walthers), how do I power them? It would be a pain in the posterior to have to provision AC and then a bunch of wall-warts around the

Better.... Tom, Run some of the Green Track...while also making an attempt to run the Roundtable. On the way to doing this... Consider some Structures and Scenery as well as spacing. I expect a few

HiTom, You won't regret those changes. That's a lot more reasonable while still giving you lots of options. Like it! Wouter

Made a few updates. Thanks all for the advice. https://www.dropbox.com/s/oqbriyxcawabj5t/SCARM%20-%20playroomScarm_v30.pdf?dl=0

It’s called Stator Lacing and Tie Cord. In another life, we used it to bind rewound coils of wire for motor stators and armatures. It is a braided flat cord (cotton?) that was coated with wax, or

This is typically referred to as cable lacing. http://www.aeroelectric.com/articles/cable_lace/cable_lace.html Mark P Stamm Mark at Euphoriatt dot Com Sent from my mobile device