The Sydney project 03: Sample control panel with one-button routing

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3 ай бұрын

In the first two installments of this series, I built the lower staging yard. This time, I'll set up a sample control panel with one-button route-setting.
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@boriskogan666 3 ай бұрын

peter, this is fantastic. exactly the kind of thing i want to learn. thank you for that. would really love an in depth how to video instead of just a five minute quick overview.

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

I plan to do a more detailed video when I get to the appropriate part of the build.

@geuzeg 3 ай бұрын

I like this kind of automation👌

@Leviathan609 3 ай бұрын

Very nice. I do the same thing, but with diode ladders on my old tortoise machines. Always fun to hear multiple run at the same time.

@CrazyBob1357 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your videos ❤❤

@PeterTillman3 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff

@RichardWilliams-sb8sx 3 ай бұрын

Everyone needs that setup Good job.

@fentoncentral-ngauge 3 ай бұрын

The routing is excellent. Can you do a Video to show exactly how the routing works and what components are required??

@steamfan007 3 ай бұрын

Just what I was about to ask! Trying hard to get my head around all the possible connections to those buttons

@fentoncentral-ngauge 3 ай бұрын

@@steamfan007 Great minds think alike 😊👍

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

I plan to do a more detailed video when I get to the appropriate part of the build. This panel was only intended to be a "proof of concept".

@fentoncentral-ngauge 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff 👏

@derekalexander4030 3 ай бұрын

I like the automatic routing and would be interested to see how you set that up.

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

I plan to do a more detailed video when I get to the appropriate part of the build. This panel was only intended to be a "proof of concept".

@davidpost428 3 ай бұрын

How brilliant!

@DonStratton-cn9rj 3 ай бұрын

Excellent.

@riff2072 3 ай бұрын

Nice.

@daveh7945 3 ай бұрын

please do more in depth video of how this works and give Zeus the inspector a belly rub from me

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

I plan to do a more detailed video when I get to the appropriate part of the build. This panel was only intended to be a "proof of concept". Zeus gets plenty of belly rubs.

@JSVideoUTube 3 ай бұрын

Where can one buy the red/green LED Push buttons?

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

Go to N3ix.com

@petermuller608 3 ай бұрын

Neat! I didn't get what the switches are there for though

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

The toggle switches will isolate each individual track so that we don't end up with dozens of locomotives with their sound systems blaring away while not in use. Each staging track will be switched off except when we want to run a train in or out of it.

@henrydoes4332 3 ай бұрын

I have been watching your blog ever since you were in Michigan and really enjoy your designing and building of layouts. I have a couple of questions, do you solder ALL joints of the flex track or do you leave rail joiners only every so often? I know that you have to put short pieces of track to disassemble the layouts for shipping but can the straight aways go without soldering? Also what would you recommend the track spacing is on a 2 track main on a dog bone layout with 4 tracks on the straight? Looking forward to your next installment!

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

It is important to leave expansion gaps at least every 6' but more often is fine. I don't solder joints unless I need to or if I have short pieces of track that I don't want to install another pair of feeders for. Every piece of rail needs its own feeder. Do not rely on rail joiners for current. Don't ever put short pieces of track across section joints. Instead, cut the rails right at the joint and remove two ties to provide enough space to slide the rail joiner out of the way. Put loose ties in the gap after reassembly but before ballasting.

@henrydoes4332 3 ай бұрын

@@mpeterll Thank you for your information. I like the layout that you had in Michigan, it's just the right size for what I would like to do.

@henrydoes4332 3 ай бұрын

@@mpeterll Thankyou Peter!

@stephengilligan5953 3 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing, also do you make custom code 100 'Y' switches ? my rather large MN&S RY. layout project could use two " Y " turnouts with a 26' R. Just inquiring.

@mpeterll 3 ай бұрын

I don't build any code-100 turnouts. I do code-83 & code-70 and a more limited selection of codse-55.

@stephengilligan5953 3 ай бұрын

as a folow up to my last question could you price out the turn outs with code 83 ??