I am new to the hobby (in my retirement years) so I am binge watching your videos. This was a very helpful video. I have a drawer full of those 9v adapters that I have accumulated over the years and now I have a use for them.
I get so many good Ideas from your show Dave! Even though my layout is a bit more non-phantasy than yours. You are having fun, that much is certainly clear!
Love the rocks in motion. Thanks for the wiring tips and great idea for marking to mont a power strip so sipmle and easy never thought of that. It is coming along very well can't wait to see whats next. GOD BLESS 🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖
I just finished re-watching this video. I am in the process of wiring my diorama and one of the things that I have discovered is while the practices that you're employing are certainly solid what I'm having trouble with is dealing with very fine 30 gauge wire and trying to get good solid connections between two pieces of 30 gauge wire or maybe 30 gauge wire connected to heavier wire to go back to the transformer. Anyway what I'm rambling around to is it may be someday if you can't find anything else to talk about on one of your workbench Wednesdays maybe you could discuss dealing with little bitty wires and accessories.
Dear Dave, very cool DC power strip. Just a question, as the strip has a second terminal at the end, does that terminal allow for a second strip to be hooked up? If so, it would make sense to put two strips on either side of the canyon to shorten the wires to the different lights and animations. Definitely will put the masking tape method on my hard drive. Love the animated rocks, very interesting how simple the second animated rock is put together. Looking forward to your next episode. Cheerio
@@ThunderMesaStudio I bet you have some awesome trails out there. Maybe someday I'll get out that way with my jeep to check some out. Thanks for the lighting video, you help it to not be intimidating.
Take it or leave it suggestion. As someone who had to run a lot of cables in a previous life, the hook and loop material is much superior to zip ties. Invariable something will go wrong and you will have to cut the zip ties off to trace or remove the offending cable or wire. Requiring an extra tool and extra care not to damage any others in the process, not to mention your hand or fingers. As I said, take it or leave it. But be warned, you'll always need to remove them when time is at a premium, not when you have a year to do it.
Sam Towler's Nature's Wonderland Layout: ruclips.net/video/FLogFeenWDI/видео.html
Basic power seems like something, well..., so basic but it's always interesting to see how other folks set theirs up.
I am new to the hobby (in my retirement years) so I am binge watching your videos. This was a very helpful video. I have a drawer full of those 9v adapters that I have accumulated over the years and now I have a use for them.
Welcome!
Nice video and the tape trick for the power strip, great stuff never seen that before, thanks Dave !
I get so many good Ideas from your show Dave! Even though my layout is a bit more non-phantasy than yours. You are having fun, that much is certainly clear!
Love the rocks in motion. Thanks for the wiring tips and great idea for marking to mont a power strip so sipmle and easy never thought of that. It is coming along very well can't wait to see whats next.
GOD BLESS 🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖
Thanks for taking us along.
For a 12 volt bus, use old printer wall worts. Free when you throw away that inkjet printer, because it's cheaper to buy a new printer than the ink!😄
Good tip!
Another good learning episode. Thanks for doing these.
I just finished re-watching this video. I am in the process of wiring my diorama and one of the things that I have discovered is while the practices that you're employing are certainly solid what I'm having trouble with is dealing with very fine 30 gauge wire and trying to get good solid connections between two pieces of 30 gauge wire or maybe 30 gauge wire connected to heavier wire to go back to the transformer. Anyway what I'm rambling around to is it may be someday if you can't find anything else to talk about on one of your workbench Wednesdays maybe you could discuss dealing with little bitty wires and accessories.
Dear Dave, very cool DC power strip. Just a question, as the strip has a second terminal at the end, does that terminal allow for a second strip to be hooked up? If so, it would make sense to put two strips on either side of the canyon to shorten the wires to the different lights and animations. Definitely will put the masking tape method on my hard drive.
Love the animated rocks, very interesting how simple the second animated rock is put together. Looking forward to your next episode. Cheerio
Yes, the end terminal would allow you to connect to a second terminal. Good idea to put one on either side of the canyon!
Noticing the doner wood for Bandit canyon, I take it you're a jeeper too?
You could say that
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I bet you have some awesome trails out there. Maybe someday I'll get out that way with my jeep to check some out. Thanks for the lighting video, you help it to not be intimidating.
Dave, is there power drop with those distribution boards? Or do you get 9v output at every terminal?
I'd have to test it to see, but I imagine there is a bit of power drop the more things you add to the terminal strip.
Were you going to put a link to Sam Toler??
See the pinned comment up top.
I believe the RUclips channel for Sam is called "STNautilus"
Take it or leave it suggestion. As someone who had to run a lot of cables in a previous life, the hook and loop material is much superior to zip ties. Invariable something will go wrong and you will have to cut the zip ties off to trace or remove the offending cable or wire. Requiring an extra tool and extra care not to damage any others in the process, not to mention your hand or fingers. As I said, take it or leave it. But be warned, you'll always need to remove them when time is at a premium, not when you have a year to do it.
I like your work. Is there any reason why you chose 9 volt over any other voltage?
Because that seemed best for the LEDs and electric motors that I use most often.
what is that you are using to make the rocks
Hi, I cannot see the link for the products. Could you please list them?
They are in the video description. Click "see more"
You are getting a spaghetti bowl or rat's nest of wire under the layout.
I'll get right on fixing that for you.
Second stone - Fuuuuu...
I have always hated wiring.