That can/might/could/will be used for buiding

Spark up some Ideas

Fun pops (Flavor Ice) netted package.




Quick ideas.... Can be used for fencing, net tarp on trash gondolas

Rolling stock made with Popsicle and Corndog sticks.


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Shampoo bottle blast furnace!



Ralph

Remotoring locomotives with CD ROM drive motors...





...a pen clicker top for a sand dome, a Rix switch machine contact tube for a stack, department store signage for sheet styrene and a faucet aerator screen for a spark arrestor...



...bridal veil tule (tool) for chain link fencing---it even comes in silver...

shaygetz Wrote:Remotoring locomotives with CD ROM drive motors...





...a pen clicker top for a sand dome, a Rix switch machine contact tube for a stack, department store signage for sheet styrene and a faucet aerator screen for a spark arrestor...

I wonder if motors out of bad hard drives would work as well?

AF350 Wrote:

I wonder if motors out of bad hard drives would work as well?

Thanks...CD/DVD tray motors work well too but the hard drive motors are integrated into the disk, making them too difficult to modify.

shaygetz Wrote:

AF350 Wrote:

I wonder if motors out of bad hard drives would work as well?

Thanks...CD/DVD tray motors work well too but the hard drive motors are integrated into the disk, making them too difficult to modify.

Only thing useful from a bad hard drive is the powerful magnet

I really have become an advocate of the CD ROM motors...they have a flywheel like action, smooth response and should be able to handle DCC well should I ever go that route in the future. I've found that a 1/4 watt 1000ohm resistor helps keep the speed controllable but they are still a bit fast on the upper end of the throttle, your best control being in the lower half. My 0-4-0 has gone from 2-3 cars to pulling over 7 though I've added no weight to the loco itself.







Quite frankly, I love the looks my remotored TYCO Chatatnooga Choo Choo gets when running around with the best of them at train shows...wait'll I get a hold of an A-Team set.. .

That is so cool Shaygetz!