MWaz Get off your duff challenge

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Got a little bit started on the pickups for the tender trucks last night. Here are some of the materials I will be using for the pickups. The bronze sheet on left was recommended to me years ago for pick up installation. I do not remember what it is called or even whom I purchased it from. On right is a thin sheet of styrene for making insulators(I later realized I had some thin styrene strips I ended up using) and in the back some .020 phosphorus bronze rod.


The tender trucks I have on this tender aren't the typical ones where they have the little bronze springs. Which is good because it gives me a place to try and land the the pickups.


I ended up cutting the bronze sheet with a Dremel tool into one long strip and then cutting off a small nib with a pair of pliers making this sitting next to the strip styrene.


And here they are glued in place with some CA. Hope the CA won't react to the heat from the solder iron when I solder on the phosphorus rod and some wire.


Let's see what tomorrow brings .