Workshop interior
Workshop electrics
Just two again. Geoff finished off painting the interior of the workshop. The floor panel was painted shades of grey and the brickwork on the back and side walls was given the grey-filler treatment to soften the flecked brick paint and provide the mortar. The lower part of the walls was painted to represent 'whitewash'. The new overhead pulley system can be clearly seen. The building lights have got to go up there somehow.
The motor and its wall-mounted platform were also painted and will be ready for fitting next week.
Stephen decided to ditch the original 3v button battery and switch in the base of the flickering LED unit for the brazier in favour of a regular switch and new power supply. In the end, the whole switch unit was rewired. Each board gets a 19v DC feed from a laptop power supply and individual power modules are 'tuned' to the required voltage and makes a cheap and flexible solution.
Some connectors to allow on-board wiring and building wiring to be separated were investigated. We had lots of servo cables left over from the point mechanisms and Stephen was able to use some PCB connector pin units to make up plugs and sockets. It all went well and the boards lighting is ready for final assembly.
Finally, Geoff started hunting through various bits-boxes for extra tools for the workshop walls.
There's a few useful bits there.
