Point motors.
Figure painting.
Extension wiring.
It was touch and go whether we would meet today, and we only decided to do so late on the previous day. Discussions over tea were naturally focused on the Coronavirus and the impact it was having on the three of us, our families and friends - nothing serious so far, just inconvenience. We also agreed that although no formal notice had been received from the organisers, the likelihood of the Eastleigh show going ahead was 'zero'.
In the workshop, we again went our separate ways - Laurence continued with figure painting, Geoff (once he found them) continued to assemble the point motors and Stephen finished the leads for the adaptor and extension boards.
Over lunch, we again discussed the dangers of the virus and the governments recommendations. It was impossible to justify any further meetings and it was an easy decision to make it the last meeting for the foreseeable future.
Stephen had spent many hours since the previous week trying to work out the full wiring arrangement for the switch box and associated leads. The eureka moment only occurred the previous day and now, using the the resulting diagram, he was able to discuss and plan the layout of the box and the connections to it. He assembled all necessary components and bagged them up as homework. Laurence too, collected his figures in preparation for finishing them at home. Geoff will no doubt finish the point motors, but Laurence and Stephen issued stern warnings about him progressing the layout too far on his own.
Stephen will continue to develop some 3D printable items and Geoff will continue to experiment with the printer and send resulting items by post, so more blog posts may appear, but the date of the next meeting is anyone's guess.
It's a schematic with a load of working-out sketches thrown in, but it should allow the box to be built...... hopefully.
