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Posted on 06/01/08 17:51:27 |
CamZH
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32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
Lazy sunday has turned into a working bee on the 32nd rally track ! Time for some timing and real power !!  |
Posted on 06/01/08 17:52:47 |
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CamZH
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
and close up of the photo interuptors.. No reeds, and no light bridge 
Power still to be connected... Thanks to my neighbour for the loan of his router !  |
Posted on 06/01/08 18:17:15 |
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richard
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
Nice work there, Cam - I like the way you've routed a small groove for the power. I've seen others use different methods and yours seems the neatest so far. _________________  |
Posted on 06/01/08 21:29:55 |
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CamZH
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
later the same day... I've folded the copper tape into the little groove, wire over the top and viola !  |
Posted on 06/01/08 21:31:15 |
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CamZH
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
and a close up, sill needs paint of course... any the lap timing to be connected to a PC... But the hard work is mostly done
I think its come up ok, might need more power taps...  |
Posted on 07/01/08 16:27:22 |
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Monaro Doorslammer
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
Looking real good. Look forward to trying out the new improved Baja Lucas track.  _________________ 
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Posted on 13/01/08 21:04:47 |
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CamZH
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
and it got some paint today also ! not the exact colour, but pretty close ! will probably repaint the whole track, this paint feels much better than the stuff that was ok it !  |
Posted on 14/01/08 21:00:00 |
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richard
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
What's the paint you used? The stuff on my HO routed track doesn't seem sticky enough ... _________________ |
Posted on 14/01/08 21:00:00 |
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richard
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
What's the paint you used? The stuff on my HO routed track doesn't seem sticky enough ... _________________  |
Posted on 15/01/08 19:05:57 |
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CamZH
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
its called Stone Finish, by Solaguard was about $15 or so from bunnings for 500ml, might be a little coarse for HO ? |
Posted on 15/01/08 20:47:51 |
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Dave in Perth
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
might suit HO rubber tyres well? |
Posted on 15/01/08 22:04:14 |
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CamZH
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
might still be a bit rough for HO rubber?  |
Posted on 16/01/08 22:46:27 |
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Bill Anderson
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
Hi Cam, Iam a newbie here on his site, i noticed that you are using photo interrupters for your timing sensors, do you happen to have the wiring diagram for installation, i run lap timer 2000 on my ninco track and would like to install photo interrupters as the timing sensors. Hope you can help , Thanks Bill |
Posted on 17/01/08 07:12:32 |
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CamZH
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
Hi Bill, Welcome ! The photo interruptos are a little more difficult than reeds but only because there is a LED in there, the LED should be set up so that has a resistor in series with the power supply, just like a normal LED. So typically 1.5k or so is probably good, depends on the devices you go. The Photo transistor needs to goto the LPT port the same as the reeds, but it will only work one way, and i always tend to forget which is which But i tend to think the collector side is to pin 25, it doesnt matter if you hook it up wrong it wont hurt the photo transistor. If it doesnt work, just reverse it !
Good Luck ! |
Posted on 17/01/08 13:48:52 |
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Monaro Doorslammer
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
The site foreman owns a nice red Vette...  _________________ 
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Posted on 13/03/08 22:09:14 |
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richard
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
An early photo of Cam's track?? http://www.oldslotracer.com/KeithB.html _________________ |
Posted on 31/03/08 11:58:28 |
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richard
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Re: 32nd Rally track gets upgrades !
Looking at this pic, I'd say pin 1 goes to the +12v with a 1k5 resistor, pin 2 goes to ground, pin 3 goes to the + side of the D25 connector (pin 10, 11, 12, etc) and pin 4 goes to the ground of the D25 connector (pin 25, 24, 23, etc) ... 
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