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by -steves-
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Tinkercad v Fusion
Replies: 19
Views: 114

Re: Using TinkerCAD to produce drawings for 3-D Printing

The only down side to locking something in TinkerCad is that not only can't you resize it (the way I would expect), but you also can't move it without unlocking it, unless as you say you make it a favorite and lock the scaling. I use the favorite and lock the scaling for motors and gears etc as thei...
by -steves-
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:57 am
Forum: Locomotives - Electric
Topic: Loco wheels (and other issues) 7/8th scale
Replies: 6
Views: 154

Re: Loco wheels (and other issues) 7/8th scale

Since my original post I have discovered that the wheels 'may' be Sierra Valley items as they certainly look like them plus they have, what appear to be, the same plastic centres. Wether that has any bearing on the choice of axle size in this case is unclear as that specified now is entirely differ...
by -steves-
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:50 am
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Downloading Fusion 360
Replies: 6
Views: 102

Re: Downloading Fusion 360

OK, I just tried this. Make sure you have an account. Sign in Go to https://www.autodesk.co.uk/products/fusion-360/overview?term=1-YEAR&tab=subscription#personal About 3/4's way down page fus1.png Select Personal Fill in the 3 step boxes fus2.png Hopefully this should let you download it?
by -steves-
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:42 am
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Tinkercad v Fusion
Replies: 19
Views: 114

Re: Using TinkerCAD to produce drawings for 3-D Printing

Well I bit the bullet and downloaded Fusion.....it looks so powerful and for me far too difficult to get to grips with. Has many members know I can't spend to long at my laptop anymore and if I did Anne wouldn't be best pleased, so it is Tinkercad for me I'am afraid, I know it has it's limitations ...
by -steves-
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:22 pm
Forum: Garden Railway Reference Library
Topic: 16 mm Today
Replies: 4
Views: 110

Re: 16 mm Today

Hi Bob and welcome to the forum. I don't think you are alone in the stack of 16mm magazines and the like kicking around. Seems such a waste doesn't it :oops: Maybe someone on here might like them, who knows?
by -steves-
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:19 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: HGLW loco tweak
Replies: 76
Views: 2464

Re: HGLW loco tweak

As Steve said, very nice all round, Rik. What speaker are you using, the small one that comes with the sound unit or a larger one? Does anyone know the techs of their speaker, ie impedance and watts? I found the exact same looking speaker as the large one on AliExpress. That is a 4 Ohm 3W speaker. ...
by -steves-
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:18 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: HGLW loco tweak
Replies: 76
Views: 2464

Re: HGLW loco tweak

I used the little oval speaker which came with it - glued under the cab roof as is my normal practice. Maybe the cab itself acts as some sort of resonance chamber? It sounds ok to me, though I'd like to find a way of reducing the volume. Rik Wow that sounded good for the little speaker, mine defini...
by -steves-
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:35 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: HGLW loco tweak
Replies: 76
Views: 2464

Re: HGLW loco tweak

As Steve said, very nice all round, Rik. What speaker are you using, the small one that comes with the sound unit or a larger one? Does anyone know the techs of their speaker, ie impedance and watts? I found the exact same looking speaker as the large one on AliExpress. That is a 4 Ohm 3W speaker. ...
by -steves-
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:22 am
Forum: Railways & Layouts
Topic: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway
Replies: 257
Views: 123559

Re: The Cockatoo Creek Tramway

Mitch stack wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:33 pm Hey all, Appreciate the lovely Responses, the printer I am looking at is a Bambu Labs A1 Combo (Able to print Multi Colour FIlament)
Supposedly very good printers those from what I have read :thumbup:
by -steves-
Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:51 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: HGLW loco tweak
Replies: 76
Views: 2464

Re: HGLW loco tweak

As Steve said, very nice all round, Rik. What speaker are you using, the small one that comes with the sound unit or a larger one? Does anyone know the techs of their speaker, ie impedance and watts? The small speaker isn't marked so can't answer that one, but I can say, it is very tinny compared t...
by -steves-
Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:47 pm
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: What filler?
Replies: 7
Views: 176

Re: What filler?

Interesting subject Steve, thanks. I used to use Squadron White until it changed, as we've said before. I then tried Perfect Plastic Putty because that was getting good review on the plastic kits forums, but I didn't much like it. More recently I've been using Vallejo Plastic Putty, which I like a ...
by -steves-
Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:42 pm
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Tinkercad v Fusion
Replies: 19
Views: 114

Re: Using TinkerCAD to produce drawings for 3-D Printing

I didn't know that either :oops: Very handy to know as the fillet is for me, the one essential thing missing from TinkerCad. There's loads of features that make designing a lot easier in 360. However TC does have aspects that are faster and simpler to use, so using both seems ideal if you're not a ...
by -steves-
Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:12 pm
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Tinkercad v Fusion
Replies: 19
Views: 114

Re: Using TinkerCAD to produce drawings for 3-D Printing

I didn't know that. The one thing that's certain is that there's more we don't know than we do. Even something as ostensibly simple as Tinkercad has features that most people don't explore. After years with TC, last month I tried the 'send to' command to send a file to Fusion. Revelation; The curve...
by -steves-
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: Projects
Topic: HGLW loco tweak
Replies: 76
Views: 2464

Re: HGLW loco tweak

Very nice all round Rik, it's so far removed from the original loco you purchased. Personally I like the diesel sound you have, it certainly sounds better then my on desk version, not bad for such a cheap sound card :thumbup:
by -steves-
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:55 am
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Tinkercad v Fusion
Replies: 19
Views: 114

Re: Using TinkerCAD to produce drawings for 3-D Printing

Yes you do have to store your drawings online and you can only have 10 active drawings at one time unless you purchase the software, Sorry, but that's wrong. You can export drawings in their native format and keep them on your local system and then re-load and continue to work on them. It's just no...
by -steves-
Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:27 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: What filler?
Replies: 7
Views: 176

Re: What filler?

I posted a similar question just a few months ago and followed up on a suggestion from Rik and bought 'Perfect Plastic Putty'. My findings are that it does what it says on the tube! .... A smooth, one-part, fine paste which is easy to apply with a spatula. Designed for use on fine grained gaps and ...
by -steves-
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:32 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: What filler?
Replies: 7
Views: 176

What filler?

I have been trying quite a few different types of filler for finishing the surface of 3D prints. Everything from body filler to balsa filler. I have found the following: Balsa filler : Light but a bit grainy to apply, sands very easily, if not too easily and can pull out again. Body filler : A bit s...
by -steves-
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:22 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Faller e-train track
Replies: 2
Views: 53

Re: Faller e-train track

-steves- wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:22 am The track has a split in it, so it's just to pass current through for when using track power. If you don't need track power then by all means it's fine to do away with.

I guess the idea is you could use it as an isolating track, if you wanted to.
by -steves-
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:22 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Faller e-train track
Replies: 2
Views: 53

Re: Faller e-train track

The track has a split in it, so it's just to pass current through for when using track power. If you don't need track power then by all means it's fine to do away with.
by -steves-
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:19 am
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Tinkercad v Fusion
Replies: 19
Views: 114

Re: Using TinkerCAD to produce drawings for 3-D Printing

I've had two goes at Fusion 360, yesterday and this morning, with no more success than I had a year or so ago, Fusion 360 is the gold standard for 3D CAD packages for home use, but it's a bit naïve to think that a program so incredibly powerful can be learnt in a couple of short sessions or just pl...