It seems like it to omscaler. Once again, last week was super busy with non-OSR stuff. However, as this post is being written, the toothed contact surface is being applied to the drive disc. This is applied in two sections with drying time between glue application. Hopefully by next post, this drive unit will have been tested and be up and running. Keeping tortoise fingers crossed, omscaler
It seems like it to omscaler. To rehash the drive unit, the new contact surface has been fashioned. However, it has not been attached to the gear disk. Also, the main axle mount needs to be movable to engage and disengage from the drive cord. Also, last week was unusually busy with non Omega Scale activities. All in all, not enough got done. However, this week will see more effort toward the building of the drive unit. Still at it, omscaler
Last week saw testing of the new drive unit. This unit was tested in a limited fashion. As it happened, it worked in a limited fashion. The basic idea seemed promising, but more accurate alignment is needed. Also, another problem was seen. Omscaler made a very narrow strip of sand paper from a larger piece. This was attached to the rim of the drive pulley. This created a friction surface to move the drive cord. As omscaler was testing the drive pulley, more and more tiny grit particles were seen around the pulley support area. For this reason, omscaler has decided a cleaner solution is needed. So...back to the drawing board. More updates to come, omscaler
Omscaler is happy to report that he thinks he has a solution. Last weekend a preliminary drive unit test worked. Omscaler was very happy for this little bit of progress. This actually took place on the “test track”. Next is seating the drive gear permanently. Then the actual “road test”. This will involve mounting the drive unit to the other modules and observing how things work. Hopefully, all of this will be done by the end of this week. Still driving forward, omscaler
Omscaler is continuing to work on the drive unit for the Alto Pass module. Some preliminary work has been done, but more work is needed. This will involve setting a “drive disk/gear” into a circular recess. Before this an actual drive disk will need to be built. This may turn out to be the tricky part. The challenges are using material that is strong enough, has traction teeth, and is easy to build. Still a’ workin’, omscaler
“Linkage success”, is that even a word? Well, if it wasn’t before, it is now. Or maybe a phrase? The main point is that this past Sunday saw successful operation with the locomotive linked to the drive cord. Omscaler thinks that even though this is working, the results over time may need to be improved upon. We shall see. All in all, omscaler is happy with the current outcome. Next will be work on a drive unit. This will be challenging. Still forging ahead, omscaler
Don’t you love it when there are kids in the back car seat? This may be Karma. When you were a child, did you keep asking, “Are we there yet?” In a similar vein, I and maybe you keep wondering if we are there yet. We have made a test run and moved the locomotive around the module. Though not in a complete circuit. There are still bugs to work out, but results are promising. Do to numerous circumstances, OSR work was otherwise sparse. This week should see work on the actual drive mechanism as well as more drive link testing. We will get there yet, omscaler
