Ha Ha I cheated and was loose with the truth a little. :D
After spending the afternoon recently under Albury, wiring, I thought I was done. Thinking all I had to do was wire in the helix reverse loops.
I was amazed when I climbed back under to see I had indeed finished the South Yard but still had the whole North yard to do. Well I am not seeing as well as I once did. However this is ridiculous.
Never the less, I was back down on the floor wiring all afternoon, fixing in another 31 pairs of wires and 3 frog juicers, and I probably have as much to do again to finish.
Thank God all the point motors are actually in!!
I have two trolleys I can use to manage working under the layout, and at my age, they are really necessary. The bed is lifted up on the floor version to get my hands and arms close enough to the work. Even so I need to rest my arms to stop the pain, regularly. The second one is an adjustable, high level version that helps with wiring the upper level. I guess you will see this one back in use as I finish rewiring the upper level in the new year.
So its not so bad and I have my tools set out on top of a small Aldi trolley which makes them easy to drag along and saves feeling about on the floor for tools I cannot see from my position on the trolley.
Still two panels to do, and most of the points are on the last panel.
Not many cross braces here, but remember that is 16mm 5 ply on top.
And I just realized from down here the ply has only been tied down with a few screws :(
Fortunately it will not be a huge job to screw it down properly.
The hanging connectors are from the servo motors and are extended to the control panel, when I work out how I am going to do this.
Last job will be tie up the loose wires when I am satisfied the wires are correctly hooked up.
Whats that red wire hanging there? Camera shows all the errors, doesn't it?
So have had my coffee and time to see if I can get the last two bays finished.
Cheers
Rod
