Currently have two layouts, one for operation, the other as a test track for DCC-EX and other projects.
Finished up a new video on the Sunfounder 3 in 1 IoT Smart Car Learning Kit for Arduino. This learning kit was one of the best that I have seen as far a documentation and ease of learning Arduino. I built the automated car that avoids hitting walls by using a front facing ultrasonic range module and two obstacle avoidance modules at 45 degree angles. Easy to build and fun to play around with.
I was asked by a rep of Sunfounder to create a video on Amazon to highlight the kit. He was impressed with the review of the Elegoo Super Started Kit that I have on my Amazon for the past year. He sent me the kit and I started looking it over an built the car project in a few hours.
This kit is a great starting tool for learning Arduino. The documentation is very well written and goes into great detail to explain each components use and how it works. https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/3in1-kit/en/latest/
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A short clip that I did not include in my last video of me adding spikes to the trestle
Debbie is having a procedure late wednesday, so we won't be getting home till the evening
Posted that I would do a stream on YouTube on Thursday, but I forgot about Jim T's stream at 6 PM
May do another marathon stream on Rumble & YouTube on Friday instead.
Still up in the air
Tom.
This is my Diorama table. It is for building complete scenes on, before they get installed onto a layout. I first got inspiration for it, from you and some of your older videos on screwtube where you were building structures on bases for your town so they can be set into the layout and also removed. I thought that was a great way of working off the layout and at a work bench where it was easier.
Next I got the final inspiration From Doug at Fos Scale models, where he posted a few pics of a table he built, that he uses for dioramas. I remembered what I saw in your videos, coupled with the table that Doug built and it finally made me see the full potential in a table like this and how useful it could be.
I don't know the size of Dougs table, as he only provided pictures on his Patreon page, but I altered my design from his, and built mine to very specific dimensions, to fit the spaces I have available
The size of the table top is 38 inches square and is removable. The base under it is...
