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Building Childrens' Train Table the BYOAC way?
SithMaster:
Kinda like the 3 in 1 tournament table (air hockey, pool, and table tennis). That could work depending on the layout you have for the train meaning tall buildings would be a no no. So train set at the bottom and a board over that turns it into a desk or the above mentioned table tennis/pool/knock hockey. Sounds good to me.
Can I suggest looking into these items? construction/monorail set I understand this is on a budget (most likely) but its uber cool. Though you mentioned Thomas (sucks they got rid of shining time station) so there is this electric Thomas set but then you mentioned lego 9v so I'm not sure where you want to go or how much you have to get there? If I had to pick one choice it would be to go with the legos and build your own Thomas set. Just find suitable Thomas engines and cars and stick them to lego suspensions to get the look of Thomas and the versatility of Lego. Then you can toss in this mindstorms since star wars, legos, and thomas equals a good time.
ark_ader:
Have you ever seen Z gauge?
The size and quality is totally unreal.
You could probably build one on to of your cab.
http://www.marklin.com/start/z.html
Cakemeister:
When my son was into Brio/Thomas trains I just got a sheet of plywood and painted it green. When he outgrew it, I pitched the plywood. I still have the trains though. If you are interested I can sell them to you for minimum cost.
DaOld Man:
--- Quote from: Mark70 on September 29, 2008, 09:47:46 am ---Must be from here. I spent a lot of time here when I was building my cab.
...back to the thread.
Anyone have ideas on how to use the things that we are used to working with and making a train table spectacular. Cherry microswithches, lights, sounds. Any PC software that will take input from an Ipac and trigger sounds to be played. Anyone know anything about proximity switches.... using RC servos for bridges or crossing guards.
Lets get some brain storming going.
--- End quote ---
I know a little bit about proximity switches, since about 99.9% of the switches on our aluminum mill are proxes.
But they tend to be expensive.
How about this, in the style of BYOAC:
why not use the emitters and receivers out of a mouse?
Shoot an invisible beam across the track.
You can use your printer port to give you 5 inputs and 8 outputs, and 3 more outputs with a little extra work.
These outputs can drive LEDs very nicely (for your train crossings).
I could probably throw together some PC software if you tell me what you want. It should be pretty simple.
I always wanted to build a (real sharp) train set, but couldnt afford it.
ChadTower:
Dude, it's for a 2 year old. Opticals are great until the kid poops on them.
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