{"id":319879,"date":"2025-11-20T20:56:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=3179b71ebc6b4cc65e967fcab9e988c4"},"modified":"2025-11-20T20:56:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:56:25","slug":"hand-warming-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=319879","title":{"rendered":"Hand warming for Christmas."},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiUO5Jns3c0kcuqyCx4lFG_jSL3RRDH77q3xgn0_7_IJ8CyGPrNlf5gvr9xqUNksroOWo3Dk10yww5QNLteE9PyRBC8W3Z5FjCQNGK377AS8F3vp7_36t_jWdcIC9ayNWnJNob1SZSBQvq2_eHwJL4U9x1AfmFwK0kYA11AMy0BAFW_-15LsIFcBnHxR_tY\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"400\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiUO5Jns3c0kcuqyCx4lFG_jSL3RRDH77q3xgn0_7_IJ8CyGPrNlf5gvr9xqUNksroOWo3Dk10yww5QNLteE9PyRBC8W3Z5FjCQNGK377AS8F3vp7_36t_jWdcIC9ayNWnJNob1SZSBQvq2_eHwJL4U9x1AfmFwK0kYA11AMy0BAFW_-15LsIFcBnHxR_tY\" width=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;I while back I said no more 9mm track. Then I built a small 09 scale layout. Then there is this. There is link wiring to do and then there are questions. Will it be operated? Unlikely\/only minimally. The 009 layout has been hawked about by young Burnham on a couple of occasions, but this would be regarded as unusual. The pointwork remains at this time manual, but I have considered using the Peco switches and switch stand thing with the &#8216;new&#8217; smart switches as an almost retro-step. Remember this is theirs, not mine. I am just the instrument.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiguEHLO4GF120fwP9_XPZkcJhaEGf1GheG_XvQ7alYnhm_EOj5iuZKiyUvKzhyq8pw9UECvgOvRZBpHkgh0vHq5KfY3XsSWLSjdHg8K6Ah98fytEH6vVJ7xlhq3USZjQZU5NDrmOSqcD1uuBG65NxnzqpIOVg7PMlnMuQfj6wLw547TLTayUM5BddnBYg6\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"400\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiguEHLO4GF120fwP9_XPZkcJhaEGf1GheG_XvQ7alYnhm_EOj5iuZKiyUvKzhyq8pw9UECvgOvRZBpHkgh0vHq5KfY3XsSWLSjdHg8K6Ah98fytEH6vVJ7xlhq3USZjQZU5NDrmOSqcD1uuBG65NxnzqpIOVg7PMlnMuQfj6wLw547TLTayUM5BddnBYg6\" width=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Some of the early feed wiring fell into the realm of &#8216;entertaining&#8217;. I&#8217;ve not managed to this for a goodly number of years and ran a follows:<\/p>\n<p>The brain has two applicable reactions in this situation. 1. grab something which is falling. 2. keep hand away from the business end of a soldering iron as it is likely to be warm. In the split second in question, my brain confused these two reactions and placed them in the wrong order. I now have less skin on my finger than I did before the moment in question. Don&#8217;t let anyone tell you that half a century of experience makes you better at the job in question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;I while back I said no more 9mm track. Then I built a small 09 scale layout. Then there is this. There is link wiring to do and then there are questions. Will it be operated? Unlikely\/only minimally. 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