Scalefour Forum

johnlewis wrote:I had intended removing Templot from the system but wil give it another try

Hi John,

Templot runs well on Linux under Wine. There are a few cosmetic issues on the screen (mainly fonts), but all the functionality is there.

regards,

Martin.

I was very frustrated trying to use Templot to layout the track from Toller and have given up on it. I used a couple of CAD programs at work in dim and distant past and perhaps that is why I didn't get on with Templot. I kept wanting to tell Templot to draw a bit of track 400 yards long with a stat...

Hi John,

A classic case for the GIMP -- straight track, known gauge, countable sleepers in part of the image:



See: http://www.templot.com/martweb/info_fil ... _track.htm

Martin.

Q2) any hints on making the set in the stock rails - i.e. are you just relying on matching by eye the miniscule wobble which Templot produces, or have you a more accurate way of matching the planing angle? Adjust it to match the stock gauge where marked on the template (at the end of the planing). ...

Which means that Martin chose to make the default on Templot Right Angle Measure when most users model railways that use Centre Line Measure, and therefore need to remember to change the default every time. At the time when I made this decision, 30 years ago in the early 80s, Templot was in its inf...

Press Release today from NLS -- this includes urban area maps at 1:1250 scale which are ideal as background picture shapes in Templot (non-commercial use). _______________________________________ Just a brief news item, which we'd be grateful if maps folk can pass on as necessary. The National Libra...

As to the kit being in HiNi silver - that is an interesting development as I understood that the steel crossing vees and blades are shaped by spark erosion and that method is not practical with nickel silver. Hi Jonathan, The C&L update refers to the switch blades being "ground". I'm ...

C&L have today announced that the Exactoscale P4 turnout kits will shortly be available in Hi-Ni nickel-silver rail in addition to steel rail:

http://www.finescale.org.uk/index.php?o ... &Itemid=72

Martin.

I have a picture but of course I can't post it here. Lest see, I'll try "Ask the Administrator" Hi Will, Until the Admin gets this fixed, just post it in some other section (e.g. "ask the Admin"?) and then copy and paste it here by clicking the Img button, like this: http://www....

Can anyone advise on a source of open micro switches of the same pattern used on Lemaco and Fulgurex turnout motors? They must be used in industry somewhere, but I haven't been able to track them down. Hi Chris, http://img-europe.electrocomponents.com/largeimages/R7410928-01.jpg Like this? http://u...

I have posted these notes before on several forums, but they might be helpful again here. :) You don't need expensive jigs to make a crossing vee. You can use a paper template printed from Templot, and do most of the work after assembly of the rails. This method results in solid metal at the tip and...

I bought a crossing vee filing jig, and a blade filing jig, at last year's S4 North. Being deeply cautious about undue haste, I've just reached the point of using them. I expect I can figure it out (eg referring to S4 Digest 236.1) but I just wondered if anyone could point me to any specific instru...

Unfortunately my printer is not windows 7 compatible and has to use a HP work around to connect, unfortunately while every other program on the computer is happy to recognise this Templot doesn't. So next time I am in Devon I will print the templot file using my parents printer.... Hi Richard, Expo...

For those who don't have an RTF viewer program, Tony's notes are online at: http://templot.com/companion/index.html?beginners_guide_tony_wilkins.htm There is also a getting started guide from Allan Ferguson (with screenshots) at: http://templot.com/companion/index.html?getting_started_allan_ferguson...

Would the abrupt change occur on a curved turnout, or only if I lay it out so that it diverges from a straight line? Hi John, All switches involve an abrupt change of direction, at the switch deflection angle, when entering the diverging route -- whether the switch is laid in straight track or curv...

I have laser cut turnout sleeper bases made directly from a Templot plan but need to layout what type of chair goes where on the base and what type it should be. Are there any guides or good articles anywhere outlining this? Hi Pete, For REA bullhead turnouts there is some information on the Templo...

The answer is to install a diode across the uncoupling magnet coil to divert the current away from the switch so that the spark is never generated. That will work only on DC, and dissipating all the inductive energy in a diode is bad news for the diode -- a series resistor is advisable too. A bette...

for beginners, It would be useful to know what switch ratings should be used in various model rail circuits. And what practical experience shows to work safely, and what to be dodgy, and potentially damaging. Hi Les, For crossing polarity switching, far and away the easiest and most reliable method...

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andrew jukes wrote:And we end up with 'last word Martin' insisting the community needs to know how to do something I didn't want to do

Hi Andrew,

You actually said:

andrew jukes wrote:it would be good to put something on the Exactoscale site

If you'd said you didn't want to change it, I wouldn't have tried to be helpful.

Martin.

Martin, I still can't see why anything needed to be added to what I originally said. Hi Andrew, You said "since upgrading my OS, I have been unable to make any changes". This being a community forum, I thought I would make a helpful suggestion about how you could get round that problem. r...

andrew jukes wrote:Very interesting, thank you Martin - but what's hard to understand about "it hasn't been a priority."?

Nothing. The bit I couldn't understand was having a web site and not being able to change it. Such a thing would be a priority for me.

regards,

Martin.

it would be good to put something on the Exactoscale site but, since upgrading my OS, I have been unable to make any changes. Hi Andrew, I'm not sure I understand that. However, if your hosting account includes cPanel as the control panel, it includes a very useful online WYSIWYG HTML editor which ...

had been sent to Martin Wynne for Templot at 22.12 BST who (unasked) posted it on RMweb sometime between 22.12 and 22.48 BST Hi Andrew, Not exactly unasked. You wanted me to convey the information to Templot users, so I posted it on the Templot Club forum, and in the Track & Templot section on ...

The 0.1mm GW is a hopeless compromise of course, but in principle, is it really any different to what a joggle provides? Hi Russ, It's entirely different because for a joggle the blade planing is modified to match -- the tip is 3/8" thick instead of a knife edge. The "end-of-planing"...