Boy Oh Boy.. Loco Conductive Grease never never never goes on the wheels or track!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Conductive Grease goes inside the rail joiners (where bottom of track sits on the inside of the rail joiner) Do you have the tape/dvd of your engine???It will tell you how to lubricate your engine. Bachmann has a site www.bachmanntrains.com it has a load of info, or ask you questions there. Removing the rail joiners on lgb track in easy.. The side that has the joiner.. you have to turn it over and remove the screws holding the rain to the ties. You then can slide the rail enough to remove the joiner(it has a hook) This is why they stay put!
Just replace the rain and screw and you are good to go!
I found that the chute just gave the snow something else to get clogged in.
I found that the direction and the speed directed the snow. I also did not add any thing to the outer unit thinking snow will not cling to anything if it's not there.
And the last point... some times you would want to aim the snow away from things , that's why being able to use both directions works.
Sometimes hitting the snow mound from the other direction might help in breaking the face of the snow mound that forms in front of the rotary.
Should be interested how yours comes out and how well it works.
Cordless drill with impellar & shaft installed in drill chuck
The black thing is from Home Depot...a 3"to4" pvc transition piece. I chucked the impella and shaft into my drill press and applied a file to the edge so I has some play between blade and housing.It also help to true it up.
The whitestuff is some type of plastic just screwed to the black piece. I added sided to increase it's path and funnell it into blade.
Finished with a part from a mollie screw to help with b reaking up the snow.
The blade is run by battery. I did add some pieces of lead to keep it on track!
Your Question :-Half of the track was exposed to the elements for some years so I need to figure out how to remove the oxidation from the LGB rail connectors
Ryman's Answer :One thing I made early on was a track cleaner which was a pole sander from the hardware store with scotch brite pads on the bottom.
Yay! I ordered the Controller and Power Supply (+ power cord and fan) - Thanks for your help, everyone!
One last question! (for now,lol) - I saw in a magazine a stick to switch engines, and a device to align the engine to the track --- are these things necessary or recommended? Do you use an 'aligner' - and how do you carry engines to the track?
You can use the landscaping wire to connect the Meanwell SP power to the CRE5700ss base unit ..so forget the 18ga wire.
"AC Wall Plug (1 side is 3 prong plug, other side is 3 bare wires)" The three prong wire is also @ Home depot..just ask.. its a three prong replacement cord .
So just to be clear, in order to power my track for one engine at a time, the Crest unit can attach directly to the track to electrify it? (or does int NEED to be installed in an engine)
Thanks!
Loco
Here is some info for the base station (track unit)
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No clue.
It was and oooold cordless drill that I couldn't get batteries for.