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General Discussion => DCC / Electronics => Animation Projects => Topic started by: DKS on September 20, 2020, 07:00:53 AM

Title: Turbine Vents
Post by: DKS on September 20, 2020, 07:00:53 AM

Here's another effect originally featured in a small Quonset hut on the White River & Northern IV. It's a simple effect: I use Dremel ball grinders mounted to gears driven by a low-RPM motor. That's it.

(http://davidksmith.com/modeling/layouts/LastWhiteRiver/images/hi8_shed.jpg)

(http://davidksmith.com/modeling/layouts/LastWhiteRiver/images/WRN_2590.jpg)

The new mechanism had four vents, which meant a lot of gears. The gearing makes some vents spin a little faster than others. I'd also planned on making an electronic control to vary the motor speed randomly.

(http://davidksmith.com/modeling/layouts/LastWhiteRiver/images/IMG_9296.jpg)

I installed the mechanism in the brewery building on 27 May 2020.

(http://davidksmith.com/modeling/layouts/LastWhiteRiver/images/IMG_9908.jpg)

(http://davidksmith.com/modeling/layouts/LastWhiteRiver/images/IMG_9910.jpg)