Capacitors So, even with a big beefy power transformer, and nice thick wires, you can never get enough current to a coil. Enter the Capacitor Caddy™. This fantastic device allows a bunch of reasonably priced Capacitors to be ganged up into a decent fast release energy store - just the thing for those pesky lethargic coils. The parts are 3D…
Final(?) assembly of my Gottleib Testing Power Supply What I wanted was a power supply that can give me lots of coil power and lighting power for 5Volt LEDs. What I got was everything except the 5Volt (I've not done the testing yet). I've been delayed doing this for ages - I wanted some furniture feet, big rubber stopper things…
I needed some playfield supports, and because I wanted to mount things where I did, the 'normal' ones were not a good fit. I determined to make temporary ones, initially from wood to do the job. The problem with the wood design is that it consumes a lot of space, and is difficult to work around. I also discovered that…
We needed a cabinet. Rescue 911 to the, um, rescue. So we needed a cabinet. Lots of research showed I could build one easily enough, except I didn’t want to build one. Building wooden things is something I can do, not something I enjoy. Repairing a set of French doors and frames was good demonstration of just how much I…
“Everybody needs a Rotisserie!”