Morning All,
Yesterday, I dove into the rabbit hole of re-organizing all of my train stuff storage. I didn't throw out much, but I've got it all nicely organized in labeled storage crates beneath the layout and on a couple of shelves in the closet. The biggest improvement was clearing off the workbench (in my layout room -really more of a glass desk) to prepare for some kit building. Based on what I see on here, most of us thrive on organized chaos at our workbenches, but I'm drawn to a more clean, undistracted work area as my mind is already a chaotic beehive. So, I'm trying to limit what's at hand (and in obvious sight) to what I use often and hiding away things like replacement blades and duplicate tools or rarely used specialized stuff. Everything is nearby and easily accessible, just not in my face. Again, nothing revolutionary, I just figured it might be kind of unusual to most of you...Most of the pics show racks and racks of paints, clamps, dozens of tweezers, strip wood, etc...which is a beautiful thing, but I'd spend too much time staring lovingly at them all and remembering other projects I have forgotten or delayed. To each his own.
Have a great weekend...John
Morning, all.
Up and ready to start a four day work siege. At least the weekends are only (hopefully) seven hours. John, I don't see any pics, you have HEIC images instead of jpeg.
Jeff
Morning all,
Cold, for Florida - 51 and raining. I'm in the train shed ready for another day.
John, you are definitely organized, now get the area messy with some modeling! 8)
Have a great day ya'll.
Tom ;D
C. Powers Fallen Flag -
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Good morning! A refreshing 28 here. A few indoor chores after walking the dog, then some train time this afternoon.
Good morning.
Morning,
I was on my knees all day worshiping the house, taking out the old baseboards. The reconstruction will begin shortly.
Good Morning All,
Have the annual HOA meeting this morning at 10. I have to attend since my wife is the president. Have my weekly chores and train time later hopefully.
Good morning! I'm spending the day with the Grandkids - they are making their lists for Santa. Apparently, the big germ messed up Santa's workshop and the elves have supply chain problems. Getting their requests in early. I hope everyone has a great day. From the F&SM:
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John, you need to convert your pictures from .HEIC to .JPG. The best thing to do is to set the default format for pictures on your phone. See https://www.handlebar-online.com/other/what-is-the-default-format-for-iphone-photos/ (https://www.handlebar-online.com/other/what-is-the-default-format-for-iphone-photos/) You can convert the existing photos in Preview.app, open the .HEIC file and then do "Export" to save as a JPG.
My new Mac laptop arrived yesterday, so I'm still working out the bugs in the transfer of my files, etc. https://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/2848.html Later today, I'm off to an operating session on James Van Bokkelen's layout.
dave
Morning all,
Friends coming over tonight for dinner so the house is being prepped and dinner cooked. I have to move my work stuff off of the dining room table and into the spare bedroom. Ditto my workbench. First I'll put together the spin cycle that my better half bought to replace the recently departed treadmill. ::) Aside from that I'll stay out of her way.
Have a great one!
Mornin' all....
Scattered rain here today. No yard work........ translation............bench time.
I did find out why I had trouble loading photos yesterday. I had filled up my gallery file and it didn't tell me. It just timed out.
So I dropped off some older files of projects and am now chugging along again. I think this may be why John Siekirk is on his fourth railroad project file.
I'm away for a few days starting tomorrow so not sure how much I can put up about my house project before that.
see ya
Bob
Noon in November, where has the time been going? We've been preoccupied with other things; the railroad was dismantled during the last month and my modules packed into a POD!
When I built my shelf layout, I did it in sections, and while they are awkward, it was possible to disassemble it.
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Two modules face to face make a square unit:
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And now, the house is under contract and we have more packing to do. WOW!
Quote from: deemery on November 06, 2021, 10:30:30 AM
John, you need to convert your pictures from .HEIC to .JPG. The best thing to do is to set the default format for pictures on your phone. See https://www.handlebar-online.com/other/what-is-the-default-format-for-iphone-photos/ (https://www.handlebar-online.com/other/what-is-the-default-format-for-iphone-photos/) You can convert the existing photos in Preview.app, open the .HEIC file and then do "Export" to save as a JPG.
My new Mac laptop arrived yesterday, so I'm still working out the bugs in the transfer of my files, etc. https://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/2848.html (https://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/2848.html) Later today, I'm off to an operating session on James Van Bokkelen's layout.
dave
Thanks Dave...I'm on it.
Let me test my implementation of Dave's advice...
John
That is one clean workbench! Looks great - it will look better with a model under construction. ;)
Enjoying a fall morning in the mountains. Wood is stacked and mostly chopped for the winter.
Here is an interesting high speed bullet train on a cool layout.
https://youtu.be/n-kj8Tongfs (https://youtu.be/n-kj8Tongfs)
Another afternoon check-in.
My wife and I spent the morning pulling up tender bulbs for winter storage. Now we have buckets of dahlia, canna, elephant ears and gladiolus. The better than average growing season this year was good for the plants, so what is normally a large bulb harvest was huge this year.
Have a great day, everyone.
--Opa George
Back from the operating session on JBVB's layout. I was paired with an experienced operator as brakeman for the first hour or so. That really helped me understand the thought process, workflow, what to look for, etc. Then I ran 2 passenger trains by myself. On the 2nd, an express, I "exceeded the speed limit" and then due to a DCC failure lost control and the train ran a switch. But still it was a lot of fun, and I'm much more comfortable with operations than I was before.
Wife: "You mean you went to this guy's attic and a bunch of you played with trains all afternoon?"
Me: "No. We operated the layout. That's different!"
dave
Dave..............
It has taken YEARS to teach my wife that she cannot use the words trains and play in the same sentence.
I almost have it ! ! !
see ya
Bob
Bob, one of the things we all admired are the structures James' wife has built. They're -really well done-, and since they are working from prototype photos, they look just right for the location. (My wife at least comes down and helps me match colors...)
dave