
Small sections of pre-tinned copper-clad
PCB material are glued to the sides of the
drive unit. We use quick set epoxy, thoroughly
degrease the mating surfaces on the drive unit
and copper, and score the surface of the drive
unit to provide a key for the adhesive. Pickups
are bent up from 0.011" phosphor bronze wire
as shown. The trapezoidal bends allow the wire
to flex as the two parts of the drive unit
articulate. The wire coils are formed of six
turns
around the shank of a 0.7mm drill,
finished so that the pick ups themselves are
preloaded below their operating position by
about 1mm. The wires are tinned and then soldered to the copper-clad with a touch of
the iron, with the feed wires tinned and soldered on in turn, resin-cored solder being used
throughout.
The feed wires from the pickups back to
the loco PCB are firmly anchored to the
bogie bolsters; holes are provided near the top
of each bolster to assist. This allows the route
of the wires between the bolster and drive unit
to be set and then to remain undisturbed when
the wires are routed through the chassis block
during the fitting of the bogie to the loco.
Pickups and Power
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27/09/2021
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