@@kevinguthrie5495 im a newbie but did you just modify a coal layout or build everything either way where did you get the electronics like the motors and maybe an augur also??
@@TiredDodMedia I built the whole layout from benchwork to trees. The auger spring is from the little drawers section of my local hardware store. The key is it has to fit very loosely in the polystyrene tube or things will jam. It happened to fit on the motor shaft very nicely. Gear motors are available on amazon and from places like servo city and pololu. I generally use 6 or 12v motors as the power supplies are easy to find. The lower voltage ones that run on batteries are annoyingly noisy. I think I got the foot switch on amazon. If you need to slow a motor down, the cheap pwm speed controllers on amazon work great.
The other mine uses a cell phone vibrator motor to vibrate a chute so that the "coal" flows. Of the two, the screw conveyor is the superior mechanism. To avoid jams the screw spring has to be significantly smaller than the chute tube.
I can’t tell if this is gonna get a lot more views due to the TH-cam algorithm or if i’m just running early into a highly specific side of TH-cam Either way, i am now here
I’m designing one of my own along with a rotary dumper for a power plant for nscale. Thanks for sharing!!
Very cool :-)
Could you show us more of the build process for this
I didn't take any more videos during the build. Is there anything in particular that you are looking for?
@@kevinguthrie5495 im a newbie but did you just modify a coal layout or build everything either way where did you get the electronics like the motors and maybe an augur also??
@@TiredDodMedia I built the whole layout from benchwork to trees.
The auger spring is from the little drawers section of my local hardware store. The key is it has to fit very loosely in the polystyrene tube or things will jam. It happened to fit on the motor shaft very nicely.
Gear motors are available on amazon and from places like servo city and pololu. I generally use 6 or 12v motors as the power supplies are easy to find. The lower voltage ones that run on batteries are annoyingly noisy.
I think I got the foot switch on amazon.
If you need to slow a motor down, the cheap pwm speed controllers on amazon work great.
Very nice!
Fantastic layout. Is your other mine operated with the screw type conveyor too?
The other mine uses a cell phone vibrator motor to vibrate a chute so that the "coal" flows. Of the two, the screw conveyor is the superior mechanism. To avoid jams the screw spring has to be significantly smaller than the chute tube.
@@kevinguthrie5495 fantastic. I am working on the ho new era mine at the moment and looking to make it function.
I can’t tell if this is gonna get a lot more views due to the TH-cam algorithm or if i’m just running early into a highly specific side of TH-cam
Either way, i am now here
What kit are you using overhead the hopper. Looking for something similar to model a sawdust loader but nothing in N scale out there
The loader building is scratch built from Evergreen styrene. It is "inspired by" photos on the internet and not an actual model.
would you build another and sell?
Wow, very pleased you would want one but no, too delicate to ship. Trying to see if I can send the plans as a pdf here on you tube
plans: documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A8f41686c-d116-4ec2-9da8-beba07a7b558