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| Overview | Making a start on the post assembly. Find a piece of 0.020" scrap brass and cut a rectangle approx 6 x 4 mm. Then drill a hole thru on center according to the diameter of the post material you have selected. See image below. Once accomplished you can then slip the scrap piece onto the post and solder it.
Tech tip: The tighter the fit between these two parts the more likely that there will be no overflow of solder on the underside of the plate. Which saves any damage during clean up to the post, as the small area poking above the plate ends up inside the 3 aspect head. See image below. In the event that you end up with more post sticking through that shown in the image, simply file it off. The end does not have to be precisely square either.
Question arising What length of post have you used ? Answer Leave it long for the moment. Say 4 inches long so that you will have a enough to go through the baseboard. You can cut the length later, the actual length will be set when you position the base, but before that we will be making the platform which will slide along the post into position just under the head. I will be showing you how to make a location/fitting base, in fact it is a design that Mike Turner did for the signals I made for the Widnes Vine Yard layout. Makes things a little easier in the unlikely event that you want to remove the signals. No doubt this would happen when you wanted to re-use the signals on another layout. Mike has a drawing of it and when we get to that stage I ll be asking him to post it on here. But as I said, for now, leave it long. It provides a decent bit to hang on to. What you may like to do is make a small holder for your signal. 3 pieces of wood to make a bridge, if you will. On the horizontal part drill a 2.5 mm hole through it. You can then push the extra length of post through the hole and there you have a custom stand for painting as well as a holder and the wires, when threaded through, have a space between the bottom of the post and the workbench top.
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