From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 24 06:40:02 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEE13FBC for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:40:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jnagyjr1978@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gg0-f175.google.com (mail-gg0-f175.google.com [209.85.161.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81BAF8FC0A for ; Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:40:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-gg0-f175.google.com with SMTP id y1so1205597ggc.34 for ; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:39:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=91XNJSs75EblotcJq6t28uK71CoqyN8qdHFdM8oYzi0=; b=bF+AqklzSAEzROAq+avio3sEnylX+pKPjcikg1xLw2NIATVVb+8fACeSMDlQNXo4ih /7azjYP0gHovUdvV1C45wjrjI1bVjxvcNJC4uyHKjwd80xBhu2VmeK3dXt5b0xvH24b1 P2mtM/IveZAZnnyoawvM2SdNSj7weuf22wQBsmENe94wWhiQ92XXdgLqpY/vSABOrQnZ ec5b7QzD7dFHO6xFd9wCdKU78KaISVDML5w5zBoH6EDfgfNWZGJhNRRcis1oGn0NRS8R S4x4fVsU7Gn9bH9fBf6shaoqVlRYvuOBiI1tdlUxfQY3ABYGZVoHE+Sf0QqB+zkua6hb 2ylA== X-Received: by 10.236.75.200 with SMTP id z48mr19791380yhd.41.1356330812108; Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:33:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.33] (vid-196.dhcp.grp10.tnmmrl.infoave.net. [204.116.254.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g3sm16318319anj.14.2012.12.23.22.33.30 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 23 Dec 2012 22:33:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <50D7F738.2090307@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:33:28 -0600 From: "Joseph A. Nagy, Jr" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Chat @ FreeBSD" Subject: [OT] Sorry For Off-topicness Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 06:40:02 -0000 Hey all, I'm kind of in a bind and not sure where to turn (I've been searching online w/o much luck, it took me nearly three hours to find what I was looking for to start with). Here's the deal: I've been tasked with setting up some antique O27 Lionel's (from the 50's) by my uncle for my nephew. I've got almost everything except a Lock-On (to bring power to the rails from the transformer, a Lionel 1033; finding the lock-on took me 3 hours because I didn't know what I was looking for aside from "power to rails from track" essentially). Right now I'm looking for a non-destructive hackity-hack that will both bring power to the rails and allow the train free passage around the track (I've been doing some tests with test-lead clips to little success). This only has to work for tomorrow, afterward I can order the Lock-On and wait for it to arrive. Thanks, and once again sorry for the off-topicness. -- Yours in Christ, Joseph A Nagy Jr "Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid." -- Proverbs 12:1 Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. Original content CopyFree (F) under the OWL http://owl.apotheon.org