THey are pricey, but do look nice though, but how would you paint it?
Steel bridge
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THey are pricey, but do look nice though, but how would you paint it?
Artieiii
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Bridge with Lights
Here is my scratch built truss bridge complete with lighting.
Here are the mini lamps I used and wired them in parallel.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103780
I am wiring it with an old Bachmann DC power pack like this:
The bulbs are rated for 12 volts so I am using the variable voltage side of the power pack to dim the lights and preserve bulb life. These little bulbs are rated for 10,000 hours of life. They should last a good long time (good thing because soldering all those tiny wires in parallel was a real pain in the butt.
-Art
Here is my scratch built truss bridge complete with lighting.
Here are the mini lamps I used and wired them in parallel.
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103780
I am wiring it with an old Bachmann DC power pack like this:
The bulbs are rated for 12 volts so I am using the variable voltage side of the power pack to dim the lights and preserve bulb life. These little bulbs are rated for 10,000 hours of life. They should last a good long time (good thing because soldering all those tiny wires in parallel was a real pain in the butt.
-Art
Artieiii
Member
I had so much success with my first bridge I decided to make another one. Here is the first stages.
I took a flat board to hold the sides in alignment. Then I held the upper supports over a tea pot to steam the wood so I could bend it. I secured it to my board with brad nails so it would hold it's shape. The staple gun in the first picture can dispense brad nails. When I was happy with the curvature I attached the other pieces to the board with brads till the glue set up. I traced the contour on the board so I could repeat the process for the other side of the bridge. When all the glue dried I glued connecting supports between the bridge sides and this is the result.
Next some cross braces, some sanding, some paint then some more lights from Radio Shack.
I used this picture as a rough prototype:
-Art
I took a flat board to hold the sides in alignment. Then I held the upper supports over a tea pot to steam the wood so I could bend it. I secured it to my board with brad nails so it would hold it's shape. The staple gun in the first picture can dispense brad nails. When I was happy with the curvature I attached the other pieces to the board with brads till the glue set up. I traced the contour on the board so I could repeat the process for the other side of the bridge. When all the glue dried I glued connecting supports between the bridge sides and this is the result.
Next some cross braces, some sanding, some paint then some more lights from Radio Shack.
I used this picture as a rough prototype:
-Art
csxdiesel007
Member
looks good.
goscrewyourselves
I'm the one
Xavier,
That looks really good - impressed.
That looks really good - impressed.
