Super Chuffer Board

Cant Wait

Will the Surgeon Generals Warning be on the package???

No, but the EPA has already sent an agent and has requested a sample. Something about, if used the smoke cannot leave your property. It can go straight up to the Ozone layer, but cannot leave your domiciles perimeter borders!

Minor set back on the video. Seems that since the challenger has two smokestacks the smoke comes out of the back stack and very little comes out the front. Putting  a small piece of metal at the top of the smoke unit to deflect some of the smoke to the front stack. Waiting for the JB Weld to dry. 

I think you're the first victim outside my little circle, can't wait to see the video.

Here's the video of the finished product. It's a little blurry and at the end the dehumidified is pulling the smoke down.

Thanks for the video.  

I tried to engineer it so that breezes couldn't blow the smoke, but I failed in that attempt!

More coal 

Between the dehumidifier and the AC,  the smoke on all the engines goes everywhere.

Seems that since the challenger has two smokestacks the smoke comes out of the back stack and very little comes out the front.

The Lionmaster Big Boy and Challenger have a chronic issue with the smoke being obstructed in one or both stacks. The problem is that the Y connector between the two stacks is too small, causing a constriction. Smoke fluid will condense in the narrow passageway, causing the smoke to stop flowing. Blowing in both stacks will frequently clear up the problem for a few minutes. Switching to a different brand of smoke fluid sometimes helps. I've gotten better results in my Big Boy with MTH or Mega Steam than with Lionel fluid.

I have the Lionmaster T1 Duplex, I filed out the passages to make them as big as possible, I don't have as much of an issue now.  For an Allegheny, I made a little brass smokebox to just enclose both stacks, that worked great.

I really want this to be a success, whatever it takes.  I'm getting the impression that I will likely have to add the wiring to the board as a standard feature.

something like this

http://www.molex.com/molex/pro...1010_PCB_HEADERS.xml

I've looked at a bunch of them John, my issue is with the connector side.  I have to use something that I can get a reasonably priced tool to do the contacts. 

My goal is to make it available to the widest audience.  As I said, it's a learning process for me as well as the folks wanting to install them.  I was trying to balance the cost of the board with the ease of installation, if I put too much labor into each one, the cost of the unit gets out of hand and nobody wants to buy them. 

Too bad I don't have the cheap Chinese labor that is available half a world away, they could probably make sell this board at a profit for less than I pay for the parts!

Everyone always says they are willing to pay more for "Made in Amurica"

So here is their chance to prove it

I'm not all that confident that they'll put their money where their mouth is when it comes to breaking out the folding green.

Guys if you are thinking about getting one of these boards do so!.  See my thread about my install.  It has a video on it that I think speaks for itself.  Unfortunately you'll have to see my ugly mug as well.

You ? I thought it was Mike Rowe