needle nose pliers Archives - The Silicon Underground David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Wed, 02 Feb 2022 03:33:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kerosin.digital/rss-chimp16321610 Repair Lionel ZW binding posts cheaply https://dfarq.homeip.net/repair-lionel-zw-binding-posts-cheaply/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=repair-lionel-zw-binding-posts-cheaply https://dfarq.homeip.net/repair-lionel-zw-binding-posts-cheaply/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:00:42 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=10615 If your Lionel ZW or VW transformer lights up and hums but doesn’t output any voltage on one or more of its pairs of binding posts, there’s a good chance one or more of the binding posts is bad. It’s

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]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-i-fixed-a-lamp/feed/ 1 3352 Fix or restore Lionel track https://dfarq.homeip.net/fixing-old-lionel-tubular-track/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fixing-old-lionel-tubular-track Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:32:52 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=2437 It’s that time of year again. Time to get that old Lionel (or Marx or American Flyer) electric train running before the holidays sneak up. More often than not, the track isn’t in the best of shape. Fortunately, it’s not all

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