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  1. Percy Jackson Team Teases S03; Keen/Artemis, Chaudry/Nightshade Images
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    <p>After wowing fans on Friday night with the release of an official teaser
    #jackson #teases #disney #percy

  2. Percy and the New Gearbox

    It’s been a while since we checked in on Percy. After the failure with my 3D-printed gearbox and 6x12mm 3V motors, I decided life is too short to solve every problem myself. So, I ordered a couple of RoadRunner Compact kits from HighLevel Kits, and a pair of 0615 12V motors from TramFabriek. These got placed in a project box with the rest of Percy’s parts while I finished the coal cars, and re-emerged a couple of months ago.

    The only problem with the HighLevel gearboxes is their width. The final gear includes a massive grub screw, which pushes the sides of the gear box out to 8.6 mm. That might be fine for the UK loco scene were frames were made of plate, and the wheels are often 2 mm further apart. For HO, even Proto:87, it makes things pretty tight. In Percy’s case, it necessitated yet another new rear axle with the insulating joint even further to one side.

    For some reason it took several attempts to get an insulated axle. The first one was not insulated at all, and the second one ceased to be insulated after being pressed into the wheel centres. The third time, I included an acetal washer between the two halves of the axle, and this one worked fine.

    The four parts for the insulated axle: two pieces of tube, one of which has been opened out to allow for an insulating layer of epoxy, and the rod that ties the axle together with the acetal washer.

    I also changed the approach to shorting the tyres to the two sides of the axle this time. I believe the single fine piece of wire I used last time caused the wheel to deform as the axle was pressed into it. This time, I took a more conventional approach and made shapes that are a tight fit on the axle ends; the ends of the strips still slip between tyre and wheel centre.

    Shorting strips were made from small washers and strips of shim brassOne of the discarded axles was chamfered to provide an alignment jig for gluing the shorting strips in placeThe shorting strips prior to tyre installation

    I also struggled with tyres this time. Perhaps the constant removal and replacement has made them bigger, or perhaps I’ve failed to get the inside surfaces completely clean of previous rounds of Loctite. In any event, I had to use CA to hold the tyres to the wheels this time.

    The gearbox itself was a joy to assemble. The mounting holes were much too wide apart for my svelte motor, however. So, I shaped a piece of shim brass to cradle the motor. I then turned an aluminum jig to help clamp the cradle in place while I soldered it. This worked a treat, and I hope I will be able to find it when I go to assemble the second gearbox.

    The motor cradle with the alignment jig to hold it at 90 degrees and in line with the gearbox centre during soldering.Test fitting the motor in the cradleThe assembled gearbox

    Finally, I pressed the wheels onto the axle, and the assembly is almost ready to test. The motor will be nearly vertical in this installation. Now to redesign the frame components so the motor may fit!

    #motor #percy #wheels
  3. Percy and the New Gearbox

    It’s been a while since we checked in on Percy. After the failure with my 3D-printed gearbox and 6x12mm 3V motors, I decided life is too short to solve every problem myself. So, I ordered a couple of RoadRunner Compact kits from HighLevel Kits, and a pair of 0615 12V motors from TramFabriek. These got placed in a project box with the rest of Percy’s parts while I finished the coal cars, and re-emerged a couple of months ago.

    The only problem with the HighLevel gearboxes is their width. The final gear includes a massive grub screw, which pushes the sides of the gear box out to 8.6 mm. That might be fine for the UK loco scene were frames were made of plate, and the wheels are often 2 mm further apart. For HO, even Proto:87, it makes things pretty tight. In Percy’s case, it necessitated yet another new rear axle with the insulating joint even further to one side.

    For some reason it took several attempts to get an insulated axle. The first one was not insulated at all, and the second one ceased to be insulated after being pressed into the wheel centres. The third time, I included an acetal washer between the two halves of the axle, and this one worked fine.

    The four parts for the insulated axle: two pieces of tube, one of which has been opened out to allow for an insulating layer of epoxy, and the rod that ties the axle together with the acetal washer.

    I also changed the approach to shorting the tyres to the two sides of the axle this time. I believe the single fine piece of wire I used last time caused the wheel to deform as the axle was pressed into it. This time, I took a more conventional approach and made shapes that are a tight fit on the axle ends; the ends of the strips still slip between tyre and wheel centre.

    Shorting strips were made from small washers and strips of shim brassOne of the discarded axles was chamfered to provide an alignment jig for gluing the shorting strips in placeThe shorting strips prior to tyre installation

    I also struggled with tyres this time. Perhaps the constant removal and replacement has made them bigger, or perhaps I’ve failed to get the inside surfaces completely clean of previous rounds of Loctite. In any event, I had to use CA to hold the tyres to the wheels this time.

    The gearbox itself was a joy to assemble. The mounting holes were much too wide apart for my svelte motor, however. So, I shaped a piece of shim brass to cradle the motor. I then turned an aluminum jig to help clamp the cradle in place while I soldered it. This worked a treat, and I hope I will be able to find it when I go to assemble the second gearbox.

    The motor cradle with the alignment jig to hold it at 90 degrees and in line with the gearbox centre during soldering.Test fitting the motor in the cradleThe assembled gearbox

    Finally, I pressed the wheels onto the axle, and the assembly is almost ready to test. The motor will be nearly vertical in this installation. Now to redesign the frame components so the motor may fit!

    #motor #percy #wheels
  4. Percy and the New Gearbox

    It’s been a while since we checked in on Percy. After the failure with my 3D-printed gearbox and 6x12mm 3V motors, I decided life is too short to solve every problem myself. So, I ordered a couple of RoadRunner Compact kits from HighLevel Kits, and a pair of 0615 12V motors from TramFabriek. These got placed in a project box with the rest of Percy’s parts while I finished the coal cars, and re-emerged a couple of months ago.

    The only problem with the HighLevel gearboxes is their width. The final gear includes a massive grub screw, which pushes the sides of the gear box out to 8.6 mm. That might be fine for the UK loco scene were frames were made of plate, and the wheels are often 2 mm further apart. For HO, even Proto:87, it makes things pretty tight. In Percy’s case, it necessitated yet another new rear axle with the insulating joint even further to one side.

    For some reason it took several attempts to get an insulated axle. The first one was not insulated at all, and the second one ceased to be insulated after being pressed into the wheel centres. The third time, I included an acetal washer between the two halves of the axle, and this one worked fine.

    The four parts for the insulated axle: two pieces of tube, one of which has been opened out to allow for an insulating layer of epoxy, and the rod that ties the axle together with the acetal washer.

    I also changed the approach to shorting the tyres to the two sides of the axle this time. I believe the single fine piece of wire I used last time caused the wheel to deform as the axle was pressed into it. This time, I took a more conventional approach and made shapes that are a tight fit on the axle ends; the ends of the strips still slip between tyre and wheel centre.

    Shorting strips were made from small washers and strips of shim brassOne of the discarded axles was chamfered to provide an alignment jig for gluing the shorting strips in placeThe shorting strips prior to tyre installation

    I also struggled with tyres this time. Perhaps the constant removal and replacement has made them bigger, or perhaps I’ve failed to get the inside surfaces completely clean of previous rounds of Loctite. In any event, I had to use CA to hold the tyres to the wheels this time.

    The gearbox itself was a joy to assemble. The mounting holes were much too wide apart for my svelte motor, however. So, I shaped a piece of shim brass to cradle the motor. I then turned an aluminum jig to help clamp the cradle in place while I soldered it. This worked a treat, and I hope I will be able to find it when I go to assemble the second gearbox.

    The motor cradle with the alignment jig to hold it at 90 degrees and in line with the gearbox centre during soldering.Test fitting the motor in the cradleThe assembled gearbox

    Finally, I pressed the wheels onto the axle, and the assembly is almost ready to test. The motor will be nearly vertical in this installation. Now to redesign the frame components so the motor may fit!

    #motor #percy #wheels
  5. From the Barn to the Litter-Robot: Seven Things Nobody Tells You About Cats Anymore

    When I was a boy in Lincoln, the contract with a cat was short enough to fit on a matchbook. You fed it in the morning and again at dusk, you cracked the back door, and you let the animal go be an animal. If it came back for breakfast, you had a cat. If it did not, you had a story about a cat. Nobody took its temperature. Nobody weighed it. The idea that a cat would sit on a stainless table once a year while a doctor charted its molars would have gotten you laughed out of the feed store. A cat was livestock with opinions, and Nebraska treated it accordingly. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/07/17/from

  6. From the Barn to the Litter-Robot: Seven Things Nobody Tells You About Cats Anymore

    When I was a boy in Lincoln, the contract with a cat was short enough to fit on a matchbook. You fed it in the morning and again at dusk, you cracked the back door, and you let the animal go be an animal. If it came back for breakfast, you had a cat. If it did not, you had a story about a cat. Nobody took its temperature. Nobody weighed it. The idea that a cat would sit on a stainless table once a year while a doctor charted its molars would have gotten you laughed out of the feed store. A cat was livestock with opinions, and Nebraska treated it accordingly. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/07/17/from

  7. From the Barn to the Litter-Robot: Seven Things Nobody Tells You About Cats Anymore

    When I was a boy in Lincoln, the contract with a cat was short enough to fit on a matchbook. You fed it in the morning and again at dusk, you cracked the back door, and you let the animal go be an animal. If it came back for breakfast, you had a cat. If it did not, you had a story about a cat. Nobody took its temperature. Nobody weighed it. The idea that a cat would sit on a stainless table once a year while a doctor charted its molars would have gotten you laughed out of the feed store. A cat was livestock with opinions, and Nebraska treated it accordingly. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/07/17/from

  8. Stereo3D view captured 20 hours ago by Perseverance. The rover has been driving eastward these past few days, toward the rim of Jezero Crater.

    To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.

    Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

    #Mars #Perseverance #rover #Sol1882 #PerseveranceRover #NorthernRimCampaign #LacdeCharmes #space #astrodon #science #STEM #Percy #Mastcam #photography #Stereo3D #3D #stereoscopy

  9. Stereo3D view captured 20 hours ago by Perseverance. The rover has been driving eastward these past few days, toward the rim of Jezero Crater.

    To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.

    Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

    #Mars #Perseverance #rover #Sol1882 #PerseveranceRover #NorthernRimCampaign #LacdeCharmes #space #astrodon #science #STEM #Percy #Mastcam #photography #Stereo3D #3D #stereoscopy

  10. Stereo3D view captured 20 hours ago by Perseverance. The rover has been driving eastward these past few days, toward the rim of Jezero Crater.

    To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.

    Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

    #Mars #Perseverance #rover #Sol1882 #PerseveranceRover #NorthernRimCampaign #LacdeCharmes #space #astrodon #science #STEM #Percy #Mastcam #photography #Stereo3D #3D #stereoscopy

  11. Stereo3D view captured 20 hours ago by Perseverance. The rover has been driving eastward these past few days, toward the rim of Jezero Crater.

    To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.

    Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

    #Mars #Perseverance #rover #Sol1882 #PerseveranceRover #NorthernRimCampaign #LacdeCharmes #space #astrodon #science #STEM #Percy #Mastcam #photography #Stereo3D #3D #stereoscopy

  12. Stereo3D view captured 20 hours ago by Perseverance. The rover has been driving eastward these past few days, toward the rim of Jezero Crater.

    To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.

    Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

    #Mars #Perseverance #rover #Sol1882 #PerseveranceRover #NorthernRimCampaign #LacdeCharmes #space #astrodon #science #STEM #Percy #Mastcam #photography #Stereo3D #3D #stereoscopy

  13. Stereo3D view captured three days ago by Perseverance with her Mastcam-Z science camera, somewhere in the expanses west of the rim of Jezero Crater.

    To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.

    Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

    #Mars #Perseverance #rover #Sol1875 #PerseveranceRover #NorthernRimCampaign #LacdeCharmes #space #astrodon #science #STEM #Percy #Mastcam #photography #Stereo3D #3D #stereoscopy

  14. Stereo3D view captured three days ago by Perseverance with her Mastcam-Z science camera, somewhere in the expanses west of the rim of Jezero Crater.

    To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.

    Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

    #Mars #Perseverance #rover #Sol1875 #PerseveranceRover #NorthernRimCampaign #LacdeCharmes #space #astrodon #science #STEM #Percy #Mastcam #photography #Stereo3D #3D #stereoscopy

  15. Stereo3D view captured three days ago by Perseverance with her Mastcam-Z science camera, somewhere in the expanses west of the rim of Jezero Crater.

    To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.

    Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

    #Mars #Perseverance #rover #Sol1875 #PerseveranceRover #NorthernRimCampaign #LacdeCharmes #space #astrodon #science #STEM #Percy #Mastcam #photography #Stereo3D #3D #stereoscopy

  16. Stereo3D view captured three days ago by Perseverance with her Mastcam-Z science camera, somewhere in the expanses west of the rim of Jezero Crater.

    To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.

    Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

    #Mars #Perseverance #rover #Sol1875 #PerseveranceRover #NorthernRimCampaign #LacdeCharmes #space #astrodon #science #STEM #Percy #Mastcam #photography #Stereo3D #3D #stereoscopy

  17. Stereo3D view captured three days ago by Perseverance with her Mastcam-Z science camera, somewhere in the expanses west of the rim of Jezero Crater.

    To go 3D: eyes' lines of sight parallel, left image for left eye, right image for right eye.

    Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

    #Mars #Perseverance #rover #Sol1875 #PerseveranceRover #NorthernRimCampaign #LacdeCharmes #space #astrodon #science #STEM #Percy #Mastcam #photography #Stereo3D #3D #stereoscopy

  18. The Listener Will See You Now

    Ambient AI now records the conversation at the hospital bed and the exam table. The microphone is optional, for the moment. The receptionist slid a tablet across the counter and asked, in the bright tone reserved for upgrades, whether I would consent to let the clinic "AI Listen" to the appointment. Percy and Lotty, The Boles Brits, were already complaining inside their carrier, due for the rabies shots the state requires. The pitch was efficiency. The software would listen to my conversation with the veterinarian, transcribe it, and "ambient scribe" the care notes so the doctor could spend less time typing and more time with the animals. I declined. There was a checkbox for that, which I noted with the small relief of a man who has read the next paragraph before signing the first. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/06/01/the-

  19. The Listener Will See You Now

    Ambient AI now records the conversation at the hospital bed and the exam table. The microphone is optional, for the moment. The receptionist slid a tablet across the counter and asked, in the bright tone reserved for upgrades, whether I would consent to let the clinic "AI Listen" to the appointment. Percy and Lotty, The Boles Brits, were already complaining inside their carrier, due for the rabies shots the state requires. The pitch was efficiency. The software would listen to my conversation with the veterinarian, transcribe it, and "ambient scribe" the care notes so the doctor could spend less time typing and more time with the animals. I declined. There was a checkbox for that, which I noted with the small relief of a man who has read the next paragraph before signing the first. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/06/01/the-

  20. The Listener Will See You Now

    Ambient AI now records the conversation at the hospital bed and the exam table. The microphone is optional, for the moment. The receptionist slid a tablet across the counter and asked, in the bright tone reserved for upgrades, whether I would consent to let the clinic "AI Listen" to the appointment. Percy and Lotty, The Boles Brits, were already complaining inside their carrier, due for the rabies shots the state requires. The pitch was efficiency. The software would listen to my conversation with the veterinarian, transcribe it, and "ambient scribe" the care notes so the doctor could spend less time typing and more time with the animals. I declined. There was a checkbox for that, which I noted with the small relief of a man who has read the next paragraph before signing the first. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/06/01/the-

  21. The Listener Will See You Now

    Ambient AI now records the conversation at the hospital bed and the exam table. The microphone is optional, for the moment. The receptionist slid a tablet across the counter and asked, in the bright tone reserved for upgrades, whether I would consent to let the clinic "AI Listen" to the appointment. Percy and Lotty, The Boles Brits, were already complaining inside their carrier, due for the rabies shots the state requires. The pitch was efficiency. The software would listen to my conversation with the veterinarian, transcribe it, and "ambient scribe" the care notes so the doctor could spend less time typing and more time with the animals. I declined. There was a checkbox for that, which I noted with the small relief of a man who has read the next paragraph before signing the first. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/06/01/the-