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Re: Automated Points - Information
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.pt
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Tue, 9 Oct 2001 23:19:34 GMT
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Pedro Silva wrote:
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> In lugnet.loc.pt, Dean Husby writes:
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> > If you feel you need to modify the switch to make it move easier. Have a
> > look at these pics.
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> > http://news.lugnet.com/org/ca/vlc/?n=1198
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> Is it really necessary to modify the switches?
> I don't feel too comfortable cutting up my LEGO, but I have experienced the
> difficulty of moving them in the past. Can't I use some sort of gear that
> "forces" the swith, even if it works only at low speed?
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> Pedro
There are ways to do that, but I've had some trouble. The NEWEST
switches from LEGO are so hard to switch you feel you almost have to
break them to have it switch. The modification changes all that. If you
DO decide to modify your switch, use the method I show. Ask questions if
you have to.
Dean
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Dean Husby
LUGNET Member #320
TFM's LEGO Workshop - http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm
The Vancouver LEGO Club - http://www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc/
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| In lugnet.loc.pt, Dean Husby writes: (snipped) (...) I don't feel too comfortable cutting up my LEGO, but I have experienced the difficulty of moving them in the past. Can't I use some sort of gear that "forces" the swith, even if it works only at (...) (23 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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