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Re: Motorizing 9V switch points (translation from french)
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:37:28 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ed McGlynn wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Philippe Label wrote:
Here’s a link to my latest design, which I used at our last show:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ejmcglynn/recipmotor/update-10-17-03/switch.jpg
...and the associated .mpd file:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ejmcglynn/recipmotor/update-10-17-03/switch.mpd
Credit goes to Chris Alano for the drive mechanism.
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Hi Ed,
I went on testing your proposal. It works so fine, I planned to introduce Amaury
Jacquot’s modification of Chris Alano’s mechanism you use to reduce a little bit
the footprint (expecially the width) of the power unit. You will see that
Amaury tried to put the power unit closer to the switch point for this purpose.
I try to get a block that can fit in 16 studs which is a standard inter-track
space. Actually it should fit in 12 studs, so there are 2 studs free on each
side of the track to be safe with large engines and long wagons. Here is an
evolution of your proposal with these constraints in mind. I am not completely
happy with that one because it should be reduced one stud more to fit my
expectations. Any help will be welcome.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/frogleap/Trains/Planches/bloc-ca.emc.aj-71427.ldr
All the best,
Philippe
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| (...) Phillipe - So far so good - I need to do an actual build of your model to get a better feel of the mechanism you've designed, but it looks great. There may be some optimization left to do on it, so I'll give it a go and let's see what we get! (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks very much for the comprehensive analysis, Philippe. A compendium like yours inspires us all to build other designs, incorporate new ideas with our existing ones, and move the whole effort forward. After reading your reviews, my (...) (20 years ago, 10-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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