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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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In lugnet.trains, Philippe Label wrote:
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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
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Ooops, not 16 but 8, and not 12 but 4 :/ Sorry.
Philippe.
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In lugnet.trains, Philippe Label wrote:
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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!
Understood about the dimensions you’re shooting for.
Thanks,
Ed
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