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Subject: 
Re: Motorized microscale train
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.microscale
Date: 
Thu, 22 Sep 2005 03:07:54 GMT
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In lugnet.announce.moc, Peer Kreuger wrote:
  

Simple elegant design. but you forgot to crosspost to the most important group, Microscale. :)

The inverted baseplate is such a simple idea, one question though, do the magnets have to be pressed up to the underside of the baseplate, or can the be a little gap?

otherwise, for a days work, wow?

Aaron A

   
         
   
Subject: 
Re: Motorized microscale train
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains, lugnet.build.microscale
Date: 
Thu, 22 Sep 2005 09:07:04 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Aaron Amatnieks wrote:
   Simple elegant design. but you forgot to crosspost to the most important group, Microscale. :)

Ah yes, crossposting. I think the concept finally stopped eluding me ;)

   The inverted baseplate is such a simple idea, one question though, do the magnets have to be pressed up to the underside of the baseplate, or can the be a little gap?

There is a little gap between the baseplate and the magnet below, but the pull between both magnets is so strong that they’ll stretch the chain a little and come together anyway.

   otherwise, for a days work, wow?

Please do understand that this was indeed a full day; starting at 9 in the morning and quitting at 6 in the evening. (Including several breaks, of course). Also, I had been thinking about this project a lot, only to find the time to do it at the last possible moment. Like a lot of folks, I work best when there’s some kind of deadline looming. :)

 

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