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| | | (...) Well, Spock (or Tuvok).... I thought that attaching each to a 2x2 turntable would allow for enough give. Would definitely need to experiment, though. Wouldn't have to worry about decoupling, that's for sure! -John follow-up set to .trains (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | | | | Re: New Couplers (was Re: Do you need plates or/and 1x? bricks? —Mike Poindexter
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| | | | | John Neal <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:38914796.7E99BE...est.net... (...) turntable (...) I would like to see the decoupler for that beast! Accidental decoupling wouldn't happen, but then intentional decoupling would be very (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: New Couplers (was Re: Do you need plates or/and 1x? bricks? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Were you going to mount that turntable sideways? I'm taking about flexing around a horizontal axis of rotation (that is, in a vertical plane)... so I don't see how the turntable helps matters. (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: New Couplers (was Re: Do you need plates or/and 1x? bricks? —Mike Poindexter
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| | | | Larry, the turntable will add a little bit of flex. Considering that John's trains are really long, the angle is substantially less than one would get with 6 wide trains. Also, I would be willing to bet that John is limited to slopes of 1 (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains)
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