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    Re: Uh oh--Dave's got the 'moving things with magnets' bug... —David Koudys
   (...) Thanks! THere's suppose to be a 1 plate gap between the magnet on the chain link and the bottom of the baseplate. However, if the chain is loose, the magnet pulls up so it's touching the baseplate. Since the magnet on the actual vehicle is (...) (17 years ago, 8-Apr-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
   
        Re: Uh oh--Dave's got the 'moving things with magnets' bug... —David Laswell
   (...) (URL) Ringe came up with a solution a few years ago, which has been featured in at least half a dozen MichLUG/MichLTC shows so far (if you were at the big National Train Show in July you might have even seen them). He doesn't seem to have them (...) (17 years ago, 9-Apr-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
   
        Re: Uh oh--Dave's got the 'moving things with magnets' bug... —David Koudys
   (...) Thanks for the heads up, David! I saw something a while back where someone had train tracks running under the layout that would drag vehicles around roadplates using magnets. Dunno if that was Steves. I'ts a fantastic setup anyway--any (...) (17 years ago, 10-Apr-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
   
        Re: Uh oh--Dave's got the 'moving things with magnets' bug... —David Laswell
   (...) That's the one. (...) His has the advantage of being a much simpler drive system than yours, but the gear system looks like it could be less troublesome in terms of following complex paths. I'm guessing it'd have trouble dealing with two-way (...) (17 years ago, 10-Apr-08, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
 

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