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    Re: Motorized Point —Brian B. Alano
   The completely redesigned version has been posted at (URL) and should be available soon. (...) (22 years ago, 10-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
   
        Re: Motorized Point —Mark Peterson
     (...) Nice design, Looks like it uses a lot of pieces. How many more does it use? mark (22 years ago, 11-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
    
         Re: Motorized Point —Brian B. Alano
     Round about 62 total, but mostly that's plates and bricks. (...) (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
   
        Re: Motorized Point —Ed McGlynn
     (...) Nice innovative work. I appreciate the LDraw file too. Thanks, Ed (22 years ago, 12-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
   
        Re: Motorized Point —Thomas Garrison
   (...) Nifty. This looks like pretty optimal in terms of horizontal space. Can the design be easily adapted to a lower profile (motor beside the mechanism) when horizontal space is plentiful? Putting the motor beneath the mechanism looks okay (I (...) (22 years ago, 13-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
   
        Re: Motorized Point —Brian B. Alano
   (...) Yes, the motor can be above (as shown), below, or behind (further from the track) the drive train without significant design change or increase in volume. You can easily put it to the left or right of the drive train, but that's harder to (...) (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
   
        Re: Motorized Point —Ed McGlynn
   *snip* (...) ...I HIGHLY recommend Jeff's design that is mentioned above for non-modified point applications. Excellent track record with that one (pun intended)! Ed (22 years ago, 14-Dec-02, to lugnet.org.us.indylug)
 

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