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Re: Sunday pics
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Mon, 23 Jul 2001 15:02:55 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.michlug, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > OK here are some pics from Sunday.
> > >
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5751
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> > Wow, that Lego train layout rocks!
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> > I would have loved to see all this great stuff in real life. After an hour of
> > surfing through all the GATS pictures I'm really impressed.
> >
> > My favorites have been the shell fuel station and the new roundhouse with
> > turntable.
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> You'll be seeing those again, as both of them were built modularly. I know
> I've raved about the turntable before but one thing to realise is that the
> entire turntable from the top of the rails to the baseplates it rides on is
> just over 3 bricks high. Steve did some pretty clever engineering to fit it
> into such a shallow depth.
I did it in the same height, but I have to agree that Steve has done a better
Job, since the turntable of mine was not working in the 3-height version. For
the X-mas event I had done a change to a hand powered intermediums version
(the steering wheel was meant to drive the turntable in this version.)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=29764
In the meantime I have made some improvements and built my modules 5 bicks
high. Now it works with the motor stationary in the modul and with only one
cable as power supply for the turntables track.
But since the appearence of the whole module is nearly unchanged I have not
uploaded any new pictures of this latest turntable so far.
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> It moves very smoothly too. Steve had magnets mounted at the track positions
> to cause the turntable to want to be centered correctly as it got close but
> that had the effect of introducing jerkiness, so he pulled them.
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> Most other turntables I've seen are a bit deeper than that.
In fact: that has to be a really clever design. Thanks for sharing these
informations.
Leg godt!
Ben
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| (...) You'll be seeing those again, as both of them were built modularly. I know I've raved about the turntable before but one thing to realise is that the entire turntable from the top of the rails to the baseplates it rides on is just over 3 (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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