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Re: Help with magnetic couplings
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 22 Aug 2001 15:05:18 GMT
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"Reinhard "Ben" Beneke" <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message
news:GIH54z.zH@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.trains, Jon D. Hayward writes:
> > "Carl Watson" <cbccwats@pop.ihug.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:GIH09u.DID@lugnet.com...
> > > I am posting this message on behalf of Tom Williams, here it is:
> > >
> > > "How can I take the magnetic couplings off blue era train carriages • without
> > > breaking them"?
> >
> > Find a rod to insert through the base to push against the top of the • magnet
> > pivot - it needs to be something you can apply a fair amount of pressure
> > with that won't damage the magnet housing or your hand... Then, while
> > pushing the magnet with the rod, pull the magnet from beneath, holding
> > either side of the pivot while rotating it back and forth...
> >
> > It _will_ come out - eventually!
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> That's the point: you need some luck to get it out of the base without • damaging
> it. I have tried 4 times so far and in 2 times the magnet was broken...
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> But If you have two waggon bases with only one magnet each it is better to • try
> it and make one intact waggon base out of two, instead of having two • defected
> ones... If the magnnet brakes you will still have two defected waggons.
I haven't broken any (yet). Applying pressure with a rod while twisting the
magnet from below always works for me - some take a good few minutes to
shift though!
Just Jono .oO
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| (...) That's the point: you need some luck to get it out of the base without damaging it. I have tried 4 times so far and in 2 times the magnet was broken... But If you have two waggon bases with only one magnet each it is better to try it and make (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-01, to lugnet.trains)
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