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Re: Automated Points - Information
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 11 Oct 2001 19:53:02 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Matt Agnew writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Pedro Silva writes:
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> > Is it really necessary to modify the switches?
> > I don't feel too comfortable cutting up my LEGO, but I have experienced the
> > difficulty of moving them in the past. Can't I use some sort of gear that
> > "forces" the swith, even if it works only at low speed?
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> The problem with the gearing is that force still has to bear on something.
> Remember, you can really only attach to the switching point by TWO studs.
> Every geared solution I tried ripped itself off the point within a couple of
> uses. The unmodified switches really take a lot of force to activate.
I think the trick is to SURROUND the switch lever arm on top and bottom so
that you can't get wedged off... This means subtable work unless you're
modular, and it means technic beams or halfplates or whatever to hold the
gizmo clamped on tightly.
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| (...) The problem with the gearing is that force still has to bear on something. Remember, you can really only attach to the switching point by TWO studs. Every geared solution I tried ripped itself off the point within a couple of uses. The (...) (23 years ago, 11-Oct-01, to lugnet.trains)
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