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Re: train decoupler
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 28 Oct 2001 09:07:09 GMT
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Hi Mark,
Just build it... and you will see!!!
I just works simple and wonderfull...
I made a several designs, but this one
was the most easy and did the job best!
Regards
Gerrit
In lugnet.trains, Mark Williams writes:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=7810
> >
> > I looked on recent updates;-)
> > I don't get it though.
> > JOSH
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> I see what he is doing. First, the drawing is semi-exploded. The piece with
> the flat gear (the "arm") fits into the box with the motor. The overlapping
> holes of the black and yellow beams fit over the rod sticking up from the
> red, white, and blue plates. Also, a belt is missing between the pulleys.
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> The arm is retracted to let the train pass. Once the train is positioned,
> the arm is extended. As the arm is extended, the red and white "pincers"
> come together and fit between the cars. The polarity is reversed on the
> motor and the arm is withdrawn. As the arm withdraws, the pincers spread and
> force the cars apart.
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> Has this design actually been tested? I can't visualize how the pincers
> would close enough to fit between the cars yet open wide enough to push them
> apart, though.
>
> > > Mark <<
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