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Re: Track Switch solenoids
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 19 Nov 1998 01:39:31 GMT
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neonglass@^AvoidSpam^earthlink.net
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Matt Agnew wrote:
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> I don't know if I've talked to you about this yet, but I modified my switches
> to work on air power. This involves drilling the switch apart and gluing it
> back together, but it _is_ an all-LEGO solution, and relatively cheap, too.
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> http://homepages.together.net/~magnew/modify.htm
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> I used to try to run this with a compressor, but I've found it works much
> better to just use the standard thumb-operated yellow pump. I currently have
> two of my switches set up for air, each with about five feet of hose, and three
> or four pumps is plenty enough to throw the switch.
My problem with using pneumatics for the job is that the pistons stick
after sitting for a while. You have to break them loose manualy before
they will work normalyy again. I forsee another problem using them for
my layouts since the distances are so great. From the control spot it's
sometimes 10 feet to a switch. That's a lot of air hose to fill up
before the switch actuates.
Larry
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| On Thu, 19 Nov 1998 01:39:31 GMT, Larry Andersen <neonglass@earthlink.net> wrote: :My problem with using pneumatics for the job is that the pistons stick :after sitting for a while. You have to break them loose manualy before :they will work (...) (28 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Larry - I don't know if I've talked to you about this yet, but I modified my switches to work on air power. This involves drilling the switch apart and gluing it back together, but it _is_ an all-LEGO solution, and relatively cheap, too. (URL) (...) (28 years ago, 16-Nov-98, to lugnet.trains)
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