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Re: sliding knife switch
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 9 Jun 2002 12:25:45 GMT
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Very nice Steve.
Its simple and doesnt take up to much space. I am sure it could be easly
hiddne in a new by building.
Dave
PS. Its nice to see you build something for a change. j/k ;)
In lugnet.trains, Steven Barile writes:
> Hi All,
> Here's a concept of a sliding knife switch (multipole). My original idea for
> this was to use this to energize the rails in a round house, thus
> guarenteeing never more then one hot. I think it might apply to a yard as well.
>
> The slide mechanism can be inplemented differently to add poles. Or a
> different solution to avoid making contact with more then one wire, so you
> can have the wire bricks next to each other.
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> SteveB
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=186905
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> =========================
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> Michel,
> What MichLTC has done has been documented there in lugnet.trains... look for
> postst that have Steve Ringe in them, he's our master whiz at that stuff.
>
> He uses Technic Pole Reverser switches for control, but that has the
> downside of scarcity.
>
> Lots of clubs do this and MichLTC by no means is a be all and end all. Great
> fun! Hope that helps.
>
> Larry Pieniazek - lpieniazek@mercator.com
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> http://www.mercator.com.
> Mercator, the e-business transformation company
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> >
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Our group is planning to automate the switches at our next show. We
> > are at the stage of developping a control panel to run all the
> > switches from a distance. We have several options from pure Lego to
> > probably cheaper electronic/Lego hybrid solutions.
> >
> > I don't recall seeing much on Lugnet on this topic and would
> > appreciate it if you could share your experiences and ideas on this
> > topic.
> >
> > Michel Magnan
> >
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