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Subject: 
99.9% Lego solution to remote switch ( aka points) control!
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Date: 
Fri, 13 Dec 2002 01:55:21 GMT
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There are lots of good ideas out there for remoting the 9V train points so
here is mine to add to the list:

Attach a short length of string to the movable points bit and run the string
out through a hole in the rail, attach the string to the shaft of a 12V
actuator unit or any other mechanist that can gently tension the string.

Thats all there is to it, 99.9% Lego, the remainder being the dab of glue to
attach the genuine Lego string to the moving piece.

It is best to mount the actuator in SNOB* format, attach the string by
threading through the slot of a Technic collar then gently push the collar
onto the shaft just far enough to grip the string.

One draw back is that the electrical circuit is not changed.


*SNOB,  "Studs Now On Bottom"



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