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Re: motorized switching rails
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Tue, 14 Sep 1999 23:14:53 GMT
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I don't think I want to risk damaging a $15 Lego piece either. I would love
to see your example. Having it along with the others presented/suggested so
far should give me a head start. Thanks to everyone who has passed their
idea along.

-Nick

Ed McGlynn wrote in message ...
Ouch!
Nick - please consider using a non-intrusive method of performing remote
motorized switch control.  I was close to performing the operation on a set • of
switches myself, when I decided to sleep on it.  It bothers me to this day
that I came so close to drilling into LEGO.  Anyway, I used a motorized • switch
that works well without fiddling with the friction stops inside the switch
housing.

I'm currently working on a web page to depict my remote motorized
switching methods, if you're interested.

Ed




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  Re: motorized switching rails
 
Nick, et al: I've posted an "alpha" version of my web page devoted to my motorized switch design. Pardon the construction dust, but you'll get an idea of where I'm going with this design. Please refer to: (URL) don't want any comments yet, because I (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: motorized switching rails
 
Ouch! Nick - please consider using a non-intrusive method of performing remote motorized switch control. I was close to performing the operation on a set of switches myself, when I decided to sleep on it. It bothers me to this day that I came so (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.trains)

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