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Re: Another Motorized Switch Design :-)
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:47:57 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Riley wrote:
   In lugnet.trains, Mark Riley wrote:
   In lugnet.trains, Ross Crawford wrote:

   You could probably reduce the “problem cars” issue with an axle connector and extension (move the motor further away from the switch lever) and reduce the size of the housing a bit.

Great observation! That allows the 4x8 house to perfectly straddle the joint between the switch and the next piece of track. If the 4x6 switch version doesn’t work out, I’ll put together some instructions with your suggestion.

Anyway, here’s the LDraw file:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/markril/Trains/TSwitch3/tswitch3.ldr

Folder when moderated:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=66120

Thanks for the suggestion, Ross!

No problem! I might even build some of these myself...

ROSCO



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  Re: Another Motorized Switch Design :-)
 
(...) Ok, Dave is right, this is fun! So, I added the axle joiner and this is what it looks like now: (URL) Moving the housing back allowed the signal arm to be simplified. Since the housing was moved back, there's now more clearance (about 1/2 stud (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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