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Re: Another Motorized Switch Design :-)
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:47:57 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Riley wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Mark Riley wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Ross Crawford wrote:
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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.
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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.
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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!
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No problem! I might even build some of these myself...
ROSCO
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| (...) 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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