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Re: an 'improved' coupler design
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 5 Jan 2004 02:58:32 GMT
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I found some small magnets at a store near my house. I looked at them and
thought “hmmm - those are almost the same size as LEGO magnets.” Turns out
they’re actually slightly smaller than the LEGO magnets - but they’re
several times stronger.
All I do is put one of these magnets between the two standard LEGO magnets,
and I can do this:
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Yep. I’ve done it before. It even works with a regular Lego magnet in between
the two, because then it is a “more powerful” magnet force holding the two cars
together. Works well with the engine to first car magnet- if you needed more
than just that with 6 wide, then you have too much load behind the loco. (and
this from someone who has had ~90 cars behind a loco...)
Lee Valley Tools in Canada sell some which work fine, otherwise any small (~1/4”
dia) ceramic magnets work good.
James P
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| Ever since the GMLTC became one of the first clubs to build our trains 8-wide, we've run into problems trying to run long trains. Simply, the LEGO magnets aren't strong enough! Try to pull several 8-wide cars around a 180degree corner, and we'd (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jan-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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