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Re: new switch designs...... help needed!
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 14 Sep 2005 02:14:47 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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Hey all,
While at the NMRA show this past July I was talking with a few people about
the custom switches I make and I was given a challenge. In short the
challenge was to make these:
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The double-Y will be difficult to do with both switches at the same position.
You’d have to have some way to ensure both aren’t set to reverse (curved) at the
same time, and a reliable way to direct the train when both are normal
(straight). Probably better to offset them by a few studs, as most (all?) such
points are normally done.
ROSCO
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 | | Re: new switch designs...... help needed!
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| (...) you make a good point. i should be able to use a 4 or 8 stud offset with little or no huge problems. either way i think it's going to be fun which is what matters anyway. ondrew (19 years ago, 14-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | new switch designs...... help needed!
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| Hey all, While at the NMRA show this past July I was talking with a few people about the custom switches I make and I was given a challenge. In short the challenge was to make these: (URL) Now that I have some free time I would like to take on this (...) (19 years ago, 14-Sep-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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