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| | | (...) I did one too, to show at a BeLUG event last november, but never got around to do decent pictures or post them here. The train isn't as nice as Swoofty's, but the principle for driving the wheels appears to be the same: (URL) Which is pretty (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Scratch building a motor —Ondrew Hartigan
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| | | | | (...) anyone care to chime in on how this setup does with pulling power? ondrew (17 years ago, 19-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Scratch building a motor —Jean-Marc Nimal
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| | | | | | (...) Well, bear in mind I'm no train expert myself - and that this setup was thrown together a bit hastily; in particular, one gear train was too loose and would do an horrible noise when tortured. That said, I used it to pull a few of Ludo Soete's (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Scratch building a motor —Didier Enjary
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| | | | | | | (...) Hi, On the subject, be sure to check Steve Barile's RailBricks #2 article about the PFS train. (page 6-7) - (URL) been able to point this at Jean-Marc but that's (AFAIK) an original idea by Steve. Lot of friction on the rails can be a goal. (...) (17 years ago, 19-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Scratch building a motor —Jason J Railton
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| | | | | | (...) What I'd like to know about this set-up is how it copes with going over points. I've taken track power up into a mechanism through the pivot-point of a bogey, but I haven't powered a truck down through the pivot point like this. I can see that (...) (17 years ago, 20-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Scratch building a motor —Wayne Jackson
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| | | | (...) That is exactly what I was/am looking at. Using the current line of PF modules to power a train. (17 years ago, 20-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains)
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