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Re: Remote Points
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Date: 
Sat, 4 Mar 2000 18:17:53 GMT
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I seleniod switch, and DCC are very interesting ideas. They are unpure, I
guess, but it is not like you are painting or cutting bricks. I have two
motorized points, and at $25 (estimate on motor and parts) each a nonLEGO
solution, especially if it is small and neatly done looks very attractive. The
DCC stuff, well that is just cool, and once it is put back together it still
looks like a LEGO motor, right? To bad DCC is so exspensive.

Chris


Larry Pieniazek wrote:

Mike Poindexter wrote:

I have seen numerous ideas for remote operating switches (points) and they
all look like they try to tackle the problem from the same place, the top.

I believe some of the earliest work on remote points advocates opening
up the bottom, but merely to loosen up the mechanism. (file down the
bumps, as you say)....

Your idea of actually leaving the cover off and then working the switch
from underneath is interesting... to the non purist. But hey, I read the
DCC stuff with intense interest, if TLC doesn't lead me to beleive
they're thinking seriously about it, my purity level may be slipping
soon.

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(...) I believe some of the earliest work on remote points advocates opening up the bottom, but merely to loosen up the mechanism. (file down the bumps, as you say).... Your idea of actually leaving the cover off and then working the switch from (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)

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