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| | | This came up a couple of days ago, but I finally came up with a design for a coupler that (1) is not connected to the trucks, (2) pivots to allow the cars to negotiate the curves, (3) centers itself when the car is being pushed, and (4) pivots to (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Self-Centering extended coupler —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | | (...) Tricky design. Maybe I will adept it to some MOCs one day... Ben (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Self-Centering extended coupler —Thomas Cook
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| | | | | Very nice design. No springs either! I will definitely try it. The slack action, as you mentioned, is a concern, but kudos to the design that allows you to push and still have the coupler pivot. "Christopher Masi" <cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu> wrote (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Self-Centering extended coupler —Christopher Masi
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| | | | | | Yes, I am concerned that the slack action could result in a high failure rate, especially if there is not a strong structure at the end of the car to help keep the coupler attached to the car. Thanks for the kudos. The design occurred to me when I (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Self-Centering extended coupler —Thomas Cook
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| | | | I've been thinking of this for awhile, and I have a possible solution. I have made the coupler swing left and right as the truck swings. This keeps the coupler in position whether pulling or pushing and whether on straight track or curves. I used (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Self-Centering extended coupler —James Mathis
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| | | | (...) made the coupler (...) whether pulling or (...) gears. Some pics can be (...) impressed. I liked the gearing available to select the rotation rate/throw. (...) (URL) (...) I like this one, too, because it looks like it could be hidden under a (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Self-Centering extended coupler —Steven Barile
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| | | | | | Re: Self-Centering extended coupler —James Mathis
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| | | | (...) Wow, that is simple, Steve. Simplicity has its elegance. later, James Mathis (...) have (...) position (...) bed (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Self-Centering extended coupler —Christopher Masi
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| | | | (...) Your coupler design was the design that started this thread. I was wondering if there was a way to keep the coupler straight when going backwards. That is all. Each solution has its advantages, and I like all three! Chris P.S. Your stairs, the (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Tracking LEGO inventions (was Self-Centering coupler) —Steven Barile
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| | | | With all the wonderful inovations and inventions that happen here I didn't realize or remember the order in which these things happen. Thanks for the recognition and the iteration. Along these lines I was thinking about an area on the web (a.k.a a (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Tracking LEGO inventions (was Self-Centering coupler) —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | (...) How about a 9v trains idea book? (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.trains)
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