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Re: Self-Centering extended coupler
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 26 Oct 2000 22:23:24 GMT
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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 Technic chain and gears. Some pics can be
found at:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/cook_thomas/Trains/HighCube/highcube.htm
"Christopher Masi" <cmasi@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu> wrote in message
news:398F8A24.77534C4F@cmasi.chem.tulane.edu...
> 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 negotiate curves while the car is
> being pushed backwards. The coupler could use some improvements, but the
> basic design idea works.
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> I posted some pictures on my site
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> http://cmasi.chem.tulane.edu/~lego/trains/extended_coupler/extended_coupler.htm
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> Chris
>
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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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| 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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