04-14-2009, 05:29 PM
No picture to show, but I managed to lay 5 turnouts before my wife found me and needed something done.
But I am coming to a point where I need advice again.
I will be using manual turnout controls. Now, I can go the Gary S style
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but with the parts I have now I can not power the frog. I have two way light switches, and I would need three way, which I can not afford.
Or, I have dpdt ( double pole, double throw ) slide switches that would allow me to power the the frog. The problem here is that I can either mount them on the table top, which means I need to cut a hole in the table top for the dpdt to go in, and then cut a groove for the actuating wire to hide in, and figure some way to hide the wire, because I would mount the dpdt switch at the edge of the table. Maybe cover it with duct tape and paint it ?
The other possibility would be to mount the dpdt underneath the way Gary S. did, and figure out a way to throw the turnout with a rod going out to the fascia board. But the dpdt switches are mini's with a small button, so it would need to be a fairly small wire, which would flex.
Anybody have any ideas? Do you think the duct tape would work ?
Loren
But I am coming to a point where I need advice again.
I will be using manual turnout controls. Now, I can go the Gary S style
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but with the parts I have now I can not power the frog. I have two way light switches, and I would need three way, which I can not afford.
Or, I have dpdt ( double pole, double throw ) slide switches that would allow me to power the the frog. The problem here is that I can either mount them on the table top, which means I need to cut a hole in the table top for the dpdt to go in, and then cut a groove for the actuating wire to hide in, and figure some way to hide the wire, because I would mount the dpdt switch at the edge of the table. Maybe cover it with duct tape and paint it ?
The other possibility would be to mount the dpdt underneath the way Gary S. did, and figure out a way to throw the turnout with a rod going out to the fascia board. But the dpdt switches are mini's with a small button, so it would need to be a fairly small wire, which would flex.
Anybody have any ideas? Do you think the duct tape would work ?
Loren
I got my first train when I was three,
put a hundred thousand miles on my knees.
put a hundred thousand miles on my knees.