Manual Turn-out Control

[e-paw]

I gave a shot at your controls. I didn't follow your methods exactly but there pretty close. I used a ring Sta-kon and wooden dowel instead of your idea with the threaded rod and coupling. It does the same job just as well and I had them on hand. Because I'm using 1 inch foam instead of 2 in ,like on your layout, I needed the pivot point of the music wire to be lower. That eliminated some of the cuts and bends in the aluminum angle. Just a simple hole is needed in the top part of the angle. This method should probably work on your layout also.

Here is my version of your design. you can see it's pretty much the same.    

This is one installed under the layout. I'll install the dowel rod when I'm ready to add the fascia to the layout.    

Thanks for the Idea... It couldn't have come at a better time.

BTW,,, that's the leviton switch that you were talking about, it works just fine.