06-04-2012, 02:00 AM
G'day All,
I have just uploaded to YOUTUBE three video files that outline how I have made a push rod activated magnetic uncoupler in N Scale. It allows the magnets to be under the rails to allow for normal uncoupling, but by releasing the catch on the push rod the magnets drop away to leave that section of track as `normal', and so removing the chance of unintended uncoupling when pulling or pushing a string of freight cars during the normal flow of switching/train running. It is the result of a week or so of thinking, experimenting, and mistake making, so be encouraged that the old saying is true: "if at first you don't succeed, try and try again."While I do not think that I have seen this exact concept before, most likely I am re-inventing the wheel somewhere, so I do not claim 100% originality on this:
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Regards,
Andrew G.
I have just uploaded to YOUTUBE three video files that outline how I have made a push rod activated magnetic uncoupler in N Scale. It allows the magnets to be under the rails to allow for normal uncoupling, but by releasing the catch on the push rod the magnets drop away to leave that section of track as `normal', and so removing the chance of unintended uncoupling when pulling or pushing a string of freight cars during the normal flow of switching/train running. It is the result of a week or so of thinking, experimenting, and mistake making, so be encouraged that the old saying is true: "if at first you don't succeed, try and try again."While I do not think that I have seen this exact concept before, most likely I am re-inventing the wheel somewhere, so I do not claim 100% originality on this:
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Regards,
Andrew G.
Always learning, from both wins and losses.
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