I used code 83 and all turnouts are solid rail with soldering directly
to PC ties(for throwbars). I've had all the track up now for 4 years,
and I do several mini operating sessions each week. I've had one rail
pop loose, which was like Jim Martin, a bad soldering job. I doesn't
take but a few
are hinged and others
are unhinged??
John Armstrong
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I soldered all my points
Let me add a few words (?) to what Peter has mentioned. With a few
exceptions our modules have small tabs soldered to the web of the
rail--they resemble little ears. One of our older members made up a
notched form to make these fairly quickly. We then drill a hole for #80
screw or a rivet
In addition to Jim Martins comments about rail size, I believe turnout number makes a difference too. With a #5 turnout, you have a physically shorter length of rail from the throwbar to the fixed frog than is the case with say a #8. The shorter length puts more stress on the
Subject: RE: RE: {S-Scale List} Hinged or solid points to throwbar
Dave,
You must be some sort of engineer to think up an idea like that.
Ben Trousdale
---In S-Scale@yahoogroups.com, s-scale@yahoogroups.com wrote:
If you wanted to get fancy, you could rig up an automatic system to test
Michael,
I have elected to go with soldering the rails to the throw bar, but I
don't have years of in use experience. Therefore I would also like to hear
from anyone who has had such in place for some time.
Jamie Bothwell
Curious in Bethlehem, PA
On Oct 5, 2013, at 6:26 PM,
Jamie:
The only switches where I soldered the point rails to the throwbar is where I
had formed the closure rails to put constant pressure on the throwbar to keep
them from stressing the solder joints and pullinf them apart. I wrote this up
in the 1/64 Modeling guide a year or so ago. I can't
Jamie, Michael...I think the hinged vs soldered throwbar probably depends on
whether the point rails are hinged or solid, along with the rail size. My
turnouts are made with code 83 rail with solid point rails and soldered
throwbars. Code 83 rail doesn't put up a lot of resistance and the few
, and that was in my pre-handlaid track days.
Dave Heine
Easton, PA
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Cheryl Martin
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, 2013 9:13 PMTo: S-Scale@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: {S-Scale List} Hinged or solid points to throwbar Jamie, Michael...I think the hinged vs soldered throwbar probably depends on whether the point rails are hinged or solid, along with the rail size. My turnouts are made with code 83 rail with solid
I soldered all my points to the throw bar and all the points werehinged for bothcode 100 and code 125 rail. I made the hinges for 125 rail out of SHS insulated joiners and for 100 rail out of PECO insulated joiners. The throw bars weremade of PC boardwith a gap in the copper foil.
Does all this add up to a group of S gaugers where some are hinged and others
are unhinged??
John Armstrong
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Hi Ben--
I have had that happen too, but a bit of plastic “rub strip” glued to the
tie side keeps the assembly from walking too far to be obnoxious.I also
solder a tie bar of inverted rail across the points (or another piece of PC
strip) the next tie space over from the throwbar towards
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