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
, 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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