John, This past weekend I finally finished a rebuilding of my
turntable. Years ago I purchased a wooden kit made by H&D models of an
adjustable O & S scale turntable. It was really a deep O scale unit
that didn't look too swift. I ran it with a hand crank system from
Diamond M. But the time came when I said this isn't working and I tore
out everything, rebuilt the turntable, rebuilt the pit and powered it
with the New York Railway supply indexing system--it works very nicely
now.
I would think that the same indexing system would work with a
transfer table. I would consider playing with a mechanism from a flat
bed scanner for the actual mechanical parts. Scanners can be bought
used for just a few bucks and generally consist of a sprocket and chain
drive that is very precisely made. Power it with the stepper motor from
New York RR and you should have a workable system.
Bob Werre
John Degnan wrote:
> Have there ever been any articles written about or plans/drawings
> published for TRANSFER TABLES? I'm getting readt to try and
> scratch-build one, and I could use any help anyone could offer. Any
> good ideas for motorizing and indexing one? Got any photos?
>
> Thanks.
>
> John D.
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