Posted by: "Richard Karnes" <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 0turnouts%20and%20Tom%27s%20Turnouts> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://profiles.yahoo.com/rnk2202> rnk2202
Sat May 26, 2007 3:46 pm (PST) 5. Tom's Turnouts -- These will work properly for some hirail wheelsets but probably not for all. The presence of guard rails requires dimensional compatibility (back-to-back wheelset dimension that is equal to or greater than the distance between inside of flangeways at guardrail and frog). DIfferent manufacturers' wheelsets differ in this dimension. SHS and AM hirail wheelsets conform to each other. Many AF and almost all Lionel wheelsets do not. None of the Tom's products will provide reliable operation with scale wheelsets. Hello, Obviously this needs to be addressed. If you look at the photo that Dick posted you will see that there is not an insert in the pot hole before the frog. My turnouts will not work without the insert. Please go to my website for some pictures of turnouts with the insert in place. My website is under construction; as a result not all of my posted pictures are there. You can view more if you go to the URL for my page on Paul Yorkes site: http://s-scale.org/albums/main.php/v/s-vendors/Stoltz/ My turnouts have been thoroughly reviewed in the S press before and one review was even done by a scaler. Please see the NASG Dispatch, June 2005 and/or the S Gaugian, January 2006. And yes, of course the back to back dimension of your wheelsets has to be within reason. Have you ever read an article on tuning up your rolling stock? What is always the first thing mentioned? Right, proper gauging of the wheelsets. Fifty year old toys might need a tune up new Flyonel is a mess, but can be corrected. The good folks over at ASG recommend using a dime as a gauge for back to back spacing of the toy train wheelsets and I concur, however I recommend 23/32 (the thickness of a ¾ piece of hardwood stock) which is about .03125 wider. Either works. Like all manufacturers, my products have evolved through feedback from my customers (the items Earl sent Dick are very early production). Many improvements have been incorporated of the years. The #6 crossing proved to be too fussy for most people and has been replaced with a #6 movable point crossing. Out of all the people on this list, am I correct in assuming that no one made it to any of the layout tours at the last S Spree in Ohio? Thats too bad, because you would have seen my turnouts in action on one of the tours with brass engines and Hi-rail cars operating reliably through them. Tom Stoltz Toms Turnouts & Trackwork Revolutionizing S gauge, One turnout at a time www.tomsturnouts.com <http://www.tomsturnouts.com/> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
