I had the same problem as Tim with the Blue Point machine - not the fault of the machine. My turnouts are home-made and require more force than commercial turnouts. The Blue Point is strong enough but the wire connector has too much yield.
I replaced the wire with a piece of brass strip and a short wire soldered to the strip. The first one I tried this way worked well and I am now converting some others to see if it is a real fix. I put two pictures in a folder in the photo section of the Yahoo group home. The folder title is Blue Point beef-up. http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/browse/1668 Art Armstrong ----- Original Message ----- From: Tim Brown To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 1:24 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Upgrade for Blue Points Hi all, Some of us use the Blue Point under-table turnout controllers and I believe I have found a way to "upgrade" them from HO scale to S scale. The "piano" wire they include has a bit too much flex in it to keep the frog points closed as well as I would like. I replaced it with a 3/32" hollow brass tube. [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/
