Art and Tim,
I'm using .047 piano wire made by K&S Engineering for my Bluepoint and Tortoise
machines. I bought it at my local Ace Hardware. It's working on a mix of
commercial and scratchbuilt turnouts; some places through 4" of foam and
benchwork. Of course you need to drill out the holes in the fulcrum and
actuating rod to accommodate the larger wire size.
Roger Nulton
----- Original Message -----
From: Art Armstrong
To: S-scale
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Upgrade for Blue Points
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.
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