> Posted by: "Trains" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon Sep 1, 2008 10:22 pm ((PDT)) > > <...> The "Loeb Investments" coupler height gage, as invented by me, > was a new, unique design and offered "new" advantages and qualities > that no other height gage did in any scale at the time ...and still > does not. > > Coupler height gages have been around since couplers existed, a > properly sized block of wood will do <...> > > I made mine out of brightly colored plastic to be easely seen and to > avoid shorts on live powered rails. The current NASG gage IS the > same design and general apearance (an exact copy) of my design, > except that the NASG produced gage was modified to accept a Kadee > #802 coupler.
A "new and unique design" versus a "properly sized block of wood"? I guess my coupler height gauge falls into the latter category, because I use a Kemtron 3-point track gauge with a surplus American Models coupler fitted to the top. http://www.wcroberts.org/Images/Kemtron_gauge.jpg -- Bill Roberts ------------------------------------ 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/
