I too have successfully retrofitted a layout to Tortoises by drilling the up through the roadbed from below. I centered the points and drilled a small pilot hole down through the throwbar and roadbed. I then used what is called a Forstner bit fitted with a depth collar so the bit would go no further than the bottom of the ties. A Forstner bit drills a flat-bottomed hole which makes it perfect for this sort of job. I consider the seven dollar price of the bit to be money well spent. You can check these bits out at the Lee Vally website....www.leevalley.com
Jim ________________________________ From: Gavin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 8:58:00 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: switch machines I have successfully installed a Tortoise in existing track by drilling a pilot hole (the size of the wire linkage) through the tie bar and baseboard, then set a full size bit to baseboard depth, and drilled up from underneath. --- In [email protected], Richard Karnes <rnk2202@...> wrote: > > Bill Lane et al -- > As such, both require drilling a hole between the points. As someone > else pointed out, that means you either have to drill the hole before >installing > > the turnout, or else remove the throwbar to drill the hole. > [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: [email protected] [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/
