Chuck, When ever you find to mount, and operate switches using servo motors, let me know, as I am enerested. Will be building a lot of my own swithes using fast track jigs. Bill
--- On Sat, 2/12/11, chuckcluff48 <[email protected]> wrote: From: chuckcluff48 <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} S Philosophy (was: Re: S Magazines) To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, February 12, 2011, 7:05 PM At the risk of annoying, might I suggest that several of you join efforts and create an S Scale-specific magazine. Who better than the literate experts here? For me, this particular forum is my best and only true resource. In the pages of the few magazines I' ve been able sporadically locate, I' ve found mostly confusion. Here, though, I read clear, mostly factual information on a topic that has become somewhat of a quest for me. If our collective hobby fate is truly in our hands, why further lament the failings of the larger community to serve our specific interests? Why not take control of our community fate by severally or conjointly publishing our own hobby mag? I have no where else been able to view such high quality photos and videos of expert workmanship to match the articulate and sometimes lively discussions also here. Presented in a standard newsstand or electronic format, I'm up for the monthly or quarterly anticipation and please count me in for immediate subscription for up to $45/year. And as soon as I have gained enough knowledge and experience to contribute, I will gladly do so...still too new to the hobby to merit a voice in the community. But I've been consistently thrilled with the various contributions here! An earlier comment about a specific for S-Scale switch motor...I would (and will) use servos. They're cheaper than the purpose-built units popular in other scales, can be sized to the specific job, move as fast or slow as I need them to, can have several controlled from one control point, can use button, dcc or program control and have more layout-friendly profiles, to boot. The lack of a specific device is only as much a hurdle as we make it. With all that, why would I want a purpose-built device for a higher price? Chuck Cluff - S-Scale newby, engineer, bagpipe lover, renaissance man Emmett, Idaho ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 [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/
