Bob: PS - the tapered railheads is a prototype practice, at least on Santa Fe. BNSF may have outlawed them for some supercilious reason, like their effective simplicity.
Bob Nicholson ___________________________________________ --- In [email protected], Bob Werre <bob@...> wrote: > > Bob and All, > > I am one who has gone the electronic route to drive my turntable and it > hasn't been what I had hoped--being close enough doesn't work with rails > lineing up. However it's difficult in my case to be close enough to > have a manual interlock to assure an exact fit. I have the New York > drive system with an extra cost device that sort of squeezes the motor > shaft to prevent slop--sometimes it works in both directions and other > times, only one. I'm sure it due to my installation, but I'm not > certain what direction to go to make the correction. > > I did notice that you had tapered your rail quiet a bit, that might > help in my situation. Also it appears that you are dropping a locking > pin into position, is that correct? There is a small 1:1 turntable > located at the Stock Yards in Fort Worth (tourist train) that uses an > actual locking device that is fool proof in the real world. My good > friend Rusty Paulus had the Bowser turntable that he ran by hand. He > locked it by simply dropping a small piece of plastic across the gap and > it worked well. > > Your idea of digging out your dioptors for closeup work is a great way > of making things work. For many years I've owned a Nikon Micro-Nikor, > which will get you down to 1:1, but it's a normal focal length lens. > They also made longer focal length versions...at 105 and a 200mm that > were beautiful for limited applications. More lately they have produced > several lens in the macro range with shift and tilt features. I > purchased a used 85mm version and also broke the bank in the process. > The latest version of the 24mm version is someplace between 2-3K--maybe > some day. > > With that in mind I also dug out my diopter lenses that I bought in high > school. They work quite well and for model photography generally work > better than extension tubes where you want more depth of field. So they > are a great $20 solution! > > Bob Werre > PhotoTraxx > > > On 1/19/12 8:16 AM, shabbona_rr wrote: > > > > I came up with an excrutiatingly simple way to hold the turntable > > bridge at Terminal District steady while equipment moves on and off of > > it. Those abnormally attracted to electronic complexity and mysteries > > may want to turn their heads and not view it in polite surroundings > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/1775582643/pic/587261192/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc > > > > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/1775582643/pic/587261192/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc> > > > > As important as the the turntable latch, though, is how I made the > > photograph. I had to send my Fuji S3 DSLR in for repair, so have been > > using my Fuji S9000 P&S as a backup. > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
