OK, so I've been reading with interest all of the posts about turntables over the past few days and find them really interesting. I read everything from simple hand operated units to complex and expensive drives. Well here's a simple indexing device that I used on a former layout at aligns the tracks everytime. It's simple and costs less than $2.00 build.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/846982532/pic/205743797/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc (if this doesn't open just go to "new photos" on the S Yahoo site) The arm is from a Caboose Hobbies ground throw and the rest is build from styrene strips and brass scraps. BTW it's a dual guage turntable with Sn3 in the midle and S standard on the outside. Works everytime! Bob Frascella Wenham, MA On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > **Dave, You just brought up an interesting discussion about the Corkscrew > Gulch turntable that a narrow minded friend and I had just last weekend. > > On a family vacation about 20 years ago, I rented a Jeep and we took a > couple of those trails. If you've never tried those trails you're missing > a big chunk of whoop-ass fun! The Jeep I had wouldn't say running without > a foot on the gas pedal, so I did most of my rock crawling with my feet on > all three pedals with the occasional stalling on steep grades--pretty > exciting to say the least! I was told of things to look for in finding the > remains of that turntable. I'm not sure I ever did see it because the > forest does grow back and take over the area. At any rate, I did see the > area--I swear! > > In modeling such an endeavor, you certainly would need a perfect line-up > of the rails to avoid derailing within the turntable itself. It's no fun > fishing out engines from beneath a low roofed building. I would also guess > that it's probably a reason that most of us avoid building the versions > with the girder bracing above the pit also. I have the New York Control > drive and it's a wonderful product, but does take some work to install > properly. Mine does need some additional work as the locking mechanism > doesn't always work the way it should. So when an engine enters onto the > bridge it will sometimes force itself slightly to the side derailing the > remaining wheels. So the only solution is to reach over and 0-5-0 the > engine. That is fine for a typical single diesel engine, but a large > fellow like an 4-8-4 isn't fun. > > Rusty Paulus, one of our senior members had used the Bowser turntable on > his past layout (past MR in the mid 80's and an ad for SHS's exclusive > RS-3's in the Gaugian). He never had his motorized, but to line things up > he used a piece of plastic as a 'bridge plate' and seemed to work > perfectly. So sometimes a no cost solution can match a $500+ product! > > Bob Werre > PhotoTraxx > > > > On 2/16/12 9:28 PM, David Heine wrote: > > > > And then there were the covered ones, which was another option to keep the > snow out. My favorite example being the one the Silverton Northern had on > its mainline at Corkscrew Gulch, if a switchback, or for that matter > anything on the Silverton Northern could be called a mainline. There was > actually a paper published on it in the American Society of Civil Engineers > Transactions in 1890. > > Dave Heine > Easton, PA > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of > scale S only > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 3:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Turntable Recommendation [1 Attachment] > > Hi Bob -- > > You have made a good point. Many turntables had their support structure > above the rails - girder, truss and gallows. I have attached a photo of a > turntable in Tacoma, WA that I hope comes through... > > Have fun! > Bill Winans > ----------------------------------- > > > >
