Newbie Question: Wheel/Track Compatibility

[JulienW]

I've just sent you the templates via e-mail.

For the blades I used a double pivot system, initially using small hollow eyelets sold for running electric lighting circuits in dolls houses (solder the flat head to the base of the rail, the rivet passes through a hole in the sleeper / tie bar and is held in place with a collar soldered to the 'back' of the rivet) but on some 6.5mm gauge points I built (for a West Mids Group member's TTe layout that replicated Marklin jobs) I used miniature brass 'brads' (tiny nails) with the head of the 'nail' under the sleeper and the pointed end soldered to a hole drilled in the foot of the rail.

The eyelets and brads came from Hobby's Limited (catalog numbers CK1023 and CK1021-1 respectively)

[JulienW]

Just remembered that I posted a few photos of my point building on Flickr.

Here is one showing the underside of a point
IMG_1950 by Julien Webb, on Flickr

The collars were made from some very thin (0.25mm?) double-sides copperclad.

Actually looking at the other photos in that album there are a few photos of the 6.5mm gauge points and it looks like I used the eyelets on the tie bar but brads on the blade pivots, possibly with the head soldered to the base of the rail and a retaining collar beneath.

In my defence I did make them 4 years ago....

[Hobby]

some 6.5mm gauge points I built (for a West Mids Group member's TTe layout that replicated Marklin jobs)

Wonder who that could have been...  ;)

I didn't take any photos of them either so can't help you there, I'm afraid.

[Ian McAulay]

Thanks again Julien - very helpful info and photos re pivots. And those eyelets are another product I didn't know existed!

Also thanks for emailing through the point templates. Several hours of CAD work saved!

My order of copperclad crossing timbers arrived from 3SMR this morning and they're the best made products of this type I've seen.Previous ones I've used have been guillotined from plain PCB sheet so have an annoying burr along both edges. These are produced as a complete slotted PCB and are perfectly smooth. I really have no excuse not to get cracking and see if I can still make points that work.

Ian

[Stephen Rainsbury]

I have only just seen these but you can now buy nickel silver replacement frogs for Peco Set track. i have not tried them but certainly intend to once I have the money available  :)



Details from here https://www.eichhorn-modellbau.de/en/component/mijoshop/product/445-elektrofrog-peco-crossing-setrak-13st5.html?Itemid=186

[Hobby]

Keep up Stephen, Ian posted a thread nearly three weeks ago dedicated to it!  ;) :)

https://www.009society.com/forum/index.php?topic=4482.0

[Stephen Rainsbury]

Keep up Stephen, Ian posted a thread nearly three weeks ago dedicated to it!  ;) :)

https://www.009society.com/forum/index.php?topic=4482.0

I knew i had seen it somewhere!! I was convinced it was on the other place and was searching for a link to the post, this would explain why :)

[Hobby]

It's on both, Ian posted on here and I transferred it!

[Stephen Rainsbury]

It's on both, Ian posted on here and I transferred it!

I have no idea how I missed that then :-)