Quick question. I read an article in the Nov/Dec. N Scale Railroading article that intrigued me. It was on switch machine mounting. My question(s): Where do you buy 1. 1/16 tubing 2. music wire 3. wheel collar 4. snap link 5. threaded rod????? I'm sorry if I offended any modelers out there with my naivity, but since I don't have a LHS (except for a 2 hour drive) I wanted to buy on line. Thanks to all that reply!
One last thing: What is a ball link and again where would you get one? Thanks for answering a "new guy's" question!
Jeff- Ask away. Don't worry. I can't help with it all. As I've not seen the article. BTW- The nearest place that passes for my "LHS" is a five hour round trip. So don't feel alone. The next closest is eleven hours around! Anyhow, do you have a hardware store anywhere close by? Plumbing supply? Or an auto parts? You should be able to find 1/16th tubing at any of these places. Threaded rod at those same suppliers. Not all of your answers. But a start for you. Boxcab E50
Those are mostly if not all radio control aircraft parts. The ball link is the thing on the left of the completed linkage arm in the article's first photo, a flexible joint kinda sorta, though used a bit differently in that project. [ 22. October 2004, 08:32: Message edited by: steamghost ]
i know..... the closest hobby shop i can get to is at least an hr. drive...... Iowa is too rural..... i feel your pain fellow iowan... Let me know how your instalation goes...... i am getting ready to install 2 tortuse switch machines very soon.... thanks........ SD40
As far as the Novice questions thing... Not here... "It hasn't been a day without learning something new..."-- paraphrased from someone famous "Boldly go where someone has before... they've got maps for that..."-- Me right now
