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Re: Long distance point control

Post by sjrixon » Sat May 02, 2020 9:18 am

Not really looking to do electrics in the garden.. It's not that far away :)

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Re: Long distance point control

Post by Peter Butler » Sat May 02, 2020 10:14 am

sjrixon wrote: Sat May 02, 2020 8:52 am Dragging up an old thread, but that's the joy of forums :)

Has anyone used the Tenmille system to connect a level to a Peco point?
I believe the lever shown in my description at the top of the previous page is a Tenmille point lever (I may be wrong) and it operates a Peco SM32 sprung point via a crank and Omega loop. It works well.
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Re: Long distance point control

Post by tom_tom_go » Sat May 02, 2020 10:24 am

sjrixon wrote: Sat May 02, 2020 9:18 am Not really looking to do electrics in the garden.. It's not that far away :)
Use a stick then :)

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Re: Long distance point control

Post by Soar Valley Light » Sat May 02, 2020 6:27 pm

Peter Butler wrote: Sat May 02, 2020 10:14 am I believe the lever shown in my description at the top of the previous page is a Tenmille point lever (I may be wrong) and it operates a Peco SM32 sprung point via a crank and Omega loop. It works well.
Peter,

Do you think the Tenmille point lever would drive the points through a Bowden cable?

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Re: Long distance point control

Post by Peter Butler » Sat May 02, 2020 7:30 pm

Soar Valley Light wrote: Sat May 02, 2020 6:27 pm

Do you think the Tenmille point lever would drive the points through a Bowden cable?

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Easily.... you would need to make a connection between the multi strand cable and the point slide-bar, but that can be worked out I'm sure. At the point end of the cable I used an electric cable crimp with a small hole to pass over the tie bar upstand (?).... see picture. Not sure the full throw of the lever would be required though, so stops to prevent full travel could be used.
The cable itself will push equally as well as pull.
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Re: Long distance point control

Post by Soar Valley Light » Sun May 03, 2020 6:43 pm

Thanks Peter,

I appreciate advice from someone as accomplished as yourself who's got some practical experience.

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Re: Long distance point control

Post by Nojahoda » Tue May 05, 2020 9:29 am

tom_tom_go wrote: Sat May 02, 2020 10:24 am
sjrixon wrote: Sat May 02, 2020 9:18 am Not really looking to do electrics in the garden.. It's not that far away :)
Use a stick then :)
That is (genuinely) how I operate the points on my HO module. With the kadee uncoupling skewer. Doesn't work at much more than arms length though. :lol:

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