Turntable
Turntable
Hi All
I have been asked by the permanent way dept to build a turntable.
It will be from a lazy susan and sheet metal.
The big question is - what diameter do I need
I know a RH Garratt is 532mm over buffers, but what about wheelbase as the buffers can overhang the turntable
Steve
I have been asked by the permanent way dept to build a turntable.
It will be from a lazy susan and sheet metal.
The big question is - what diameter do I need
I know a RH Garratt is 532mm over buffers, but what about wheelbase as the buffers can overhang the turntable
Steve
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I made a pair for my latest layout. I fixed a yard of track to a piece of timber and screwed it to the top of a 12-inch lazy susan.
I cut out a 3ft circle from the baseboard and used cross-pieces underneath to secure it in position a couple of inches below the baseboard top.
The base of the lazy susan was fixed to the centre of the cut-out. The ends of the track board were supported on blocks of wood faced with plasticard. These acted as friction pads, sliding on a pair of rails around the perimeter.
This is a picture:
http://tinyurl.com/jpzuhmz
Originally I had the board ends supported on bogies which ran on the track, but the radius was very tight and the bogies tended to derail.
Derek
I cut out a 3ft circle from the baseboard and used cross-pieces underneath to secure it in position a couple of inches below the baseboard top.
The base of the lazy susan was fixed to the centre of the cut-out. The ends of the track board were supported on blocks of wood faced with plasticard. These acted as friction pads, sliding on a pair of rails around the perimeter.
This is a picture:
http://tinyurl.com/jpzuhmz
Originally I had the board ends supported on bogies which ran on the track, but the radius was very tight and the bogies tended to derail.
Derek
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A piece of steel for the base, with brass sheet and angle making up the sides. Four wheels from a model car make the "runners" in each corner.tom_tom_go:116318 wrote:I like that Tony.
What's it made from?
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Forgot to say... On my last railway it used to sit on a 2ft x 2ft paving slab with the pivot in the middle of the slab. It was the easiest way of providing a flat concrete surface!
On my current line, as per the picture, there was no room for a slab so I poured and levelled a suitable concrete base for it.
On my current line, as per the picture, there was no room for a slab so I poured and levelled a suitable concrete base for it.
Tony Willmore
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Tony, where'd you get the little brass wheel for the gas regulator on your Fowler? That looks quite good. I have one of Gremlin's little levers on mine- if I had one of those little wheels, I would put that on the gas regulator, and use Gremlin's lever as a steam regulator handle. I'd be able to fit a little man in the cab without amputating one of his legs if I did that.
The brass wheel is actually for the boiler blowdown valve. It came from Blackgates Engineering about 25 years ago!Keith S:116361 wrote:Tony, where'd you get the little brass wheel for the gas regulator on your Fowler?
The gas valve is the black plastic knob to its rear, which is original as-supplied Roundhouse of the time.
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