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Round House Stop?
Posted by eZAK on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:12 PM
Here's my problem,

I completed my roundhouse and now I'm going to pull the engines in.

With out leaning over and trying to look through the doors or leaving the roof off,

How can I tell when the engine is in all the way w/o going through the back wall?[:)]
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Posted by Roger Bielen on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:18 PM
For my engine house I used a short section of insulated rail long enough so that the pilot, or tender truck, would close the circuit and light an LED on my contro panel.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:19 PM
Wouldn't a bumper be the simplest solution?
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Posted by eZAK on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:32 PM
No room for a bumper!

A insulated section might work, But I have NO control panel & tolerences are very tight.

Maybe a LED over the front doors. hhhhmmmm....
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Posted by AlanRail on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 8:48 PM
PZ

take a look at Block signal detectors (DZ-1011) from Z-stuff ($22 for Two)
they have an adjustable proximity detector with a control wire
the infrared detector will detect the position of the engine and then trigger the control wire that could trip an led or of course change the signal light from Green to RED

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Posted by andregg1 on Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:24 AM
I put a microswitch in the end of the track, that turn on the light into the roundhouse. so i know when is the end of track.
good luck
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Posted by lionelsoni on Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:49 AM
I think Andre is on the right track, so to speak. You could use the microswitch to interrupt the track voltage instead, to eliminate your reaction time from the operation. In that case, you would need something like a pushbutton or momentary switch to bypass the microswitch so that you could get out again.

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Posted by wrmcclellan on Thursday, January 27, 2005 10:51 AM
You could use a large (16p) nail as a bumper. Put some heat shrink or foam over it to protect the engine.

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Roy

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Posted by dougdagrump on Thursday, January 27, 2005 11:25 AM
I like Andre's idea with the addition of an overide as suggessted by bob. Just back'em in just in case something were to malfunction when you start them up. Wouldn't want it to take off suddenly and cra***hru the back of the building

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