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[vsmith]

Hay thanks. Carl and I have been talking about it a little. He told me about the traverser, but I think like you, I think I'll just use the sector plate. I may use the traverser, I just don't know yet.  I've never built a sector plate or a traverser. Any tips?

 

Do you have Carl's first 2 books, he does a nice job explaining the basics of a sector plate in one of them. I built mine like a 1/8 of a turntable, with a single rail in a pit, and the traverser was built like a real transfer table, but it was such a PITA to wire, and add a way to secure it once moved into position, is why I decided to fix it in place and build another loading dock behind it, it really was unnessecary in the first place.

 

For simplicity, I suggest just a wood plate, fixed on one end with a pivot (can be as simple as a screw) with wiring attached at the pivot end. Using friction to hold the plate in place works great on smaller scales but I found there has to be a certain ammount of slick to allow the plate to move easily with a heavy large scale engine on it so it doesnt stick when you move it. Thats why I used the rail, and a pair of wheels under, the downside is that I may have to hold the sector plate in place for moving on or off without derailing it.

 

Talking about this, I really regrete dismantling the brewery layout, (I had to) I'm thinking about restarting it now that my other layouts are a still while from being restarted and my new garage/workshop is getting closer to completion. Be a neat thing to take to trainshows like the BTS.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Vic, Cool projects and site! Thanks for sharing'em!

[GearDrivenSteam]

Hay thanks. Carl and I have been talking about it a little. He told me about the traverser, but I think like you, I think I'll just use the sector plate. I may use the traverser, I just don't know yet.  I've never built a sector plate or a traverser. Any tips?

[vsmith]

Hey thats Carls Plan!

I did a version of this, The Borracho Brewery, its in Carls Scrapebook and in his latest book. I tried doing a sector plate and a tranverser, but I decided that all I needed was the sector plate. I had to shelf it when my garage got blown up and the wife refused to allow me to bring it inside, so I'll have to wait till I'm back in business out there.

http://www.carendt.us/scrapbook/page22/index.html   The brewery near the bottom

I also have a G pizza planned for train shows that will be based on the HOn30 pizza thats also in Carl's Scrapbook, thats more likely to get finished first once I can restart.

http://www.carendt.us/scrapbook/page23/index.html  the HOn30 pizza is last on the page

Anyway be glad to offer any help on the micro, I'm also a big fan of Carl's idea's.

[GearDrivenSteam]

Hello. I am new to G scale and in the process of building a 4' X 18" micro portable to take to show's Here is the plan:   Although originally designed as 12" wide, I thought I would go 18" for some added scenery. I am using an Aristo Craft Lil Critter for power with two Hartland V Dump ore cars.