What is the radius of the #6 switch?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know what the radius of a #6 switch is? or where I can get exact dimentions of track. Thanks.

[dwbeckett]

I have been told or read it's 20 ft. call aristo customer service sorry I don't have the number handy. BTY the wide radius is 10ft. there is also thred that explanes switch's, page five or six.

[Anonymous]

Yeah I should have searched the forum before posting a question like that. I did find a lot of information about this.

 

How do you get an empire sized layout, with many switches, to fit together. Ive designed a few with templates but I can never get them to fit perfectly. Im always short two inches or a curve will not meet up on the other side. ???

 This is all done using Aristo-Craft...  

[whiterab]

The Aristo #6 is a straight divergence and not a curve so it doesn't really match up to any curve.  That said, I used one for a loop back coupled to a 180 using 15' diameter set of curves and it worked well with only minor cutting of one of the 15' curve sections.

[Ray Dunakin]

If you're short a few inches, just cut a piece of track to fit the gap.

[piercedan]

There is a PDF file of the #6 switch on the Aristocraft site.

 

Just enlarge it and you will have the real thing in papre format.

 

My #6 Arsito switches are approx. 3 feet long.