walthers 120' turntable

[Anonymous]

I am putting together a walthers 120' turntable. the instructions that came with the kit stink. I have no idea how to motorize it or even which attachments to put on the bottom of this thing. also, how is this thing going to index itself onto the lead tracks. i saw the atlas turntable and it indexes good for my purposes but it looks like scrap. i bought the walthers for its looks now i'm stuck. any help or helpful links please!

p.s.
i need step by step help.

[jecorbett]

Are you sure this is a Walthers turntable. Their 2006 catalog shows a 90' kit and built-ups in both 90' and 130' sizes. I have the 90' kit and the 130' built-up. There isn't much to do with the builtup. Cut the hole in your benchwork, mount the pit and insert the bridge in the pit. Then you attach 4 wires from your power source to the TT control box and plug the pit into the control box. You just have to be careful not to put powered tracks on the two turntable positions where the bridge transitions from one half of the TT to the other.

I haven't installed the 90' kit yet but I just dry fitted the parts and it looks like a pretty simply assembly.

[Anonymous]

yes its a walther 120' from the cornerstone series.

its model number is #933-3203.

I believe it is a much older model because i wrote to the company's customer complaint desk and they wrote back, "we appreciate customers who give us feedback (positive and negative), we use this to improve the quality of our products."

They did not, however, send any more explicit instructions or satisfy my complaint.

I have the thing all painted up and weathered and it looks great. I guess i will just have to jerry-rig it.

[selector]

I won't be of much help to you, except to say that you have to figure it out for yourself. That may sound more like a kick in the pants (well.., it IS in a way), but I had terrific problems motorizing my 90' TT from Walthers. I had to do some creative fixing, including shims on either side of the wobbly bridge spindle, to get the big spur gear to mesh consistently with the motor gear. Once I worked it out, however, it has worked well ever since.

Oh, one thing that may crop up is that the pit edge may not be perfectly round. Mine was not, so the bridge binds at certain points. Makes the motore work hard, and the bridge snaps around after a bit. Scares the crap out of the engineer, let me tell ya.

Can you be more specific in describing exactly where you are stalled? Maybe I can talk you through it. If you would prefer to do it off-line, you can send me an e-mail.

-Crandell

[Anonymous]

There is a link on the web on using an Atlas TT mounted under another TT utilizing Atlas TT's built in indexing to drive and align the top TT. I don't remember the link itself, but the article was easy to follow and sounded like a good and cheap way to drive and index a more detailed turntable. I had already found a gear reduced DC motor to drive the Custom Model Works 130" turntable I just finished installing.

[jecorbett]

I looked up that part number on the Walther's website and I see it is an N scale model. I guess that clears up my confusion about your original posts. My two TTs are both HO.
I don't think I can help you with that one but I would suggest you call Walthers support line. You can get the phone number off their website. I had a problem with my TT and first e-mailed them and got no response but then left a voice mail one their help line. It took a few days but I got a response and I am now getting a replacement part. I just caution you to be patient. Their website says they will get back within 24 business hourse but it was a little longer than that for me. The man I talked to explained that they were swamped with calls and was very apogetic but he was very helpful.