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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by rrinker What's your top surface on this 1x2 framing? And how thick is it? If you used 2" foam you can mount the Tortoise under the track but from the top, like I did. Although with only 1x2's there might still be some protrusion. You can also mount the Tortoises on their sides and create a linkage, but again with 1x2's they will stick out some. Remote mounting with a linkage for those that interfere with the closet door swing is probably your best bet. Micro-Mark lists a new slow-motion machine in their catalog but I've never seen one before and I don't know how good they are. Or how small they are. It doesn't appear they have any contacts like the Tortoise, and they certainly are no cheaper. --Randy [/quote] I have no idea how WIDE the Tortoise is. The subroadbed is roughly as remember 1/3" plywood, and the roadbed is 1/2" Homosote. I thought about foam at the time I started this project ( 8 years ago - I live on SSDI, and bult it on nickles and dimes) but at the times I was not certain how well foam would stand up under the heat and dryness of Tucson, AZ. So I stuck with the tried and true plywood and Homosote. Even mounted on its side I fear that the Tortoise is WIDER than 1-12" -- at least that is the way it looks from the pictures I have seen. Th e problem is that the lawout will have to fold FLAT against the wall so that I can open the closet door. Will see if I can dig up info on MiocroMark "switch machines" (??) Bobcat
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