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Extending Atlas Turnouts' throw bar
Extending Atlas Turnouts' throw bar
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abbieleibowitz
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September 2004
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Extending Atlas Turnouts' throw bar
Posted by
abbieleibowitz
on Thursday, January 24, 2008 9:59 PM
For space reasons, I want to connect a Caboose Hobbies ground throw to an Atlas HO code 83 #6 turnout from the side opposite where the throw bar connector normally is. There is a little stub of the throw bar that extends to the other side. With my code 100 Atlas turnouts, I super glued a piece of styrene strip to the bottom or side of the throw bar and Wa La - a perfect connection. But it seems Atlas' Code 83 ties and throw bars are a different kind of plastic and I can't get the styrene to stick! I've tried super glue, Walthers Goo and Tenex plastic cement. Other ideas?
Abbie
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loathar
Member since
August 2004
From: Amish country Tenn.
10,027 posts
Posted by
loathar
on Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:15 PM
You can CAREFULLY remove the throw bar and flip it over to the other side. This is much easier if you haven't laid the turnout in place yet. There's 2 "plates" that hold the bar to the point rails. Pry up on these with a screw driver and release the point rails. The bar should slide out then.
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