Thanks for the confirmation. Any hints on the best way to accomplish that?
Ihave brand new #5 and #6 Walthers turnouts as well and are deciding on machines. The person I spoke with at Walthers said to remove the spring or it will cause uneccasaary wear to the machine. The spring is a postive position assitis for manual operation. Old Walther's switches had nothing to hold them in place.
richhotrain I go with a little thicker wire than Ed does - - a 0.039 piano wire. Rich
I go with a little thicker wire than Ed does - - a 0.039 piano wire.
Rich
Yes, 0.039 wire is what I use for Atlas turnouts. What fun to decide to install tortoises after you put in ground foam and have to go through 2" insulation foam.
Alton Junction
Using Tortoise machines I would remove the spring, carefully. The wire actuator provided with Tortoise is somewhat weak. Some modelers, myself included, use a slightly larger (maybe .035) piano wire for the actuator, especially if you have a longer throw through 2" foam which seems to be more common these days.
Good Luck, Ed
Will be using tortoise switch machines
Brand new
What model of turnouts are they? My Walthers turnouts are a few years older and do not have springs.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I recently purchased Walthers turnouts. They are apparently spring loaded. Do I need to/should I cut the spring to operate smoothly.