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 Hey guys I was in the process of doing my bridge last night and quit becaue I could not figure a cool way of doing the lift up so today while just staring at it for a while I decided on a cool way of doing a LIFT OUT bridge instead. The reason I never really wanted to do it this way even though it is the best way IMO is because of the power to the track problems. So this is what I did Imaging taking two Silver type screws and putting the head parts up to each other. That was my concept in the contact. I just did my bridge and screwed two screws under the bridge in about 1/8 or so and then on the base I screwed in the screws about 1/8 higher. So when the contact each other they are also in like a gap that keeps the bridge from wiggling. I then soldered wires from the track to the bottom of the screws which were slightly sticking out the tp of the bridge because I screwed them in deeper. On the base I drilled two holes into the side of the wood right into the screw so I could see the thread and then stuck the solder iron in there to heat the screw up and then the solder and wires. I was hoping that this was going to work and to my suprise it actually did. Now the trains run thru there just fine and when I want to leave I just take the bridge out. It was overall more simple than doing a drop down like I used to have or doing the lift out bridge. Here are some pictures of what I did. The one col thing is my last access bridge was only like 16" wide so I had to turn sideways to walk in and often hit the bridge with my pants. Now it s 25" wide. PERFECT. Let me know what you guys think of it? What kind of access do you have for your layout and why? Click onto the pictures to view in full size [img] http://www.railimages.com/albums/AlfredMayo/aor.jpg [/img] Notice the engines rear light is one showing there is power to this [img] http://www.railimages.com/albums/AlfredMayo/aot.jpg [/img] Notice the wires going in that hole. I will protect them tomorrow. Also I have blocks on the side to stop the bridge from sliding left and right [img] http://www.railimages.com/albums/AlfredMayo/aou.jpg [/img] Takes one second to remove and two seconds to replace now [img] http://www.railimages.com/albums/AlfredMayo/aov.jpg [/img] There are the two screws that have wires soldered to them. The bridge is very easily manageable too. [img] http://www.railimages.com/albums/AlfredMayo/aow.jpg [/img] The two bottom screws connection. I also added solder in the middle of the screws for beter contact. [img] http://www.railimages.com/albums/AlfredMayo/aoy.jpg [/img]
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