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Installing a Tortoise Switch Machine
Malcolm sent in this short article:
A tortoise switch machine is a DC device used for controlling turnouts. Their precision, due to their slow speed, makes them ideal for use in a model railroad.
- Bend the spring wire at an angle of 15o and 80 o at two points. The distance between the points must be three-fourth of an inch.
- Place the fulcrum onto the rails.
- Mount the machine on a wooden template, and attach it onto the fulcrum using adhesive.
- Fix the spring wire through the fulcrum such that the bent side is inserted into the throw arm.
- Connect the machine to power.
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Aren’t there Tortois point motors made for DCC as well?
I belive I have seen someone using them on a DCC layout with DCC controlled pointmotors.
Regards Finn