Author Topic: Piano Wire Springs for Turnouts  (Read 3759 times)

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Lemosteam

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Re: Piano Wire Springs for Turnouts
« Reply #30 on: March 29, 2023, 01:42:31 PM »
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Lemon: what do you recommend to shim the points in the center to line up for drilling?

Just eyeball the center of each hole. If your switch is fully supported by substrate, grind a point on the end of a small drill with your Dremel with cutoff wheel at an angle to use as a center point in the plastic for the drill so it does not wander.
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Re: Piano Wire Springs for Turnouts
« Reply #31 on: April 05, 2023, 05:08:17 PM »
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Thanks to springs and a drill bit arriving from Lemon, we got it.