Hi Barry, thanks for sharing. In this day and age of modern, expensive technology for model railway point control your simple but very effective way of point control has given me exactly what I need, massive thanks.
Found your video really helpful, a great method for cheap point control, just tested it on a small shunting layout I am making. many thanks for sharing.
Hi Roy, I am glad you liked it. If you want a cheap handle/knob just break off one bit of (what I call) a chocolate strip. I do enjoy the fact that I have to manually change the points. It is quite a discipline and I still muck it up. Those signal men were incredible and I would hate to do that job. Barry.Devon
Hi Donald, the points are Peco code 100 and they are made with a small spring that keeps the point blade tight to the rail when it is open or closed. I have done nothing with the point, it is as it was, straight out of the box. I hope this helps. Barry.Devon
Hello Perchpole, that is a very big and meaningful word for my simple point control, I am chuffed and extremely flattered, thank you. Have you looked at video number 5.? Barry.Devon
Yes, that is the one I meant. In a year or so, (depending on the way life demands) I have a goods yard with 8 points on the plan. I hope to use a thin tube from household spray bottles when they are finished, glued to the top of the baseboard with a wire running in it, turned up at the end through the point. That means the rod will be in place as the point is fixed to the board. In a goods yard, it will be easy to hide the plastic tube and the other end, the wire bent as before to form a handle. That will take a bit of controlling by me to avoid a derailment, but enjoyable. Barry.Devon
Definitely piano wire, either 0.75mm or 1mm depending on the run. I used a pair of pliers to bend the 90 degree at the point end and on one occasion the handle
Hello Andrew, I replied first off from my phone as I thought you were talking about a push pull on my latest video. Now I am home with my computer I know what one you are asking about. This morning I will go to my railway shed and measure them for you.......Barry
@@Castlebridge-00 Many thanks Barry, I've just started a shelf layout and wanted manual control & this method is ìdeal (also got a number of spare frog juicers). Cheers, Andy
Hi Andrew, just had a measure and the piano wire which is the handle is 2mm. the wire connecting to the point itself is 1mm and works but if I did it again I would increase it to 1.5mm piano wire..........Barry
Hi Fred, yes DCC. As I got tight for space in one small area I had the Peco surface point. Then I tried the under the baseboard points and just could not fit them due to not being athletic and my enjoyment of spotted dick and custard if you get my drift. So now, if it is not controlled by rod or wire, it is a surface one and the frog juicer does the polarity selection in less than a wink of an eye. Barry
Hi Barry, thanks for sharing. In this day and age of modern, expensive technology for model railway point control your simple but very effective way of point control has given me exactly what I need, massive thanks.
A beautifully simple and elegant solution Barry.......well done Sir !!!!
Cheers, Gormo
Found your video really helpful, a great method for cheap point control, just tested it on a small shunting layout I am making. many thanks for sharing.
Hi Roy, I am glad you liked it. If you want a cheap handle/knob just break off one bit of (what I call) a chocolate strip. I do enjoy the fact that I have to manually change the points. It is quite a discipline and I still muck it up. Those signal men were incredible and I would hate to do that job.
Barry.Devon
Interesting System Barry. it works a treat thanks for sharing.........cheer's Tony
thanks for number 4 i can see what you was talking about today
What holds the points open or closed?
Hi Donald, the points are Peco code 100 and they are made with a small spring that keeps the point blade tight to the rail when it is open or closed. I have done nothing with the point, it is as it was, straight out of the box. I hope this helps.
Barry.Devon
Good work. Barry ... Dave
Hi Dave, thanks for the compliment but it is not a patch on all the tips I get from you. Barry
Inspired!
Hello Perchpole, that is a very big and meaningful word for my simple point control, I am chuffed and extremely flattered, thank you. Have you looked at video number 5.?
Barry.Devon
@@Castlebridge-00 Is that the one about the crossover? I have already run out of superlatives! 🙂
Yes, that is the one I meant. In a year or so, (depending on the way life demands) I have a goods yard with 8 points on the plan. I hope to use a thin tube from household spray bottles when they are finished, glued to the top of the baseboard with a wire running in it, turned up at the end through the point. That means the rod will be in place as the point is fixed to the board. In a goods yard, it will be easy to hide the plastic tube and the other end, the wire bent as before to form a handle.
That will take a bit of controlling by me to avoid a derailment, but enjoyable.
Barry.Devon
Супер идея👍👌
Thank you for looking...........Barry
What sort of wire are you using please? Piano wire?
Definitely piano wire, either 0.75mm or 1mm depending on the run. I used a pair of pliers to bend the 90 degree at the point end and on one occasion the handle
Hello Andrew, I replied first off from my phone as I thought you were talking about a push pull on my latest video. Now I am home with my computer I know what one you are asking about. This morning I will go to my railway shed and measure them for you.......Barry
@@Castlebridge-00 Many thanks Barry, I've just started a shelf layout and wanted manual control & this method is ìdeal (also got a number of spare frog juicers). Cheers, Andy
Hi Andrew, just had a measure and the piano wire which is the handle is 2mm. the wire connecting to the point itself is 1mm and works but if I did it again I would increase it to 1.5mm piano wire..........Barry
@@Castlebridge-00 Cheers.
Interesting....when you say frog juicer ...I presume you are dcc?.....regards Fred
Hi Fred, yes DCC. As I got tight for space in one small area I had the Peco surface point. Then I tried the under the baseboard points and just could not fit them due to not being athletic and my enjoyment of spotted dick and custard if you get my drift. So now, if it is not controlled by rod or wire, it is a surface one and the frog juicer does the polarity selection in less than a wink of an eye. Barry