... topic: 2285 point blade movement in 0-MF posted: 12 Aug 2013 12:01 from: LSWRArt What point blade movement should you allow for in 0 gauge? I am working to 0-MF with 31.75mm track gauge (31.5mm+ 0.25mm gauge widening as most of my turnouts and, indeed, most of the layout is on a curve). So with a back to back of 29mm and a tread thickness of (say) 1mm I worked out that the clearance from the closure rail to the back of the tip of the blade needs to be (31.75mm- 29- 1mm =) 1.75mm, so I thought i should allow 2mm movement. The C&L slide chairs allow maximum 2.2 mm movement, so that tallied. Any comments, or should this work reliably? N.B. The GOG manual mentions 3mm, but that seems excessive. Thanks, Arthur posted: 12 Aug 2013 12:25 from: Martin Wynne LSWRArt wrote: What point blade movement should you allow for in 0 gauge? Hi Arthur, The ...

... topic: 2021 template origin posted: 14 Jul 2012 20:08 from: dave turner All It must be there, but I can't find it in the forum. Why is the origin of templates not at 0,0 rather than 0,33 approx? I try to set the origin of a template but find it offset from expectation. I know this topic must have come up before but I can't find it. regards Dave posted: 14 Jul 2012 21:06 from: Martin Wynne dave turner wrote: Why is the origin of templates not at 0,0 rather than 0,33 approx? I try to set the origin of a template but find it offset from expectation. Hi Dave, To place a template at a specific location on the grid, ignore the green dot datum and do this: 1. geometry> notch> set notch position and angle... menu item. 2. geometry> notch> shift onto notch menu item, or multiply key* (on the number pad). The green ...

... occupying this space. This is where it starts to get tricky, on my prototype turnout and american rail in general the joints are staggered. I guess Ill just compromise and skip it, setting it to the shortest distance in my drawing. 2094_221300_480000000.png Looks like I have it right there, 4' 6"= 54 inches Next is length of switch rail blade, this is also hard since according to the prototype drawing they are not of the same length. To avoid rail joint marks that are wrong anyway I just enter 0 for this one and skip it. Length of stock rail from joint is next. While both stockrails are infact 39' long, the problem is that they are staggered, so if I enter something here it will still make one of them wrong. Ill just skip it and use the prototype drawings later when I add joint bar details. Next is joggled stock rails, and I just skip it. To be honest I dont know if its supposed to be used or not. Here comes my favorite part, timber ...

... model mm) (24ft) deflection angle at blade tip= 1: 53.78 planing length (along stock-rail)= 124.7( 63.35 model mm) heel angle 1: 29.46 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- Timber spacings (to timber centres): switch-front is sleepered: spacing back from toe (blade tips) to first front sleeper (J1)= 32.0( 16.26 model mm) spacing back to next front sleeper (J2)= 0( 0 model mm) spacing back to next front sleeper (J3)= 0( 0 model mm) spacing back to next front sleeper (J4)= 0( 0 model mm) spacing back to next front sleeper (J5)= 0( 0 model mm) spacing forward from toe (blade tips) to first timber (S1)= 3.0( 1.52 model mm) spacing forward to next timber (S2)= 30.0( 15.24 model mm) spacing forward to next timber (S3)= 33.0 ...

... Hi Martin, Sorry to be a nuisance as usual but can I save items such as output drawing options and element options in my prefs.sk1 file? I though it was possible to do that but starting Templot using my saved prefs file doesn't pick up changes I made in the previous session. Opening the .sk1 file show a section like this :- -- -- -- -- print output: -- -- -- -- 08-00s=| Arial 08-01i=6 08-02i=0 08-03b=0 08-04b=0 08-05b=0 08-06b=0 08-10f=288 08-11i=9492696 08-12i=11567184 08-15i=0 08-17b=1 08-18b=0... etc etc Does that not refer to changes I have made on the output menu? I am looking to have two sets of prefs depending on if the printed output is used just for looking at or for building track on. Hope that makes ...

... the staithes were just singular, but the maps show at least two, and at one time 3. There is still some tidying up to do. Originally I drew the plan with A5 points (which is how it is over on the Scalefour forum), but I had a think and have redrawn them as A6.5 to ease the sharpness a bit whilst keeping the prototypical cramped tight feel the real Harton seems to have from photos and the small amount of video on YouTube. Stock will be: Harton No.2 and No.10- 0-4 -0WE from the Judith Edge kit also No.13-15 from the other Harton Judith Edge kit. Tyneside 2EPB from replica parts x2 E68000 from replica parts Some form of dock loco, 0-4 -0 probably, possibly a RSH design Possibly a 0-4 -0 or 0-6 -0 Diesel Electric loco Various 4 wheel hoppers of 20t and 21t size, with a small number of others. Attachment: attach_2926_3526_harton_v29_- _A6.5_points_rather_than_A5 ..box 136 posted: 21 Oct 2019 09:56 from ...

... topic: 1261 3-rail track in 0 gauge? posted: 3 Oct 2010 17:35 from: olstykke Hi, I just registered in the forums as olstykke. I just am getting back into the hobby and I am an O gauge person. I do have other scales in my collection but I am leaning towards the scale O. That being said, it has been hard finding 2 rail locos in that gauge and consequently all of my O locos use 3 rail track. I searched the Templot forums for three rail track and 3 rail track, but didn't receive any hits. Does Templot do 3 rail? Is there a step process for how people then build the track? I have been looking at the jigs at handlaidtrack.com. They are costly and as you point out limit the possibilities you have. Plus I can see I might work in HO, N, and possible G if I get a house with a large enough yard for a garden railway. I realize people probably ask you how to build the track, so ...

... blades at each end seem to be wrong. I've used Martin's tutorial for this. I would welcome advice as to what I have done wrong and how to correct it. Many thanks Regards Charles Attachment: attach_1582_2196_Slip_Try1_2013_04 _13_1110_05.box 343 posted: 13 Apr 2013 12:14 from: Martin Wynne Hi Charles, Nearly there. You have the curving through the slip switches going the wrong way. Try this: 1. delete the slip road. 2. delete one switch to the control. 3. put the peg on CTRL-0. 4. click geometry> invert curving menu item. Notice that the main-side stock rail in the switch now aligns with the diamond rail. 5. store& background (INSERT key, or top orange tool-button). 6. delete the other switch to the control. 7. put the peg on CTRL-0. 8. click geometry> invert curving menu item. 9. click tools> make slip road menu item. Adjust it to fit as before. (p.s. instead of ...

... -ups), and if it was successful. Thanks for posting your code. I see you were sticking to the conventional Delphi style of camel case and spaces around operators. I couldn't get on with either of those, or with not having the thens and elses equally indented. Likewise begins and ends. I soon developed my own style, and have stuck with it unchanged for all these years. Camel case for Delphi's own identifiers, and lower case with underscores for my own. A useful distinction: if x>0 then begin ClientHeight:=client_height; pad_canvas.Pen.Width:=pen_width; end else begin.... end; Which I find much more readable than most published code. But of course I'm an oily fingered toolmaker, not a software developer. They objected to oily finger marks on the punched cards, I remember. cheers, Martin. posted: 22 Feb 2018 16:38 from: Nigel Brown Martin Wynne wrote: I still remember slightly longer compilation times -- drive 20 miles through heavy traffic with several trays of ...

... Templot file in memory/cache/page/etc?) that isn't there? Ie I'm searching for template XYZ123 but there isn't a template matching that description in the memory? (If I'm pushing my luck by asking technical questions, please forgive me). Hi Derek, Not at all, it's interesting. In Delphi and Lazarus a list is a very common construct. There are a great many lists in Templot. Such lists are indexed starting from zero. i.e. the first item in the list is indexed [0 ], the second item is indexed [1 ], etc. Consequently if you have a list containing 10 items, valid index values are in the range 0-9 when accessing the list. If you request a data item from the list using an index outside that range, or try to put data into the list for an item outside that range, you get the message "List index out of bounds". If the list is empty, the current list Count value is 0, but the current index ...