Comments on: Walthers 90′ Turntable http://www.polyweb.com/dans_rr/blog/index.php/archives/4 Stories about building my model railroad and other things found along the tracks Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:06:22 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Dan http://www.polyweb.com/dans_rr/blog/index.php/archives/4/comment-page-1#comment-16 Dan Wed, 10 May 2006 00:49:26 +0000 http://www.polyweb.com/dans_rr/blog/?p=4#comment-16 Hi Allan: I plan on using a 1/4" headphone jack as the main axle and the way power will be communicated to the rails. Turntables are hard. I made my own when I was a teenager and it was poorly aligned and pretty miserable. I had a hand turned worm-drive but still had to wiggle the last millimeter by hand. You can see why the automatic ones are so much $$$. Dan Hi Allan:

I plan on using a 1/4″ headphone jack as the main axle and the way power will be communicated to the rails. Turntables are hard. I made my own when I was a teenager and it was poorly aligned and pretty miserable. I had a hand turned worm-drive but still had to wiggle the last millimeter by hand.

You can see why the automatic ones are so much $$$.

Dan

]]> By: Al Dennison http://www.polyweb.com/dans_rr/blog/index.php/archives/4/comment-page-1#comment-15 Al Dennison Wed, 10 May 2006 00:44:35 +0000 http://www.polyweb.com/dans_rr/blog/?p=4#comment-15 I gave up on the motorization of this turntable because I never could stop the turntable in alignment with the mating rails. When I set it up to turn mauallly, it has so little friction it moves out of position. Have you found either of these situations and have you found any good solutions? Allan I gave up on the motorization of this turntable because I never could stop the turntable in alignment with the mating rails. When I set it up to turn mauallly, it has so little friction it moves out of position.

Have you found either of these situations and have you found any good solutions?

Allan

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