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Tuesday, November 05, 2024

New Coupler for Z Scale

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12 years 5 months ago #13676 by David K. Smith
New Coupler for Z Scale was created by David K. Smith
So, if a 90-degree crossing track "changes everything," I wonder what impact this will have:

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12 years 5 months ago - 12 years 5 months ago #13677 by Mr.JA
Replied by Mr.JA on topic Re: New Coupler for Z Scale
:woohoo: Awesomeness!!! B)

(I can see this getting expensive to replace my fleet's couplers) :whistle:

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12 years 5 months ago #13678 by rvn2001
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I guess we'll have to wait until 2014*

*or sooner

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12 years 5 months ago #13681 by Alaska Railroader
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*or sooner is a very good possibility

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12 years 5 months ago #13682 by Zcratchman_Joe
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David,

Cool - really cool! One question though. Is there any chance that replacing other couplers with these will be any easier, or will it be the same tedious process... with springs flying off into space just when you think you've got it?

Joe

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12 years 5 months ago #13683 by David K. Smith
Replied by David K. Smith on topic Re: New Coupler for Z Scale
Springs will not be flying off anywhere, because the spring in this design is integral with the shanks. What poses an issue is that MTL, AZL and FT boxes all have different internal geometry, so it will require some effort to convert such boxes for use with the ProtoMate. It will come with its own box, so it might be easier to simply replace the whole box. That said, it remains to be seen what approaches will work the best, since no one will have them in their hands to try for many months yet.

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