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Re: US style couplers
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 20 Apr 1999 20:19:55 GMT
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I've simply used 2x2 plates that have a rounded end (looking down on them) with
a hole at the rounded end. It accepts the magnet holder piece from the coupler
and eliminates the rather unsightly 'buffer' things. To get the height right,
you can simply use put the magenet holder in from the top or the bottom.
Hope that helps.
Ben
In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> I will preface this by saying I spent a good amount of time trying to
> come up with an alternate coupler design that excludes buffers as we
> have here in the States. Feeling frustrated, suddenly it occured to me
> like an epiphany [1]-- just <gasp> cut them off. And I did, and I like
> them [2]. No solution works as elegantly. In fact, they could be
> produced as I cut them by TLG and they would be fine (*if* they extended
> the 2x2 black tile into a 2x4). Also, we need a coupler that is
> designed to mount to the front and back of an engine, not on the trucks.
>
> Now, who will hear my confession for cutting bricks?;-)
>
> [1] I honestly did not consider this option until that moment...give me
> credit for that?
> [2] I only cut a few, not all.
>
> -John
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| I will preface this by saying I spent a good amount of time trying to come up with an alternate coupler design that excludes buffers as we have here in the States. Feeling frustrated, suddenly it occured to me like an epiphany [1]-- just <gasp> cut (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
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