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    wooden trestle climbing a grade?

    Ok Doc, so if I understand correctly, the lateral braces (beams, girts, whatever we call them) that normally are level running acrross the trestle from end to end, on your trestle actually follow a 2% grade. The bents of course are still plumb (vertical). I thought of that, but wasn't sure if...
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    wooden trestle climbing a grade?

    Has anybody built a wooden trestle on an incline? I've got a 3% grade across the span for the bridge. I had two identical bents made when it dawned on me, the top of each bent needed to be at a different height. But this doesn't seem right. All bent tops should be in plane (level) and copies...
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    how to get power to diamond scale turntable rails

    Ray, I checked out your link. Very nice job. I like the contact plate very much, I'm going to build one and give it a try. My turntable is completed except for paint and powering the rails, so I'm ready to get this done and try it out. Thanks again
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    how to get power to diamond scale turntable rails

    Ray and shortliner, thanks for the info. This gives me a couple ideas to go and think on. Ray, I really like your method. This shouldn't be to hard to do with raw PC board stock by shaving and cutting the copper away to in effect make a PC board. Thanks again.
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    how to get power to diamond scale turntable rails

    Hello, I've built the diamond scale turntable and am trying to decide how to power the rails. One rail is powered by the ring rail, which is fine. According to the diamond scale instructions, the other rail is powered by connecting a power wire to the rotor on the bridge arch (which rotates in a...
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