turntables


anyone have any recommendations for a turntable ? read a lot of negatives for walthers early model . how about atlas turntable or the peco ? friend of mine is looking , older guy and no internet so I'm looking for him . he's layout is nothing but steam engines .
mike
 
A persistent and really needy modeller with some skills can get any of them to work. Yes, the Walther's kit that can also be motorized had a lot of problems. I read somewhere that their newer version has the mistakes fixed, two of which were a pit with walls that were out of round and a faulty design in the bottom bearing of the pivot pylon for the bridge. Personally, I found their mounting system for the two brass leaf wipers in the motorized version to be ineffective and unreliable. I had to fashion retaining washers added to the pylon below each brass ring so that a loosened wiper would not slip and slide down away from contact with the brass ring. They served as circular shelves, really.

The two new versions of the Walthers built-up indexed turntables are marvellous. They sell out to a unit when they become available, so you will have to wait in line.
 
I have a Diamond Scale kit on the way so can not yet give a first hand impression.
After much research on turntables I did chose Diamond scale.
http://www.diamond-scale.com/products__turntables.htm

Here are links to user's of DS and some other turntables on building, installing, etc. (some of these took a bit of searching to find so I'll share) Even if you dod not buy a turntable in one of these articles there is vits of info that can be applied to any turntable to get it operating smoothly.
http://www.pmrr.org/Structures/Turntable/DSPhotos.htm
http://www.okng.org/clinics/turntable_presentation.pdf
http://www.housatonicrr.com/DIY_Turntable.htm
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/p/135-foot-turntable-project.html

Do a Google search on Walther and Atlas turntables for building/installing info.
 
diamond scale

still researching for charlie too . i saw the diamond scale too but not the motor part . ill have to sit charlie down and ask him how much does he want to tackle ( he is 82 ) as far as the kit building . thank you for the direction though . i don't think he wants to spend the 300 + for the other one . ill try to explain with the pictures you posted . thanks again
mike
 



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