Transfer Table

[Showme]

Done. Thank you very much.

Bob

[Showme]

Roll your own :
String drive N Transfer Table using a 120' turntable bridge. Utilizes a string drive as does my N-Scale funicular. Has a limit switch on each end of travel to prevent string breakage in case the controller loses control. Uses a multi-tasking Picaxe micro-controller to drive the table and blink the lights. The red flashing LED on the control board was the result of inputting an invalid track number.

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alhoop

 One specific thing I like about your design is that the drive mechanism can be hidden. One problem I was having in using the HO table was that the drive was on the bridge hidden by an operators shack. And even sizing it down to minimum to cover the motor, it would still be big for N scale. The Jenks tables have a simple post at the ends with controls mounted on them. Easy to model when you can start with a clean bridge.

Bob

[keeper]

There were transfer tables from Minitrix, Brawa and Herkat available (never heard of the last one...). I read somewhere that Minitrix will re-release the transfer table later this year.

Thomas

[up1950s]

There were transfer tables from Minitrix, Brawa and Herkat available (never heard of the last one...). I read somewhere that Minitrix will re-release the transfer table later this year.

Thomas

Cool , that's great news .

The bad news is look at the price that old one sold for .
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Minitrix-56-6513-00-Turntable-Transfer-Table-Traverser-N-Scale-/201337657671?nma=true&si=4DWK5sTKmYms2vRq5dVIveoO%252BPI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Edit ... and it spins too !!!!! Is there a prototype for this in Europe ?

[keeper]

The re-release will be the transfer table only - for 350 Euro...
At one time they had both, the transfer table and the combined transfer/turn table.

[up1950s]

Here it is

http://www.gaugemaster.com/item_details.asp?code=M66540

[eric220]

Here's one from Japan due out later this year:

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10191863

In a word: yuck.

From the "New For 2016" brochure from Trix's website:

66540 Transfer Table
The transfer table is made for inset installation. The base plate has 2 entrance tracks and 6 storage tracks. The
track connections are for Minitrix track. The deck has a motorized drive in the engine shed for forward and reverse running. The transfer table has a new controller for remote controlled operation.



Dimensions:
External Dimensions:
220 x 300 mm / 8-21/32“ x 11-13/16”.
Base Plate Cutout: 205 x 285 mm / 8-1/16“. Maximum Installation Depth: 36 mm / 1-13/32”.

• New controller.
• New 5-pole motor.

The transfer table can also be controlled from an m 84 decoder by means of Märklin Digital. The connections for the transfer table are described in the instructions for it.

The transfer table goes with the 66318 locomotive shed.

[keeper]

Edit ... and it spins too !!!!! Is there a prototype for this in Europe ?

Yes, there are. I haven't seen one myself but there was one in Berlin and Trier. I don't know if they still exist.

[up1950s]

The only thing that bothers me about the new Minitrix transfer table is the curbs on the bridge . I hope they can be ground off without causing mechanical or strength problems that can't be fixed without too much redesign by us .


Relooking , it looks like the curbs are nondetailed insides of the I beams .

[peteski]

Cool , that's great news .

The bad news is look at the price that old one sold for .
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Minitrix-56-6513-00-Turntable-Transfer-Table-Traverser-N-Scale-/201337657671?nma=true&si=4DWK5sTKmYms2vRq5dVIveoO%252BPI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Edit ... and it spins too !!!!! Is there a prototype for this in Europe ?

Well, unique and out of production items will fetch good money, especially during auctions. 

There probably is a prototype for it.  The one I remember from the NTRAK module was a simple transfer bridge - no turntable.  There were multiple metal strips in the bottom of the pit (sort of like in slot-car race track) to supply power to the bridge track and to its motor.