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Agricultural monorail.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...093#post203305
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...323#post185120
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...132#post145430
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...971#post133866
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...607#post132631
That’s quite a climb…how do you think they get it back down?
release the brakes, let gravity do the work. the trick would be how to stop it at the bottom.Quote:
Originally Posted by thevillageinn
Since it's a gear drive the lever is switched to let it power down to the bottom and then the lever disconnects either automatically or manually...
you can buy it on alibaba:
https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...315934173.html
you can see the rack drive in detail here:
https://sc04.alicdn.com/kf/H2a29eb0e...9afbd9d46v.png
Nice find. I wonder how much rail it comes with.Quote:
Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn
Probably no rail for the motive power. On the following link, it mentions a 3M rail is $30. So - just like HO trains, you can buy the engine and the track is separate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon
In looking at the track, that would be a fairly simple bending operation to make that rack. The other images show that the track is a series of splines,
https://s.alicdn.com/@sc04/kf/Hb936e...pg_960x960.jpg
so nothing is curved and there must be enough play in the wheels to make the splines work like a curve. One of the images has what looks like a turnout
https://s.alicdn.com/@sc04/kf/H73e58...ng_960x960.png
https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...671679322IReGu
Yeah, you're right. I asked the seller and he just replied. Rail is an additional $14/meter for 100 meters.Quote:
Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn
https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...orail_chat.jpg
He also sent me some videos:
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