one thing I’ve never really done very well at is fitting peco point motors. I’m trying to fit the extended pin version with the adaptor base below the board, but can’t seem to get it right... it either rubs the slot I’ve cut or it’s too far over to flick... Is there a trick to getting these annoying things right when your working upside down under your boards to fit them?
Can I ask if the track has been laid and ballasted ?? If so, I recommend you make a centering jig from styrene sheet and strip. It looks like this and can be positioned on top to centre the blades of the point to the middle, which then positions the hole in the centre of the point. Hope this helps... Cheers, Gary.
Why not just fit the motors to the track and cut a larger hole in the baseboard ?? A thin piece of styrene with a TEE cut into it can be positioned between the motor and base of the sleepers to stop errant ballast getting through. Cheers, Gary.
I use double sided tape so it can be adjusted when it is in the right place and working correctly I then fix with screws. Cheers Mike
+1 for that method 2x25mm holes drilled overlapping into baseboard then the bit left over removed with a rasp. Fit the motor to the point (assuming Peco points) pre-wired then feed it down through the hole and secure. Thin piece of shimming material of choice pushed under before fixing leaving a slot for the pin to move in. Sure beats the hell out of working upside down, you might just be able to see it in this view looking at the doubleslip for un-ballasted and points on lower level ballasted.
Thanks all. I see if we stilll have any double sided tape and try that. I don’t like the idea of the big holes myself.
Very late on responding to this, but I saw Dean Parks video on You Tube last week and saw him struggling with a drill underneath the baseboard. I use PM1 solenoids, and have made up a jig /template made of thin card to slide under the point before fixing. The template has the screw holes and slot on it, so having lined it up I tape it down at the sides then remove the point. Drill holes where marked on the template through from the top for the screws right the way through the baseboard, then 3x 4mm holes along the line of the tie bar hole. Open those up into a slot. Then fit point motor from below into the holes made. Seems to work ok as you can slightly move the point at least 1mm or so either way, further if you dont have the adjoining trackwork fixed.