Atlas 6910 TT problems

Rich

I'm only guessing here, but from what I understand if you put a lot of power to it your going to throw the belt and you may cause miss alignment of the worm gears. I use a small DC Atlas transformer completely used for the turntable only. It has a forward and reverse switch. I don't apply much power at all for it to work properly. High power may be your problem. I also am guessing that you do have the TT on a flat smooth surface.

Good luck

Larry

Larry, you are active with your posting here which I and I'm sure others appreciate.  

I'll watch out for putting too much power into the motor.  I left the motor off after the original problem yesterday morning.  The track is just stuck.  Won't budge with the hand crank.

Rich  Just keep playing with it gently. It probably going to be something simple that's causing the binding. As far a posting, I am way way down on the list of train knowledge when it comes to many other individuals providing help on the OGR site. I just happen to have one of these TT.

Larry

The binding problem was simple enough to fix once I looked.  One of the stall tracks was too close to the TT and was binding.  Easily fixed!

Here's the "final" result. We don't have a layout so the trains are on the floor for a few months of the year. Some day we'll build a layout in the basement for him. Maybe that's a 2013 project. In the mean time there are compromises such as all the wires being visible.

The Atlas 6910 is, I think, the only turntable that works without a cutout below the layout.  I think there are a bunch of compromises in it's design as a result.  Unfortunately I find it finicky with erratic behavior. The table binds on something I haven't found yet (not the track) which causes the 1.5" drive belt to slip off the pulleys requiring removal of the motor and re-seating the belt.

When it's behaving Ross loves it.

Guys,

Thanks for the information on the ATlas 6910. I'm in the process of getting one, so the information helped.

Larry Sr, how do you attach the fast track to the TT?

Thanks

Len

Hi Larry
Yes I would be glad to buy the pieces of track you have already cut. That
sounds great it would save me a lot of time. Please let me know what the
postage would be. Again thank you very much.
A question: if I was using conventional trains, I'm assuming that I will
have to individually energize each track from the TT.

Thanks
Len

On Friday, February 7, 2014, O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum <<br />alerts@hoop.la> wrote:

Hay Len

I mailed you the track this AM. Yes each one you use will need its own power source. I used a on off switch located in a convenient location for each track. Even though I never really used it except testing, it all checked out.

Good luck with your project.

Larry