On the Way to Z-Stuff 1000 and Atlas O Turnouts

Yep....I here ya @Joe Fauty.....

Sometimes you need to step away from a problem for a while. Then when you come back to it...EUREKA!🤯

Can't tell you how many times that's happened to me.

I have all z-stuff switches on my Ross switches. Fourteen of them , with automatic derailing . They work beautifully. I have adjusted the spring longer and or shorter to make switches close or open better. Secondly I upgraded all of them to Z-2500, I like them better. Also with the z-2500 you don’t have to use the 1008 relay.

Ps, you also can move the switch to opposite side of Ross switch which may help line up hole and spring.

Ron - yea that was my first thought.

As you can see from the photo it would have presented some issues. I would have had to cut wires from the DZ-1000 and route to the other side. The best position would have been where the Z-Stuff detector is since that is the straightest part of the track. This meant cutting and routing more wire. I supposed I could have placed it on the curved portion of the turnout track but I did not like the idea of setting the motor at an angle to the the draw bar - not sure if it would work properly. I have a feeling the Atlas draw bar is eventually going to break (the large hole left very little material on the outside edge of the bar) so may have the move the motor anyway. I will try it first at an angle then if I need to cut back some of the ties to make the machine straighter.