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David Barnblatt		#1 Posted : 20 July 2005 20:42:55(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 20/07/2005(UTC) Posts: 4 Location: Santa Monica, CA		Hello, Does anyone know the diameter and guage of wire used to make the NEW Marklin catenary? I believe it is made by Vollmer. I am making a small bracket and I need to know what the actual diameter of the wire is. Thanks in advance! David
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steventrain		#2 Posted : 20 July 2005 23:24:10(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,692 Location: United Kingdom		Welcome to the forum,Sorry i dont know about the wire.
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rschaffr		#3 Posted : 20 July 2005 23:26:58(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 5,181 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA		David: If I don't forget when I get home, I'll measure a piece with my micrometer
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stephenbb		#4 Posted : 21 July 2005 01:15:46(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/11/2004(UTC) Posts: 1,836 Location: Trumbull, CT		I didn't know that Vollmar made the catenary. The Veissmann are much better scaled. Stephen(USA)
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rschaffr		#5 Posted : 21 July 2005 04:12:11(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 5,181 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA		David: I misread your post. The new Marklin catenary is, in fact, Viessmann, not Vollmer, as Stephen pointed out. I measure the wires a .024 inch diameter, which is about 0.6 mm, which gives us a cross section of about 0.29 mm^2. That puts it right between 22 and 24 AWG.
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David Barnblatt		#6 Posted : 21 July 2005 04:24:47(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 20/07/2005(UTC) Posts: 4 Location: Santa Monica, CA		Thanks! I'll look forward to it! David
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David Barnblatt		#7 Posted : 21 July 2005 04:51:31(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 20/07/2005(UTC) Posts: 4 Location: Santa Monica, CA		Thank you for the info... a great help. It is for a z-scale project that I am working on! If you guys are interested I'll keep you updated.
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rschaffr		#8 Posted : 21 July 2005 05:28:39(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/01/2003(UTC) Posts: 5,181 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA		We're alway interested in MRR projects. Do keep us posted.
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john black		#9 Posted : 21 July 2005 17:06:14(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 22/04/2004(UTC) Posts: 12,139 Location: New York, NY		Hi David - welcome to The Forum John
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