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Reply to "My Bowser Turntable - a chronology of one of the centerpieces on my train layout"

You've done a really nice job with that Stangtrain.

I have a similar Bowser turntable, though slightly older from 1992. I think it's 24". It was installed in a layout when it was new, but within a year and a half was removed and the layout torn down. I carried it around for all this time, until I installed it in my current layout last year. It would be nice to make it functional, but it's more of a visual show piece.

It's in kind of rough shape, and needs all of the modifications you described.  It's in far from working order. The original plywood disc and its shaft collar were toast, and the friction drive never worked well. So I went to the local surplus store, and found a motor and some sprockets and a notched belt, with the intention of creating my own. I think I found a winning combination with low speed and high torque. I like the accessory motor controller idea to run it all from a cab-1.

Here's the "new" motor with its reduction gear set and sprocket.

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The belt and turntable shaft sprocket. I'll need to devise a mounting and spring tensioning system for this setup, but it should be pretty straight forward.

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Here's the installation. It's never been scenicked, it still looks like the day it was new.

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