Ensuring center contacts do not touch running rail contacts
19th December 2004

The Märklin turntable has sprung center rail contacts in each spoke rail piece. The center contacts sometimes touch the sprung contact on the running rails of the turntable bridge. My solution was to jam a thin piece of plastic between the contact and the track so that it is held in by friction.
I used some plastic cut from the lit of a margarine tub - it is 0.8mm thick.

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contact is extended kept out by a spring
contact is extended kept out by a spring
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 insert plastic shim - cut from margarine tub lid
insert plastic shim - cut from margarine tub lid
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 after shim is pushed in, push contact all the way in also
after shim is pushed in, push contact all the way in also
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 then cut off excess shim
then cut off excess shim
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finished, insert spoke piece back into truntable
finished, insert spoke piece back into truntable
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