Model railroad, rerailer for Lionel O27 track

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This is a rerailer for Lionel O27 Track. I didn't see any rerailers for O scale in train stores or websites so I thought it would be trivial to design one. It was anything but trivial. This design seems to work. It will handle a set of wheels off track, not a whole truck off track. I built it narrow so that it would fit between 2 sets of parallel tracks. Cars will make a sound as they pass over but that adds realism to the layout. Instructions You need to print 2 to get a complete rerailer. Additional Parts list: 2 small wood screws (#4x3/4") or 2 small nails. Assembly instructions: Put one piece on one side of a piece of straight track, and the other opposite it. You might have to push a little to get them in place. It will work better if you screw them down (if you have wood beneath the track). Printing instructions: The parts were printed on a Makerbot Replicator2 PLA (Makerbot filament) Printed: Low(faster) resolution, 8% infill, 2 shells, 0.30 mm layer height, 230C Some best practices for printing: optimize print parameters for your printer, filament, etc (only you can determine the best parameters) use good filament level your build plate prior to printing complex parts. it's worth the few minutes it takes. always level after removing tape, or if pulling hard to remove a part. make sure the build plate is clean. if using blue tape, stretch it tight when applying it to the build plate. if you have small holes in the blue tape, print the thing in a good section of the tape. pre-feed the filament 30 to 60-s before printing (i.e., run load for 30-60s) do not print several complicated parts in one build (do complex parts by themselves) I find that printing faster is better (probably so the filament can't ball up in one spot) make sure that there aren't any obstructions on the spool, such as some filament used to hold it in place during shipping when the filament spool gets low, the filament can be tightly wound on the spool and the filament may not feed properly... take special care... when a new spool is used, it is easy for the filament to jump outside the spool and then it will bind up later around the spool holder ruining your build make sure it is easy for the filament to enter the filament feed tube. others have designed spools, mounts, etc. for that purpose. i use a small rope that forces the filament away from the spool before entering the filament feed tube. if you hear clicking when printing, that may be a result of the filament wrapped around the spool and not feeding for the replicaor2, look at the blob a filament in the left front part of the build plate and then the trail of filament to the biuild location. there should be a glob, and the line of filament should be continuous and smooth one way to remove parts when using blue tape is to use a very thin spatula bought in craft-art stores (advice from youtube). get one with a wide, blunt front end (not long and thin). mine is 11 mils thick (0.011") and 20-mm wide at the front. a painting spatula/scraper in hardware stores won't work and may damage the build plate. (I use blue tape so I don't have any best practices for bare plates, heated plates or for other tapes like mylar) perform regular maintenance (grease, etc). when I continued to have problems printing even after performing maintenance, following troublshooting instructions, changing filaments, cleaning gears, cleaning everything, optimizing print parameters, changing temperatures, etc., I bought a new extruder assembly from Makerbot and it solved all of my problems. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, LGPL version 2.1, or (at your option) any later version of the GPL. see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Woverine Boat LLC is providing this document and its contents on an "as is" basis and makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to this communication or its contents. Woverine Boat LLC disclaims all such representations and warranties, including for example warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Version number 9 (first distributed version) Author : Wolverine Boat, LCC - wolverineboat@flash.net Copyright © 2014 by Wolverine Boat, LLC Created Feb. 28, 2014 Modification: Feb. 28, 2014 ... original version Special instructions: User feedback: Limitations: Designed with OpenSCAD 2013.06