Hi Roy, I am glad you liked it. If you want a cheap handle/knob just break off one bit of (what I call) a chocolate strip. I do enjoy the fact that I have to manually change the points. It is quite a discipline and I still muck it up. Those signal men were incredible and I would hate to do that job. Barry.Devon

Hi Dave, thanks for the compliment but it is not a patch on all the tips I get from you. Barry

Thank you for looking...........Barry

Hello Perchpole, that is a very big and meaningful word for my simple point control, I am chuffed and extremely flattered, thank you. Have you looked at video number 5.? Barry.Devon

@@Castlebridge-00 Is that the one about the crossover? I have already run out of superlatives! 🙂

Yes, that is the one I meant. In a year or so, (depending on the way life demands) I have a goods yard with 8 points on the plan. I hope to use a thin tube from household spray bottles when they are finished, glued to the top of the baseboard with a wire running in it, turned up at the end through the point. That means the rod will be in place as the point is fixed to the board. In a goods yard, it will be easy to hide the plastic tube and the other end, the wire bent as before to form a handle. That will take a bit of controlling by me to avoid a derailment, but enjoyable. Barry.Devon

Hi Donald, the points are Peco code 100 and they are made with a small spring that keeps the point blade tight to the rail when it is open or closed. I have done nothing with the point, it is as it was, straight out of the box. I hope this helps. Barry.Devon

Definitely piano wire, either 0.75mm or 1mm depending on the run. I used a pair of pliers to bend the 90 degree at the point end and on one occasion the handle

Hello Andrew, I replied first off from my phone as I thought you were talking about a push pull on my latest video. Now I am home with my computer I know what one you are asking about. This morning I will go to my railway shed and measure them for you.......Barry

@@Castlebridge-00 Many thanks Barry, I've just started a shelf layout and wanted manual control & this method is ìdeal (also got a number of spare frog juicers). Cheers, Andy

Hi Andrew, just had a measure and the piano wire which is the handle is 2mm. the wire connecting to the point itself is 1mm and works but if I did it again I would increase it to 1.5mm piano wire..........Barry

@@Castlebridge-00 Cheers.

Hi Fred, yes DCC. As I got tight for space in one small area I had the Peco surface point. Then I tried the under the baseboard points and just could not fit them due to not being athletic and my enjoyment of spotted dick and custard if you get my drift. So now, if it is not controlled by rod or wire, it is a surface one and the frog juicer does the polarity selection in less than a wink of an eye. Barry