I saw a post on another board regading the magnet marshal. This post was by Pete McKay from Fresno Ca.
This pics show two HO cars placed and reading on a Magnet marshal.
The question I have is,
Has this device been altered to allow the HO cars to be used?
If the answer is no, then I need to know were to get one of these. If the answer is yes, I still need one AND I need to know how to alter it.

Tim Leppert :wave:

http://www.magnetmarshal.com/

Alan's review of it at SCI

http://slotcarillustrated.com/Reviews/TechTechracing/MagnetMarshall/MagnetMarshall.html

Tim i sent a e-mail off to them about a plastic adapter for HO,no reply from them yet about if such a thing exists.
Rick

http://www.magnetmarshal.com/

Alan's review of it at SCI

http://slotcarillustrated.com/Reviews/TechTechracing/MagnetMarshall/MagnetMarshall.html

Tim i sent a e-mail off to them about a plastic adapter for HO,no reply from them yet about if such a thing exists.
Rick


What kind of adapter are you thinking of?

I'm too lazy to re-type it Tim :wave:
So i just re-copied my post off Kings board,which is basically the idea i asked them about.
Rick



I think to be a usable tool in HO,you'd have to factor the tires outta the equation,and use it as a comparision tool.
Ideally,to make it work properly in HO,i'd like to see them offer a small plastic spacer,that straddles the beam,and the car sits on.Cut a guide-pin groove down the center to locate each car in the same spot side to side,you'd have to eyeball the back,but all you need to eyeball is the pinion,line it up with the guide-pin groove,that'd center the car on the beam.
If the spacer is thick enough,machine/grind notches into the spacer where the tires are roughly located,make the notches deeper then the average tire and you wouldn't even need to remove the tires to compare cars,this would also locate the front to back movement,so that all cars sit "roughly" in the same spot.The idea came from looking at a piece of Wizztrack,notch it out on the bottom to straddle the bar,add tire notches beside the guide-pin groove on the top,so that the chassis is sitting flat on the spacer,and away you go
It's not perfect,but then the world's not perfect either,it has some drawbacks,but it's about as close as we're gonna get,and the whole name of the game is to keep everybody on as equal footing as possible,and this is a relatively affordable option for comparision purposes.
I agree it should be de-guassed every so often,but if the bars heavy enough steel,it'd probably handle a few cars before needing to be de-magnetized .
http://www.ho-tips.org/index.php?showtopic=506&st=15

Not sure about Hornet, but my idea would be to simply make an "open" rectangular shim from non-magnetic 1/32" or so metal, lay it across the MM opening, take off all four tires or axles if press-on's, tape the shoes "up", then measure with the shim supporting the chassis.

My MM is not modified, we simply take the guide pin out of the HO car to take the reading. As I explained over at SCI a magnet reading isn't necessarily an indicator of traction, the HP7 vs. X-Traction example being the easiest to make. You do have to have all four tires on the car and have it centered over the bar. Other than that, no modifications.

My MM is not modified, we simply take the guide pin out of the HO car to take the reading. As I explained over at SCI a magnet reading isn't necessarily an indicator of traction, the HP7 vs. X-Traction example being the easiest to make. You do have to have all four tires on the car and have it centered over the bar. Other than that, no modifications.

That's what I thought I saw in the pics.
Thanks guys