Description
Set every overhead contact wire at the right height and stagger with OHLE Setting Mate, our track-mounted gauge for OO gauge overhead line equipment.
Stand it on the rails beside a registration arm, click the head to the height you want and adjust the arm until the wire drops into the notch. No rulers, no guesswork, and every mast comes out the same.
The heights are scaled from UK practice at 1:76.2, measured from the top of the rail to the underside of the contact wire:
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LOW - 4.165 m (54.7 mm), the reduced height used under bridges
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NOM - 4.70 m (61.7 mm), the nominal Mk3 height for plain line
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LC - 5.80 m (76.1 mm), the raised height at level crossings
How to use:
- Stand OHLE Setting Mate on the rails right beside the registration arm. Two lugs drop between the rails and centre it on the track for you.
- Press the button, slide the head to LOW, NOM or LC and let go. It clicks into place.
- Adjust the registration arm until the wire sits in the notch you want: S on straight track, C on curves. Alternate L and R from one mast to the next to give the zig-zag.
Five stagger notches:
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CL - on the track centreline
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S (left and right) - 3.0 mm either side, the Mk3 stagger of 230 mm at the registration point
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C (left and right) - 5.2 mm either side, a wider setting for curves
Features:
- Sets contact wire height and stagger in one go
- Push-button latch with a built-in spring - press, slide, click
- Three height settings: LOW, NOM and LC
- Self-centring on 16.5 mm OO / HO track
- Works with ready-made or scratch-built overhead wire
- Engraved markings: notch labels, heights and WHWW branding
- Supplied in red with a grey push button, approx. 40 x 22 x 81 mm
- Designed and made in the UK by West Hill Wagon Works
Pack contents: 1 x OHLE Setting Mate (frame, sliding head and push-button latch).
For plain line only - not for use on pointwork or check rails.
