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Coupler Height Gage.With so many cars available to the O Scaler these days and3-Rail conversions being a part of life, I thought you might beinterested in a neat little tool that I use for checking Kadee couplerheights and the gap that is needed to fit them.In Photo 1 you will see there is the standard pieceof O Scale track with the gage sitting on it. In Photo 2,you see the gage in use.My good friend Bruce made the height gauge fromaluminum. One end has the coupler and the otherend is machined as a guide for cutting out the spaceneeded for a Kadee.I have included a drawing if you want to make oneyourself.A piece of clear pine 21” x 8” was cut, the trackscrewed down, and that’s it. If you don’t want tomake your own gage, Kadee sells one that is die-cast. We madeours because O Scale Kadees and gages are not available in WestAustralia.Till next time, Neville.u1 258 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’07