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PostPosted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:40 am 
Have you ever made a fixture to work with double/triple track curves for a 90 degree section?? It would probably take several plates to make it work. I suppose you could put dowel pins between the plate sections for alignment purposes. I haven't finished my track plan yet, I'm trying to revise it to have one turnout size. I have a 12'x16' room with the module framing already completed. What is the average cost for raw materials when hand building an HO #6 turnout??


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Have you ever made a fixture to work with double/triple track curves for a 90 degree section?? It would probably take several plates to make it work.


I have made a fixture that will do what you need quite nicely. This fixure will produce sections of curved tracks of unlimited length. The fixture is 18" long and can contain up to 3 diffent radius sections complete with tie pockets for PC board ties spaced every 6-8 ties. You simple pre-bend rail and place it into the fixture, solder it into the ties, remove the completed section and start the next section in the fixture. Using this method you can make a complete circle if you wanted. It works for straight sections as well, producing unlimited lengths of perfectely straight sections of track.

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What is the average cost for raw materials when hand building an HO #6 turnout??


An HO #6 turnout will take 10 PC board ties and 1.5 lengths of rail. Plus wood ties, about 35 or so.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2004 5:32 pm 
Tim, could you post a picture of the fixture you are describing. I would be interested in something very similar in N scale. Thanks.


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Tim, could you post a picture of the fixture you are describing. I would be interested in something very similar in N scale.


Sure! These will be available for all scales and gauges...


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