... advance in increments of 1/12th of an inch. 12 is a natural number base, hence the common use of a dozen. My guess is that 5.3= 5.3/12= 5.25 5.6= 5.6/12= 5.5 5.9= 5.9/12= 5.75 which matches other company's practice. This notation probably derives from expressing crossing angles as for example "1ft in 5ft-9in". More than a guess really, I think I would bet a few bob on it. Often when the number base is not 10, the fractional dot is moved up to the middle position like this: 5 9. Does the drawing perhaps show that? regards, Martin. posted: 20 Sep 2011 18:39 from: Brian Nicholls Martin Wynne wrote: Hmm. Are you sure that is a decimal notation and not in 12ths? More than a guess really, I think I would bet a few bob on it. Often when the number base is not 10, the fractional dot is moved up to the middle position like this: 5 ...

... topic: 1328 Yeovil Pen Mill posted: 4 Jan 2011 13:04 from: Steve Stubbs Hi all, I am just starting to draw up Yeovil Pen Mill circa 1939 in templot, and it occurred to me to check and see if anyone else had invented that particular wheel before? regards Steve Stubbs posted: 10 Jan 2011 12:48 from: chris.mannall Hi Steve. WE met at the Farnham easitrackpoints session last year. I'm seriously planning to convert my Weymouthmainline terminus and Abbotsbury branch to Easitrack. I thought Templot might be the easy way to do this but Ifind it doesnt run on my brand new IMAC Not being a computer buff and unlikely to become one at 78!!!!!! do you know a man who can??? Rgds Chris Mannall posted: 10 Jan 2011 13:48 from: Steve Stubbs Hi as I explained on the phone I think the program is processor specific and will not run on a Mac. Nice to talk with you again. regards Steve posted: 10 Jan 2011 13:57 ...

... at 90 degrees to the main road or equalized, indeed, it will often be found easier to timber a double junction with equalized timbering as the timbering of the diamond will always be of this type. It should also be bourne in mind that the nose of the crossing of the inner turnout will be in advance of that on the outer road in order to allow for the track spacing to increase entering the curve. See the example below. Tony. Attachment: attach_1321_1793_Double_Junc_EM.bo x 194 Last edited on 20 Jan 2012 00:10 by Tony W posted: 31 Jan 2012 23:58 from: DM Standard Railway Equipment Drawings showing timbering layouts for Bullhead Junctions. The drawings date from the mid 1920's so are good for the Big Four and early BR period. But it would be wise to double check before following them for a GWR/ WR layout as they always did things differently. SREDrawing38B.jpg SREDrawing38C.jpg posted: 1 Feb 2012 17:15 from: John Lewis As this contribution from DM arrived by e-mail, it included two links to photobucket ...

... the Loughborough area. posted: 25 Jul 2013 15:13 from: Paul Boyd Hi Geoff Thanks for the info. Although I tend to work "on the bench", in practise this is a temporary bench (a slab of Contiboard) that may be 6ft long and slid across the dining table as I progress, so probably not much different to working on the layout. I've just ordered another batch of chairs from Masokits so I'll try your method when they eventually arrive! Cheers posted: 25 Jul 2013 17:10 from: Phil O Hi Paul In a long length of soldering, I use the method that I learnt when welding, start at the centre and work out to the ends, possibly every forth or fifth sleeper first to tack the rail in place and the go back to the centre and work you way out again, until all is soldered, this keeps the heat in one place to a minimum. On really big welding jobs we stuck it in a big oven and warmed it all up before starting and put it ...

... necessary I suspect I could replace the tandem with two separate turnouts- but that might feel a bit like throwing in the towel Still, this is at early planning stage and an awful lot else can change before any wheels roll through a point, tandem or otherwise.... It's been very interesting to discover the solution to what I had perceived as a problem. Thanks for your assistance with that. Happy modelling! Stuart posted: 30 Jul 2013 09:59 from: Alan Turner Last edited on 30 Jul 2013 10:02 by Alan Turner posted: 30 Jul 2013 10:16 from: Martin Wynne Alan Turner wrote: In the diagram above just how exactly do you access the centre road (without the wheel having to slice through a rail)? Hi Alan, Stuart specifically asked that someone should not do all the work for him. So I left the partial templates unfinished for him to split out. regards, Martin. posted: 30 Jul 2013 23:33 from: Martin Wynne Tony W wrote: In spite all ...

... topic: 3235 Crossover timbering posted: 10 Mar 2018 14:09 from: DerekStuart Afternoon all, Much has been written across the internet about timbering crossovers, but I cannot find the answer to this. So apologies if I've missed it. Is it ever permissible to shorten a timber outside the running rail? It can't even be one super-long timber as they don't line up anyway. One person has suggested this is possible and that the two timbers that had been cut like this would be secured together in the same way as when making one long timber out of two smaller ones. But I am not 100% certain he's right. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks posted: 10 Mar 2018 14:45 from: Martin Wynne Hi Derek, Which rail? How close to the chair do you want to cut it? If you mean cutting a timber very close to a chair, this would be frowned on in a running line rail. For a rail which is part of the crossover road, rather than the running line ...

... Hi Martin, Thanks for that. I'll need to look at both ends, so that map could yet be useful!! How would this pointwork be replicated? I've tried posting the picture but the forum is just adding my screenshot from earlier each time, regardless of what image I select, so I've added as an attachment below- it's only a standard jpg. Richie Attachment: attach_2537_3111_BD864A28-0F19-4543-9A73-700EBC25D671.jpeg 324 Last edited on 19 Oct 2017 22:54 by Richie Kynaston posted: 20 Oct 2017 10:39 from: rodney_hills Hello Richie, There was some sicussion on this area's P& C work on the nonpublic MERG Forum recently. Here are some of my contributions to that which might be of interest to you... -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- 1. Yet another chunk of P& C work at Castle Jct, about 1900: http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcastlelibraries/4075603935 the signal gantry would also be rather a challenge to ...

... Hi Martin, Thanks for the suggestions re the( plastic) chairs. I was thinking of doing each chair in situ but as you point out the chances of keeping the rail level would be slim. Have you ever made a souffle? Correct mixture+ correct time+ correct heat=bingo but get any one wrong and disaster- don't ask me how I know At least with a souffle you are cooking it all rather than trying to warm some of it and keep the rest cool. Rob posted: 22 Mar 2018 10:23 from: Tony W polybear wrote: Rob Manchester wrote: One other thing that came from the thread was that Peco have discontinued IL-115 Code 82 FB rail. That is a bit of a sod as it is the only FB rail with proper head width for UK 1:76 layouts. Takes us back to the various postings over the years on rail section, telephone conversations with Brian Lewis etc etc. If you know any other sources for rail with correct head width please let me know. Peco ...

... topic: 2011 Understanding the docs posted: 10 Jul 2012 20:09 from: Martin Wynne This message has just been posted on the 3rd PlanIt email group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/3rdPlanIt/message/33748 There are obvious echoes there for the Templot help docs. I've heard the same thing several times over the years -- "I can't learn by reading, I have to see it". That was one of the reasons I changed to creating the videos instead of producing more static tutorials. But that message is excellently written and perfectly clear. Far better in fact than the many garbled posted messages I see on some forums. I'm really puzzled how someone who says he can't understand the written word can write so clearly. Has it perhaps been written by someone else on his behalf? It doesn't read that way. What can I learn from this about the way forward for the updated Templot docs? regards, Martin. posted: 10 Jul 2012 20:15 from: JFS If I had to lay a ...

... :05 from: Raymond Windows 7 Professional and Bitdefender. Bitdefender invoked ransomeware warning but once Templot was identifed as an OK program, it worked fine and loaded as expected. posted: 25 Feb 2017 18:01 from: Bob Juleff Just to let you know, I too have had difficulty with the automatic update, experiencing the same problems with my anti virus as affected David and Raymond. I have now successfully updated using Martin's link above although I didn't need to run as administrator or anything thereafter. I am running Windows 10 with Bullguard antivirus. Bob posted: 25 Feb 2017 19:34 from: Martin Wynne Hello Bob, Raymond, Thanks for the reports. Did you have any problems with the previous 214a update a month ago? There is no difference in the system or installation, only the program file itself has minor changes. I was hoping to adopt a little and often approach to the updates, to avoid getting a lot of half-forgotten loose ends needing to be finished before an update is ready. Which is what happened ...