... new tiebar during construction. I must say that I'm very enamoured with them so far: so much less obtrusive than the moving sleeper that I was using and not difficult to build. So firstly there is the copper fibreglass strip suitably gapped once in the mid point on one side an naturally twice on the other to not introduce a thin weak point( thanks to Howard for this subtly that had passed me by). A couple of holes drilled through for the operating wire tother end of which one solders the switches to. 2_072058_400000000.jpg And here's the completed tiebar ready to be installed. I tried to make gentle bends on the .45mm wire using pliers with round jaws to reduce the chance the metal snapping with metal fatigue. 2787_072010_340000000.jpg And here's a side view of how the wire sits in the web of the rail. Very neat! 2787_072013_220000000.jpg Andrew posted: 14 Jan 2019 00:25 from: Andrew Duncan Hello everyone Progress in the last week has been steady rather than startling. The basic turnouts have been completed less their check rails and as you can ...