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1. From the memory banks

... http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p /terminal-posts/6319596/ Here's the manufacturer's drawing: http://docs-europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0e57/0900766b80e578ba.pdf Templot can produce a drilling template showing rail centre-lines over timber centre-lines: main> enable generator menu, and then generator> generator settings> rails> rail head centre-lines only. Rebuild the background if necessary. Print on school tracing paper* and lay over the copper-clad timbers as a drilling guide: 2_220711_090000000.png *don't forget to do a printer calibration for this paper. The current topic on RMweb is at: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/88849-horrabridge/page-5 #entry1560435 Old topic on RMweb: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f =89&t =81&start=125 regards, Martin. posted: 22 Aug 2014 13:17 from: Hayfield This is also a very useful method for those who want chaired track, but prefer ...

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2. New track construction methods

... 9. some could be left protruding for invisible electrical connections. (I would be wary about that, physical fixings don't always make reliable electrical connections. A wire directly to the rail will work for 50 years in all conditions.) If using double-sided copper-clad, remember to gap the underside. 10. the Vero pin heads are smaller than Brook-Smith rivet heads, so fitting of cosmetic half-chairs is easier. Here's a typical drilling guide on tracing paper, rail centres over timber centres: 2_220711_090000000.png See the bottom of this page for how to print it: http://templot.com/martweb/gs_printing.htm More about all this here, and other topics on RMweb: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/88849-horrabridge/page-5 #entry1560435 regards, Martin. posted: 27 May 2015 14:14 from: Charles Orr Hi Martin, Many thanks for that comprehensive advice. Best regards Charles posted: 27 May 2015 14:28 from: Martin Wynne Hayfield wrote: ...

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3. Advice for a virgin trackbuilder!

... Richard, If he is using plywood timbers it is very likely that he is using rivets rather than brass pins -- it is difficult to find ordinary pins with a thick head to raise the rail enough to fit the chairs. Both the EMGS and the Scalefour Society can supply suitable 1mm dia. rivets, in both 2mm dia. head and 2.5mm dia. head. The plywood timbers need to be drilled or punched 1mm dia. holes on the rail centre-line. Templot can print a drilling template for that: 2_220711_090000000.png The rivets are tubular, and clenched over underneath to fix them. Ideally with a proper press tool, but many folks simply bash them with a small hammer, supporting the head in a washer to prevent crushing it into the plywood. You may see this method described as the Brook-Smith process, after the late Joe Brook Smith who invented it about 60 years ago. An alternative, also requiring 1mm holes, is to use electronics Vero pins: 2_020948_350000000.jpg F6319596-01.jpg These are a push fit, having ribs ...

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