... on your support and knowledge, cous i am designing from scratch and have knowledge next to nothing. Thanks in advance for reading, support, hints, tips, ideas and comments, they are very welcome! Best Igor posted: 30 Jun 2020 19:41 from: Igor Kurgan 3669_301356_020000004.jpg This was a experiment with cutting the strips to form a point, as you can see a big no, bolting could be a solution, but m3 is just to big and m2 is way to expensive(metric btw, sorry) 3669_301356_010000003.jpg Swaged point of the frog(swagging is metal forming with pressure without heat) 3669_301356_000000002.jpg Wrong pic sorry: This turnout was subject to several experiments! 3669_301355_590000001.jpg A better close up for the point forming with swaging the strip. 3669_301355_570000000.jpg Those where my swaging experiments, the casting experiments where a moderate success, but the mold making is consuming to much time, more time then it would take to melt the alloy. For 20+ different frogs i don't think casting is the way to go. Btw the turnout's in the picture's ...