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posted: 4 Dec 2013 02:56 from: Martin Wynne
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While looking for something else I found this: http://www.fredaldous.co.uk/art-shop/paper-card-board/self-adhesive-materials.html Self-adhesive cork sheet in rolls. Templot includes a banner printing option, so if your printer allows it you could maybe print templates directly to the cork track underlay on an inkjet printer? Also available in A4 sheets if you can't do banners. It's only 1.5mm thick, so would probably need an additional cork or foam roadbed layer below it. It needs a printer with a straight-through paper path. I imagine the backing paper might give it sufficient stability to feed through. Just an idea, I've not tried it, may contain nuts.  Martin. |
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posted: 4 Dec 2013 14:37 from: Andy Vines
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Not sure how successful that would be but it has given me an idea. I tend to build directly on my baseboards as am building my layout up in small modules, I have been sticking the templates down with Pritt style glue sticks, now think I would be better off printing direct to A4 size sticky labels. |
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posted: 4 Dec 2013 15:23 from: JFS
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Just be a bit careful as the glue on labels is non-permanent and your track might peel-off. A way to overcome this is to score through the Template when you stick the sleepers down so that the glue can seep through to ensure that they are stuck to the baseboard rather than just the template. Also, it might be a bit risky sticking individual A4 templates down this way as an accumulation of alignment errors might be difficult to correct. Having said that, building in-situ is the right way to go in my experience. Cheers, Howard. |
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posted: 12 Dec 2013 14:50 from: Andy Vines
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The labels I may try are not off the shelf type, they are what I use at work, they have a special adhesive for an oily environment, we have boxes of stock over 10 years old that still have these labels stuck firm. Good point though will give it some thought, small alignment errors tend to sort them selves out when building due to the use of gauges, but then all my layouts are small modules so its not as critical as laying out large layouts. |
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posted: 12 Dec 2013 15:18 from: Paul Boyd
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When making a big template from small sheets, I mark up the build board itself with a 3" grid, and also print the templates with a 3" grid. The individual sheets are then lined up with the board grid instead of with each other, so in theory any errors should be reduced. I also use A2 paper cut lengthways which effectively gives me a single sheet the same size as two pieces of A4 end to end. The bigger the sheets, the less alignment errors! |
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posted: 17 Jan 2014 17:32 from: newport_rod click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
I decided to try this with plain 1mm cork using PVA as (a) I wasn't sure about the long term effectiveness of the self-adhesive glue (I hadn't seen Andy's note) and (b) I though that PVA would allow more adjustment so you could ease the cork into position. But I can't get my printer (Ink jet, Canon IP2600) to feed the cork sheet in either the thin (paper) or thick (envelope) setting. Has anybody managed to print cost sheet successfully? And if so what printer did you use? Thanks Rod |
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posted: 17 Jan 2014 23:13 from: Rob Manchester
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Hi, I am not sure if the suggestion to print templates onto cork will be workable. For a printer to be suitable there are two things that need to be right :- 1/ The surface must be suitable for the ink being used. The ink needs to dry without bleeding sideways- paper is coated on the surface for this reason ( and others ) 2/ The media being fed through the printer must be kept in correct alignment and moving at a correct speed. Printers use rubber rollers to feed the paper normally used and the combination of high friction cork and the SA backing may not work. As Martin mentioned you would need a printer with a straight paper path to stand any chance. Rob |
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