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TEMPLOT 3D PLUG TRACK - To get up to speed with this experimental project click here.   To watch an introductory video click here.   See the User Guide at Bexhill West.

  • The Plug Track functions are experimental and still being developed. Some of the earlier pages of this topic are now out-of-date.

    For an updated overview of this project see this topic.   For some practical modelling aspects of using Plug Track see Building 3D Track.

    The assumption is that you have your own machines on which to experiment, or helpful friends with machines. Please do not send Templot files to commercial laser cutting or 3D printing firms while this project is still experimental, because the results are unpredictable and possibly wasteful.

    Some pages of this and other topics include contributions from members who are creating and posting their own CAD designs for 3D printing and laser-cutting. Do not confuse them with Templot's own exported CAD files. All files derived from Templot are © Martin Wynne.
  • The Plug Track functions are experimental and still being developed.

    For an updated overview of this project see this topic.   For some practical modelling aspects of using Plug Track see Building 3D Track.

    The assumption is that you have your own machines on which to experiment, or helpful friends with machines. Please do not send Templot files to commercial laser cutting or 3D printing firms while this project is still experimental, because the results are unpredictable and possibly wasteful.

    Some pages of this and other topics include contributions from members who are creating and posting their own CAD designs for 3D printing and laser-cutting. Do not confuse them with Templot's own exported CAD files. All files derived from Templot are © Martin Wynne.

CNC

  1. Martin Wynne

    Building 3D track

    . This is a topic to talk about actually building track using 3D methods -- 3D-printing, laser-cutting, CNC-milling, etc. Using both the built-in Plug Track functions in Templot in whole or part (still extremely experimental), see: https://85a.uk/templot/club/index.php?forums/plug-track.34/...
  2. Martin Wynne

    What thickness of trackbed do you use?

    . Having recently acquired a toy CNC miller, I'm now beginning to prefer the one-piece timbering bases in MDF or plywood, rather than the FDM 3D-printed option for Plug Track. This is EM gauge in MDF -- at this stage you have to imagine the ballast between the timbers: :) (The through holes...
  3. Martin Wynne

    CNC-milled timbers instead of laser-cut?

    . • Please be aware that Plug Track is still extremely experimental and in continuing development. There are various options you can now tinker about with, but very little which is as yet actually usable on your layout. @AndyB A laser cutter is large, expensive, and not very home-friendly...
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