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    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.

Joining timbers

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Where a long timber is needed, two shorter ones are sometimes joined using old fishplates screwed across the join. Not easy to find details in photos, but I have just come across this:

extending_toe_timbers.jpg


Here the toe timbers have been extended for the drive fittings (in this case a hand lever, but similar might be needed for rodding cranks).

If you forgot to lay extended timbers on a turnout, all is not lost. :)

This is a GWR joggled flexible switch. Notice also that the switch front on the stock rails has been shortened to the bare minimum, presumably to fit within adjacent pointwork.

Another detail to note is ash ballast in sidings well below the timber tops. It would be difficult to disguise laser-cut timber webs under the rails. For the plug track I have used trimmable "sprues" on the ends of the timbers instead.

Martin.
 
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I would say that the turnout has been cascaded down to siding or yard use as the soleplate and stretchers are insulated, so have come from somewhere that was track circuited.
 
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Right, I see, a prototype for everything, GWR joggled switch joined to track using 3 bolt chairs, one of which has seen better days!
 
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Could be that a chair has broken and been replaced by a 3 bolt, or a complete timber change, or even a complete panel. None traffic carrying track, virtually anything is possible.
 
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