Cutting track (again)

Andrew Instone-Cowie · 2005-09-16T07:27:56+00:00

I need some advice... I need to cut some curved track sections (Hornby track system), which cross baseboard joins at an angle (i.e. the rails are not at 90deg to the baseboard join at the point of crossing).I was going to get one of those fancy shearing rail cutters, but have been told that they only cut one side cleanly, and the other side gets mangled?My current plan is to use a cutting disk in a rotary tool. Should I cut each rail at 90deg to the direction of travel (which means the two cuts will not be in a straight line), or cut both of them in a straight line along the baseboard join? I plan to fix the rail ends accurately afterwards by soldering them to small brass screws.ThanksAndrew

Sep 16, 2005 21 Replies

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Wolf Kirchmeir 20 years ago

Gee, another typo-spotter!

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John Nuttall 20 years ago

Tahnks :-)

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