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Re: Attaching track to surface
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 13 May 2006 16:28:06 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Mitchell Lichtenberg wrote:
> This train newbie needs advice about attaching track to the layout surface. A
> 6' x 12' layout with 250 pieces of track has to be reassembled daily for several
> weeks. This is a camp activity and I fear the track won't take the punishment
> that 10 year olds will give it in such a process, so I am looking for ways to
> secure most of the track to 2 x 6 framed panels leaving out those pieces which
> meet at the joints. I can bolt the panels together with much of the track
> already installed (lightly screwed down to the surface), but from what I read
> here, I'm still going to have major problems getting track to match up at the
> joints. Has anyone done anything like this? Any suggestions would be a help.
> "Don't do it!" is not a helpful answer! Thanks
I've never tried anything like this but if you didn't bolt the end pieces down
you might gain a little more freedom of error.
Tim
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