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Subject:	Re: Prepare to cry: 2007 train pics........adapting metal to plastic rails
Newsgroups:	lugnet.trains
Date:	Sat, 6 Jan 2007 20:46:18 GMT
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So... do you really need something with a non-trivial profile -- a “channel”, as you say, or does the top of the rail just need to be shaved down? I’m thinking that a woodworker’s drum sander (the stationary kind used for thickness sanding planks) and a simple jig to hold the track would make short work of re-profiling the top.

Surfacing tools such as sanders and planers have a lot of torque and would probably tear the parts up

Better is a light duty router or rotozip.

I think a cutter is beter than a sander to get a smooth result. Either way you might get chipping out or a ragged surface

Lester

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		Re: Prepare to cry: 2007 train pics........adapting metal to plastic rails
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