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PCB tie material
Posted by durango on Saturday, November 22, 2008 5:13 PM

A couple days ago I was surfing the web, looking for track laying stuff.  I stumbled across a mailorder source for PCB tie material in 10 or 12 inch lengths for a seemingly ultra low price and I trusted my old mind to remember where it was-----and, once again, my mind has failed me.

Anybody have an idea where I can find this again?  I would have been looking for HOn3 code 70.

Thanks, Steve

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Posted by Voyager on Saturday, November 22, 2008 9:10 PM

 Clover House carries precut PCB material for ties.

 

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Posted by maxman on Saturday, November 22, 2008 9:33 PM

Voyager
Clover House carries precut PCB material for ties.

http://www.cloverhouse.com/

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Posted by ds137 on Sunday, November 23, 2008 1:32 PM

related to, but not answering your question, I have blank PC board that I though was going to be cheaper to cut into tie strips, but after ruining several X-acto and drywall (utility) knife blades- and not getting very precise strips- anyone have a solution before I go and order some from Cloverhill or Fastracks?

 

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Posted by Johnnny_reb on Sunday, November 23, 2008 2:11 PM

Having built my own PC boards in my younger years I know how much of a pain it can be without the right tools. To make PC ties you should use a fine tooth saw (24 teeth per inch at least) to cut the PC board to the basic shape then a disc sander to refine the final shape. If you have access to a band saw, table top jigsaw and some kind of sander buying bulk PC Board material is fine. But as most do not have access to these tools buying pre-made PC ties would be the best option.

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Posted by larak on Sunday, November 23, 2008 5:42 PM

 Ideally, you need a heavy sheer - not an item that you are likely to find either locally or cheaply.

Although there are other methods for cutting board, Clover house ties work really well and are not that expensive.

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Posted by HO_Greg on Monday, November 24, 2008 10:26 AM

 Plus Cloverhouse ties you just use rail nippers to cut them to the proper size.  For N scale use products number 260 for the ties and 261 for the throw bar.  They come in 12" strips (10 to a pack) already the proper width.  A pair of flush cuttters or rail nippers cuts them just fine.

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