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how do I lay cork roadbed and find centerlne of track?
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The way I did my flextrack was to lay it until there was about a foot of track left. Then I bent it to find where the track needed to be cut, cut it, and then nailed it down some more until there was about 2 inches of track left. Then I attached it to the next piece of flextrack with railjoiners and while it was still straight, heated the rail and joiners and applied a little solder to the outside of the rail where it meets the joiner. I made sure that the solder had flown inbetween the rail and the joiner before I removed the heat. I waited until both joints had cooled and then bent the track, continuing to lay track. I didn't really mention it, but I also remover two ties from each end of flextrack to the joiners would slide on and so the ties wouldn't melt. <br />Reed
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