Great idea Grampy. I'll have to make one of those. I'm tired of sanding my finger tips off!
Bill
Hi Randy: Thanks for your reply. That was the problem I had, trying to hold them while filing. I was mainly concerned with the ties at the rail joiners, they had to be filed thinner to fit and not force the track into a hump.
That's a nifty idea. I just used my rail nipper to cut off the spikes and then a small flat file (about the width of the rail) to file a notch at each tie plate location. It worked great, but holding the tie while trying to file it, that's another story.
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Thanks very much for putting those back up! Now I see what you described. Good idea! Thanks again!
Hi Kevin: I've reposted the photos.
I missed this thread until today...now I am sorry I did not see it before the photos were pulled.
Hi Fr8nkc: I removed them to make some room for newer photos, and there didn't seem to be much interest in them.
Where are the Jig Images to be found? I tried looking at Photobucket but no luck.
Fr8nkc
I just use my Dremel and cut a small round notch where the rails sit. A flat tie won't sit under the rail joiners without creating a slight bump in the track - it needs to be notched slightly to clear the extra thickness of the rail joiner.
Under just straight rail, this method would work quite well and definitely save the finger-tips !!!
Mark.
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Nice jig!
I just sand mine using a sanding block. A little messier, sometimes hard on the fingertips if you have a lot of ties to do, and not as accurate. I'll definitely build one of these jigs.
Thanks!
This is a good idea - I will give it a try.
Here is another solution that I have found to this problem - although its a bit more expensive: On my layout, I used a mix of Atlas and Shinohara flex track. The Shinohara flex track has thinner ties so its easier to slip them under joints between Atlas flex track.
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