Big Ten Curve progress picture.

[Lillen]

Masonite is a brand name for a fiberboard/hardboard product is made from wood chips. It has been around for years. There must be a lot of competitors with all of the forest products companies in your country. I have visited Masonite plants in Ireland, China and Korea.

http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/Manufacturing.html


Peter Smith, Memphis

 

There is plenty of masonite in the stores. That is not the problem. As you say we have a LOT of lumber industries around here. My own little village of less then a hundred people have two small sawmills just as a reference. The problem is getting the strips. But I will probably get a table saw from Biltema and so them myself.

 

Magnus

[PASMITH]

Masonite is a brand name for a fiberboard/hardboard product is made from wood chips. It has been around for years. There must be a lot of competitors with all of the forest products companies in your country. I have visited Masonite plants in Ireland, China and Korea.

http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/Manufacturing.html


Peter Smith, Memphis

[The Stationmaster]

I just looked at your site for the plates, but i can't find them. Impressive website you have there

Just click on the What's New link on first page...it's the first item.

[Lillen]

I also noticed that Biltema have them to. For only 1098SEK.

 

Magnus

[Lillen]

Yes I think it's better to do it yourself. Much cheaper and better. Please let me know what table saw you used and how you did it when you have started to produce them.

 

I will. I'm in the process of trying to but a house next to me. It's a fixer upper but will give me about 75 meters of layout room on the bottom floor if I can buy. I'm not sure yet. If I do get that house I will be using this technique. According to a carpenter I talked to these saws aren't that expensive, a few thousands maybe. That is money well spent in that case.

 Check out Swedol and bordsåg.

 

http://handla.swedol.se/

 

 

Magnus

[electrolove]

Yes I think it's better to do it yourself. Much cheaper and better. Please let me know what table saw you used and how you did it when you have started to produce them.

I just called my local carpenter and asked if he could make splines out of 1 masonite board. The board is 240 x 120 cm and the splines I use are 22 mm x 6 mm (masonite thickness) x 240 cm. The most importent thing is that the carpenter makes all strips as close to 22 mm as possible, or you will get some problems building a flat roadbed. The price I payed for all this is 480 SEK (73USD) including delivery to my door. I know this can be much cheaper but it's worth the price to get everything done.

 

Thanks for the advice. That was a bit expensive. I'm considering getting a tablesaw for this so that I can massproduce strips.

 

Magnus

[Lillen]

I just called my local carpenter and asked if he could make splines out of 1 masonite board. The board is 240 x 120 cm and the splines I use are 22 mm x 6 mm (masonite thickness) x 240 cm. The most importent thing is that the carpenter makes all strips as close to 22 mm as possible, or you will get some problems building a flat roadbed. The price I payed for all this is 480 SEK (73USD) including delivery to my door. I know this can be much cheaper but it's worth the price to get everything done.

 

Thanks for the advice. That was a bit expensive. I'm considering getting a tablesaw for this so that I can massproduce strips.

 

Magnus

[electrolove]

I just looked at your site for the plates, but i can't find them. Impressive website you have there.

Impressive! What period will it be? If you're doing it in the late '50s you might want to download my sheet of vehicle license plates from my website since most are for Colorado in 1958 (that was the first year the skier appeared on the CO plates). BTW, the more common term is "Big Ten Curve" (singular). 

[The Stationmaster]

Colorado alternately used green over white and white over green mountain outline plates during those years. I rode the Rio Grande Zephyr between Denver and Glenwood Springs many times during those years...at least when the Grande was still running it. A great area to model.

[electrolove]

I just called my local carpenter and asked if he could make splines out of 1 masonite board. The board is 240 x 120 cm and the splines I use are 22 mm x 6 mm (masonite thickness) x 240 cm. The most importent thing is that the carpenter makes all strips as close to 22 mm as possible, or you will get some problems building a flat roadbed. The price I payed for all this is 480 SEK (73USD) including delivery to my door. I know this can be much cheaper but it's worth the price to get everything done.

[Lillen]

You got a nice layout coming there. Now I have a question to you. I've also watched Joe F's videos, I got them a few days ago and they are supers. So when I noticed that you use his Easyspline masonite roadbed style I just had to ask. Where in Sweden can you get those, how much did you pay for them or did you make them your self? What thickness and width did you go for?

 

I must say that Joe's techniques seems so great and it's good to see it working out for you. When i get started on my next layout I will use it. But I need to know where to get the stripes.

 

Thanks in advance.

[electrolove]

Time period will be sliding from 1969 or 70 to 1990 and start over again.

[The Stationmaster]

Impressive! What period will it be? If you're doing it in the late '50s you might want to download my sheet of vehicle license plates from my website since most are for Colorado in 1958 (that was the first year the skier appeared on the CO plates). BTW, the more common term is "Big Ten Curve" (singular). 

[Great Western Rwy fan]

In a word...Excellent!!!

[jfugate]

Electro:

Nice to hear from you again ... and to see the progress!

[riogrande5761]

That IS sweet!  I hope you can stay put!

[AltoonaRailroader]

Let me just say........................

HOLY CRAP!!! That is some AWSOME bench work my friend. Did you say something about a red arrow? LOL Very nice work there.

[electrolove]

This is my latest progress, soon time to build spline roadbed at Big Ten Curves, maybe this weekend. I added a red arrow to show you where the roadbed will connect to the upper level. The grade is around 2.2%:



More about my layout at:

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