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Trestle jig
Posted by glinger on Thursday, August 3, 2006 8:02 AM
I am ready to start scratch building approximately 15 feet of trestle on a grade up to 18 inches high.  I'm going to rip my own lumber.  My question is - Can anyone provide me with plans/dimensions for laying out a jig to construct the bents?  I have seen many pictures but so far can't find dimensions or plans.  This is for a G scale logging railroad layout from the early 1900s.
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Posted by cabbage on Thursday, August 3, 2006 2:40 PM
I have a few plans here:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sheila.capella/cabbage/trestle.html

regards

ralph

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Posted by MTCarpenter on Thursday, August 3, 2006 3:45 PM
That page and information is an absolute treasure.  Exactly what I've been looking for.
"Measurement is the way created things have of accounting for themselves." ~ A.W. Tozer
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Posted by rpc7271 on Thursday, August 3, 2006 5:28 PM
I have a CADD drawing i can convert to a PDF but if you don't have a large 24" x 36" plotter availabel it is of no use to you.
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Posted by glinger on Thursday, August 3, 2006 6:55 PM
Thanks for the input.  All I really need are some measurements.  If the CADD has that and would be visible on the computer screen I think that would help.

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