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What size basswood for few HO ties

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What size basswood for few HO ties
Posted by ratled on Sunday, May 11, 2008 2:46 PM

Can some please post what size bass wood I can use to make a few standard gauge HO ties?  I need a few but not enough to order a bag.

Thanks

ratled

Modeling the Klamath River area in HO on a proto-lanced sub of the SP “The State of Jefferson Line”

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Posted by BigRusty on Sunday, May 11, 2008 4:00 PM
http://urbaneagle.com/data/RRstddims.html
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Posted by dehusman on Sunday, May 11, 2008 4:08 PM

Measure the size of the ties on the matching track and get stripwod that size.  Since there are numerous "standard" tie sizes and the commercial track manufacturers don't necessarily make their ties the same dimensions, just measure what you have and match that.

Dave H.

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