[modeleng] Re: Flat bar bender?
- From: "Eric Walker" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:11:25 +0430
I was asking because my track is similar, 12x30mm mild steel laid in grooves
in concrete sleepers. Of course the gauge is 7.25"but as the sleepers are in
the ground the rails are just sprung in, no bending required. Why do you
need the rails to be 1.25" high?
E.W.
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From: <bede@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:21 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Flat bar bender?
>
> Hello, Eric,
>
> It'll be 3.5" gauge, with a narrow gauge (2' gauge) 0-4-0 loco running
> on it, at least for now (that's all we got!)
>
> Bede
>
> On 3/30/2009, "Eric Walker" <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>What gauge are you planning bede?
>>
>>E.W.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <bede@xxxxxxx>
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>>Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 2:03 AM
>>Subject: [modeleng] Flat bar bender?
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I'm planning a simple end-to-end line here in NY and am planning to use
>>> the "groovy track" method - flat bar (3/8" x 1.5") in slotted
>>> ties/sleepers sort of like this:
>>>
>>> http://www.discoverlivesteam.com/magazine/128/
>>>
>>> We've made up a few sections of straight which is easy enough, but I'd
>>> really like to try to pre-curve flat bar for the curves. Does anyone
>>> have any experience using a flat bar bender to make curves? One model
>>> I've seen is a Grizzly:
>>>
>>> http://grizzly.com/products/Compact-Bender-System-Floor-Model/H3184
>>>
>>> It seems simple and affordable, if anyone has any comparable
>>> alternatives, suggestions, or experience using one of these benders to
>>> make curves, I'd be grateful for any advice.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bede in drizzly Brooklyn.
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