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13th September 2010, 09:57 AM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Thomas The Tank Engine track router bits
Hi everyone!
I've seen a number of reviews from McJing, MLCS and Eagle America about their router bits for making Thomas The Tank Engine compatible track. I am curious about people's experiences with these sets here, and about Caratec's new set. Has anyone here had any experience with any of these?
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Craig
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13th September 2010, 10:12 AM #2Out of my depth
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I would be interested in this too. I was looking at my lads track the other day, and trying to work out how I would route a curved track piece
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13th September 2010, 10:33 AM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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MLCS Instructions
The instructions for doing this are a free download from here.
Craig
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13th September 2010, 10:36 AM #4Out of my depth
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17th September 2010, 02:17 PM #5SENIOR MEMBER
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Whittle Shortline Railroad
I also came across this site which has some interesting ideas, such as bridges etc.
Craig
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17th September 2010, 08:38 PM #6
G'Day Craig, Thanks for the website in the USa to get the router bit sets; BUT I was wondering if anyone has actually made there own tracks and could give us a rundown with pointers or pitfalls, thanks. Cheers, Crowie
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17th September 2010, 08:49 PM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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Carbatec
Crowie,
I am looking at buying a set, and would love to know about the quality of the Carbatec ones.
This is really a niche within the hobby. Finding hints and tips for this is pretty hard, and I am guessing that there aren't a lot of people who are doing this, frequenting this part of the forum. I did find a Yahoo! group that is dedicated to it, but there's not a lot of action there just now.
I am starting to think that I'll just have to bite the bullet and buy the Carbatec bits so I can post a review and some pics.
Craig
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1st October 2010, 01:49 PM #8New Member
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To make straight track to go with my 5 year old's Thomas trainset I used a 6mm straight router bit to cut the tracks then cut female connectors at both ends [using a drill and bandsaw] then using straight and curved router bits from a standard bit set I produced a length of timber with male male connector cross section which I then sliced into individual connectors.
I have only recently tried cutting curved track. for this I again used the 6mm router bit, having cut on my bandsaw a curved piece the same dimension as the timber between the tracks on a bit of purchase curved track. Then set up a 'pin' above my router bit, screwed the template onto the timber that I wanted the curve on and by running the template against the pin you get curved track on the underneath of yoru timber. The hard bit was positioning the pin exactly above the bit in the router table.
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