Happy New Year everyone.
Can anyone with sheet metal forming expertise advise me about continuously forming Signode Strap (banding) into O rail?. I need rail. Lots of rail. I propose to circumnavigate my privacy-fenced yard with track at waist-height for fast running of big consists. Say 400 feet of track, thats 1200 feet of three-rail. I have worked out a method to glue down the rail and a bus system for power since voltage drop will be a real concern. The Signode Strap could be drawn throgh a set of dies or rollers I suppose. But the stages in forming to shape are best left to experts in such matters. Any advice is appreciated.
I have a Lionel 2055, but the real show will be an ABBA set of E3's, all powered by a system similar to Athearn's old Hi-F drive. Remember Athearn's old "Hustler"? I'm going to get the town cop to use his radar gun on this monster! Thanks.
Can anyone with sheet metal forming expertise advise me about continuously forming Signode Strap (banding) into O rail?. I need rail. Lots of rail. I propose to circumnavigate my privacy-fenced yard with track at waist-height for fast running of big consists. Say 400 feet of track, thats 1200 feet of three-rail. I have worked out a method to glue down the rail and a bus system for power since voltage drop will be a real concern. The Signode Strap could be drawn throgh a set of dies or rollers I suppose. But the stages in forming to shape are best left to experts in such matters. Any advice is appreciated.
I have a Lionel 2055, but the real show will be an ABBA set of E3's, all powered by a system similar to Athearn's old Hi-F drive. Remember Athearn's old "Hustler"? I'm going to get the town cop to use his radar gun on this monster! Thanks.