all tables are now attached to each other.
Started cutting the plywood.
Cookie cutting time.
HO-Scale Train
A journey creating a model train
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Friday, February 26, 2016
Cookie cutter
Finally started cookie cutting plywood...
Disappoint at the quality of the plywood I got.
But moving forward
Disappoint at the quality of the plywood I got.
But moving forward
Monday, February 22, 2016
from CAD to real world
Transferring my computer-generated track layout to the plywood is proving to me more difficult than I thought. The CAD program didn't print the center of the 22", 33" radius used... having to use some old fashioned "find the center of a circle" technique...
Maybe i should just glue the paper tracks to the plywood and cut it using it as a guide (we do that on model airplanes)_
Maybe i should just glue the paper tracks to the plywood and cut it using it as a guide (we do that on model airplanes)_
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
FreeCAD blues
My favorite free 3D CAD system is being mean to me. For the life of me I'm cannot figure out how to model the track bed in 3D !
I think this can be done ... I just can't figure it out!
I think this can be done ... I just can't figure it out!
Monday, February 15, 2016
Track Templates 1
Got the printout of my CAD track design.
Will use this to create templates for the elevated bed tracks.
Will use this to create templates for the elevated bed tracks.
Printed Layout
Printed the track layout at a local architects blue-print service.
$19.00 to print three 36"x120" sheets.
$19.00 to print three 36"x120" sheets.
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