Hi again! There is another product that the late John Allen turned me onto that is less costly and DOES NOT warp, even when wetted with scenery materials: White Board or Builders Board or Celotex (the manufacturer); it is stocked under all those names. It is usually found with the plywoods, insulation and other flat sheet products, in 4 x 8 foot sheets for about $10-12. Its major drawback is that it is not as dense as Homosote (but a lot more dense than ceiling tile) which makes it absolutely necessary to fully support it (unless it will never have any weight put upon it). The old saw about it not holding spikes is not true. In my experience, it is the glue joint between the tie and the surface that it is mounted on that actually does the holding. Unless you are using Homosote roadbed, the spikes will never reach the subgrade anyhow.
Have fun! Bill Winans ----- Original Message ----- From: reynoldsjmus To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 8:06 AM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Plywood Benchwork hi group, i was the instigator of this thread with my wisecrack about my 'excellent trackwork, ha ha'. actually it has held up quite well. my original loops on open grid were of 2 layers of 3/8 pine fake beaded board plywood left over from my house remodel. it was sawed to my radius with a jig saw, glued and clamped with titebond 2, and the pieces were held together with splines glued and screwed. so the cost was zero. when i ran out of that i used birch 3/4 plywood ripped straight, then angled 15 degrees on my miter saw to eliminate waste, then splined together as before. cost about 40 bucks. my 1/4 homosote was then glued again with titebond 2, then SANDED as i found out early on this list that homosote is indeed NOT FLAT. my american models sectional and flextrack was glued with light duty adhesive caulk per model railroader. all of my buddies, mostly poor slobs who run HO, are jealous.... dale reynolds, pendleton sc [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
