Scaler164 wrote:
> It is my view that "3-Point" gauges are more suited for use
> in hand-laying track than they are for checking the gauge of existing
> track. A gauge for hand-laying was my focus when I designed those
> gauge(s) I posted about recently (see here again :
> http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/ODDSTUFF/MultiRailGauge.gif), and
> this might be why you (Dick) didn't understand my design. And I have
> to admit that I failed to mention my focus. So... my bad.
>
> As for a gauge that is more suited for CHECKING THE GAUGE of existing
> track, I feel that something very similar to, if not identical to the
> HO NMRA Gauge (see here :
> http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/98-1) is what we really need
> in S. But I understand that such a gauge, of course, would only be
> suited to SCALE modelers.
I hand-lay all my track, and all I use for that job is the plain old
sheet-metal NASG gauge. I can judge whether both rails are set
symmetrically on the ties by using the gauge between the two rails I'm
about to spike. I shift everything sideways until I've got it about
right. For long tangents (which I dislike, by the way, but I have them)
I use a long straightedge like a very straight 1x2 to align the rail
between spiked ends.
Dick Karnes
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