On Jan 6, 2007, at 10:28 AM, Bill Roberts wrote:
> The Fast Track tools <http://www.handlaidtrack.com/s.php> are
> impressive, but has anybody tried the Dick Karnes method of building
> switches?
>
> I first heard him discuss his procedure in a clinic at the Chicago
> NASG convention, and he wrote a two-part article that appeared
> recently in the S/Sn3 Modeling Guide magazine. No jigs required. No
> filing of frog rails. Use whatever rail and ties you want. Any frog
> number or in between frog number. I myself have not had occasion to
> try his approach, because I am not in a switch-building phase, but
> anybody building switches should check it out.
> --
> Bill Roberts
>
Bill and All,
I am a happy Fast Tracks customer too, but a change in layout plans
has made me a believer in the Karnesian System. So far I have built
one turnout (OK, so I'm slow.), but that is a reflection on my layout
building time not the method itself. The first turnout I built is in
place and functions as intended. It took an hour or so. The need
for different codes of rail is what made me switch (No pun
intended.) So now I have this Fast Tracks jig for #10 turnouts from
SHS rail that I'm not so sure how to use. I guess I hang it on the
wall. The thing is a work of art!
Jamie Bothwell
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