Test track baseboard setup
I bought some pattern makers dowels at the Exeter MRS Exhibition:
I also bought some cheap plastic saw-horses from B&Q:
A little bit of modification allows the baseboard frames to locate securely on them.
Things went awry when I tried to fit the pattern makers dowels:
I used a 25mm forstner bit to make very neat pockets to house the dowels but because I was using a hand-held drill it wasn't exactly perpendicular to the surface and so the pockets did not have consistent depths. The dowels didn't quite line up when I offered them up and there was a step in the baseboard surface.
So I had to resort to bits of cardboard packing and PVA glue to try to even out the depth and a 25mm spade bit to expand the hole. Urgh! It ended up a bit bodgy:
But the two boards do line up pretty accurately, in the end:
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