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Barrow Road Single Slip

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I managed to finish cutting and positioning the ply sleepers for the single slip and turnout this afternoon. The last sleeper is on the guillotine ready for cutting to length it's position shown by the pencil in the foreground.

 

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Part of my workbench also showing, in the top left, a variety of ply sleeper jigs for soldering up crossing vees.

 

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Hi Robin,

 

Interesting thread you have going here, that guillotine you have there certainly looks like it takes the hard work out of sleeper cutting. It looks old , or is it still available ?

 

Regards, Martyn.

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Hi Robin,

 

Interesting thread you have going here, that guillotine you have there certainly looks like it takes the hard work out of sleeper cutting. It looks old , or is it still available ?

 

Regards, Martyn.

 

Hi Martyn,

 

The guillotine is on loan from a friend. I am not sure of its age but it is has been around for a while and has been used for a multitude of jobs. I doubt it is still available. I had looked at purchasing a 'Chopper' from North West Short Line.

The 'stop' is really useful for cutting consistent lengths of ply.

 

Regards,

 

Robin

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Hi Robin,

 

Yes I was thinking down the same lines (pardon the pun) it would be worth buying just for the amount of ply sleepers I will be needing.

 

All the best, Martyn.

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