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Having Fun With a Stripper!

Lisa

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Hi All

 

 

I been using a device that I purchased last Christmas in Cardiff. It allow the user to cut thin strips, hence the name, of card or plastic strip. When used with plastic card thicker than 10 thou, the stripper only scores the surface. But by bending the sheet is snaps along the scored line, cleanly.

 

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I am currently experimenting using plastic card, to build track bases, instead of using PCB sleepers or Easitrac base. Below is a photograph of some base made, before I found my stripper. The stripper allows the strips to be uniform width.

 

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I feel that using the stripper will make this method of track construction feasible. Once the ballast is applied the sleeper joining strip will be hidden, as per commercial flex track, but my track will be built to 2mm fine scale standards, with code 40 rail.

 

 

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Hi Lisa,

 

I'm currently building 2mm Finescale track using ply sleepers and Easitrac chairs and it's working out fine. However, the pain is cutting out the sleeper strips from 1/32 ply. This looks like just the sort of tool that I've been looking for. Do you reckon that it would work with ply?

What is the possible maximum width of the strips - pointwork need 2mm wide and ordinary sleepers 1.7mm.

 

David

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Lisa

Hi David and ALL

 

The device I am using probably not. BUT a good quality woodworking tool shop will be able to supply a more robust tool, that will probably work with ply.

 

The stripper I use was supplied by Expo and cost about £6.00, so it might be worth a try. The critical point is how hard is the ply, and can you score it an then snap the strips off.

 

Lisa

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Dazzler Fan

There is a similar tool for cutting strips of Formica for edgings, and that has two opposing

wheels of the type used in glass cutters.

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Hi David and ALLThe device I am using probably not. BUT a good quality woodworking tool shop will be able to supply a more robust tool, that will probably work with ply.The stripper I use was supplied by Expo and cost about £6.00, so it might be worth a try. The critical point is how hard is the ply, and can you score it an then snap the strips off. Lisa

Thanks for that , Lisa. I've looked it up on the Expo tools website and I'll keep it in mind. In the meantime I've ordered a miniature marking gauge which may at least give me consistent widths which I can then cut with the Stanley knife.

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David

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