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This time I am not going to start my post by saying it’s a long time since… Those who do follow this blog will be used to that, those who don’t’, won’t care anyway. It’s winter, there is a lot of influenza about, and the day job is taking a lot of time due to a major reform in the Danish unemployment system. (I work as system administrator/ consultant in this area). But this weekend I managed to fit in a trip to Copenhagen to my tame guru Richard. My last post was about a D6 point that I started to construct with DCC stainless steel rail and the wrong thickness of sleepers, and the problems that caused. I decided that since the point was the wrong geometry, wouldn’t solder, and would stick up above the flex track, that I should start again. I spent a few hours fiddling about in Templot to turn points into better combinations of letters and number, bought some nickel silver rail, thinner sleepers, slide chairs, and a sheet of copper that turned out to be slightly too thick (☹) and started again. Being a professional pessimist, it shames me to admit that things seem to be going rather well. I am now building a B6 semi curved something or other, and after about 12 hours have got as far as soldering the vee, checkrails and stockrails.
To my great joy running a wagon through the point gave the smooth movement that I so admired on Richards points, as hard as I tried I could not get the wagon to derail, and it does not even appear to hop as It crosses the vee. I am frankly in shock. I’m close to finishing my first point! The picture that appears to show me pressing down on the rails with a screwdriver is actually me supporting myself after an hour of sniffing glue fumes whilst fixing plastic chairs to plywood sleepers.
I have also managed to obtain access to a A0 plotter and now have a roll containing the entire length of the trackplan that I have a nasty suspicion will not fit in the space available. I’ll find out tomorrow when I clear enough space to roll it out.
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