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    Is 'despair' the right word to describe finding that every single set of points I've made for my next project is under gauge? 

    Be warned!  Brass roller-gauges may be comparatively small but can expand by the best part of three-quarters of a millimetre between the cool of breakfast time this morning and the warmth of mid afternoon!

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    2. mike morley

      mike morley

      Yep!

      They were supposedly to 12mm gauge (my narrow gauge modelling is in 5.5mm scale) but they grew from 11.25mm to 11.95mm.

      They were quite chunky, admittedly, but even so . . .

    3. mike morley

      mike morley

      Overlapping replies.

      FB rail soldered to copperclad sleepers, so are upright.

    4. Lacathedrale

      Lacathedrale

      Tony Gee suggests using a sled gauge rather than roller gauges for this - that way whatever the angle of the track you're always applying pressure to a single point, rather than adding any potential torsion into the mix.

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