Tim, I started experimenting with this idea a year ago. Like many of my experiments the results an inconclusive. Here is what I did:
Let me begin by describing the track so you will understand the words. If you set a curved piece of track so the inner rail is closest to you, the inner rail will have a pin sticking our on the right and the outer rail will have a pin sticking our on the left. If you number the ties from left to right, I loosened the metal tabs that hold the outside rail to ties 2, 3 and 4. The tabs on tie number 1 remain tight. The tabs holding the inner rail remain tight on all four ties. I straightened the track fairly easily, but here is where I am held up. I had decided I wanted to curve the tracks so that they would exactly make the circle that would take 16 curved sections. I figured out the radius, but I have lost my notes. Having loosened the ties and straightened the track some, I need to get the curve right. So I have been waiting to develop the jig. I saw the post about Van's trains. I need to call him and get at least one jig. Thanks for asking the question. Lance McCold Knoxville, Tennessee Message: 17 Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 21:21:35 -0500 From: "Tim Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re-bending track Just out of curiosity, has anyone on the list ever re-bent Flyer curved track to a wider radius? If so, how did you do it without putting a kink in the rails, or letting them get out of gauge? Thanks, Tim Brown [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
