kevin926 Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 I reported on my find a short while back and as promised, here is a tutorial on how to make these yourself if you choose. The total cost for me was 6.00 dollars and very easy to make, once I got the kinks out that is. Start with the 1/4 inch angle stock from plastruct. Evergreen sells the same product however the lenghts are smaller and will cost double. The plastruct comes in 24 inch lenghts and cost 1.50 per stick. You will need 4 total. now glued together cut into 8 inch lengths now comes the tricky part that I had to work out. First I tried to heat, then bend. didn't work. Then I decided to make a jig using some washers are screws. Very simple and all you need to do is build it around the shape of the track. Once I built my jig, I heated the track up once more, then put it in the jig, however still didn't work. finally I tried to put the track in, and then apply heat. That worked. Gave me nice square bends. and finally Well, that's all folks. nice and easy. Made from simple styrene angle stock. What do you think. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Nice work they came out great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justjoseph63[Staff] Posted March 5, 2016 Report Share Posted March 5, 2016 Great job, Kevin! It never fails to amaze me how creative some folks can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazmosis[501st] Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fokker210[TK] Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Looks awesome! Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesnarles Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Always thinkin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin926 Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Thanks everone. They really were easy to make and from what I have seen, they are pretty close to being accurate. Not too bad for 6.00 dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretzel[TK] Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geektechlive[TK] Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 That is fantastic! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandmann66 Posted March 10, 2016 Report Share Posted March 10, 2016 Great find ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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