Hayfield1
Western Thunderer
Chris
Thank you and it just goes to show either modelers ignorance of how Templot works or they no little about track building
We did have a chat about whether to demonstrate a straight turnout, or a curved turnout, it was my choice to keep it simple in a format most modelers would understand, had I displayer a turnout with a negative curve, they would be stating the opposite
The thing is that firstly printing plug track using FDM printing was about 4 weeks old, COT track probably 2 to 3 weeks, plus I only had the Neptune printer for 10 days prior to the show
As those who keep track on Templot plug track know only turnouts are supported at the moment, Martin is working on obtuse crossings at the moment, but this is work in progress and relates to both Plug and COT track, not to say we are still experimenting with FDM printing of chairs
Many things in track building cause strong opinions, some still feel that joints will fail unless they are soldered !! I have spent quite a lot of time mending failed solder joints on rivet built joints, not to say the results of corrosion with steel rivets !!
I must say in the early years, I was unsure about the longevity of non soldered common crossings. There was and to a lesser extent some displeasure with Templot and apparently how difficult it is to use, which in its basic form is completely untrue.
For most now Templot is the gold standard for accurate track plans, the plug track development is an interesting project which is developing, the big news is that in the larger scales (7mm +) producing chairs has become much simpler, in that we can now FDM print chairs.
On their own (individually) FDM chairs like injection moulded chairs are fragile, and like injection moulded chairs they must be threaded carefully, the odd one may break (like injection moulded chairs) but can easily be stuck back. But like injection moulded chairs they gain their strength in numbers
The B7 turnout survived 2 days of being handled at the show intact, nothing broke !!!
Yes its only turnouts at the moment, but that goes for plug track as well.
John
Thank you and it just goes to show either modelers ignorance of how Templot works or they no little about track building
We did have a chat about whether to demonstrate a straight turnout, or a curved turnout, it was my choice to keep it simple in a format most modelers would understand, had I displayer a turnout with a negative curve, they would be stating the opposite
The thing is that firstly printing plug track using FDM printing was about 4 weeks old, COT track probably 2 to 3 weeks, plus I only had the Neptune printer for 10 days prior to the show
As those who keep track on Templot plug track know only turnouts are supported at the moment, Martin is working on obtuse crossings at the moment, but this is work in progress and relates to both Plug and COT track, not to say we are still experimenting with FDM printing of chairs
Many things in track building cause strong opinions, some still feel that joints will fail unless they are soldered !! I have spent quite a lot of time mending failed solder joints on rivet built joints, not to say the results of corrosion with steel rivets !!
I must say in the early years, I was unsure about the longevity of non soldered common crossings. There was and to a lesser extent some displeasure with Templot and apparently how difficult it is to use, which in its basic form is completely untrue.
For most now Templot is the gold standard for accurate track plans, the plug track development is an interesting project which is developing, the big news is that in the larger scales (7mm +) producing chairs has become much simpler, in that we can now FDM print chairs.
On their own (individually) FDM chairs like injection moulded chairs are fragile, and like injection moulded chairs they must be threaded carefully, the odd one may break (like injection moulded chairs) but can easily be stuck back. But like injection moulded chairs they gain their strength in numbers
The B7 turnout survived 2 days of being handled at the show intact, nothing broke !!!
Yes its only turnouts at the moment, but that goes for plug track as well.
John
