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Re: Fill a gap or relay the track?
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:03 am
by brian1951
It sounds like when you cut the track you have a burr which needs removing before the fishplate can be fitted correctly.
Re: Fill a gap or relay the track?
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 2:30 am
by Mountain Goat
darkscot wrote: ↑Mon Oct 05, 2020 8:56 am
Hello all, I should have been more precise. The track is the same height as the adjoining track, but the rails are thicker. The outside edge of the rails line up perfectly, but the inside edge doesn't. It might be that there was a variation of thickness on the track and it just happened to be thicker at the point I cut it?
Uhmmm. Time to get the files out? Though Brian1951 could be right.
Re: Fill a gap or relay the track?
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 8:45 am
by darkscot
Well I have looked at the offending track again when laid straight end to end with a piece of setrack it looks OK. I am guessing that I didn't lay it properly and when I bent it into the curve I twisted the rails somehow.
Re: Fill a gap or relay the track?
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:06 am
by Walkingthedog
We all make errors laying track no matter how long you have been doing it.
Re: Fill a gap or relay the track?
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:47 am
by teedoubleudee
Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:06 am
We all make errors laying track no matter how long you have been doing it.
Totally agree with that!
Re: Fill a gap or relay the track?
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:45 am
by darkscot
I suppose the moral of the story is make sure you fix the error, don't try and live with it?