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[munter]

After a move in April 08 forced me to offload my two lane track I have felt out of touch without my own .
What you see in the pics is six weeks of blood, sweat and nearly tears.
Yesterday was wiring and testing,I broke out a couple of new slotits for this.








As you can see I used the L shape for my layout as this suited my space and would give me two longish straights.
The centre lane is 15.75m.The back straight is close to 6m.The surface is gloss enamel which gives me options for traction aids but with the track clean and silicones clean there is massive grip.
I was seeking perfection but with some blunders,mistakes,oversights,compromises,stuff ups,errors and bad ideas I have ended up with this setup track.I have to fiish some details and a shelf below the controller plug in area and of course timing and lap counting.Next I can focus on the bench and some cars that have been ignored lately

[knoath]

Good stuff Munter!
What were the "blunders, mistakes, oversights, compromises, stuff ups, errors and bad ideas"?
Looks pretty good from here.


Will you have club racing on this track?

Cheers,
Dick

[dangermouse]

Looks pretty good to me John, I bet it is fast

[Johno]

I love the look of the gloss finish on the track.

[SlotsNZ]

Munter's idea of a blunder is something resembling an imperfection you might spot with a good microscope and detailed directions.

Club Racing phooey, I'm not thinking that far ahead for him.... I just said if I don't get an invite to the round belt of guests, I "might get ugly" on him.

It is very smooth, and the beige colour works really well. It was only part braided on saturday, ad wiring wasn't done....so he's finished with a hiss and a roar.

[Yngwie]

How well does that surface do with rubber / urethane tyres because it looks HOT!!

[neophytte]

Very nice; I was just planning out a section next to the garage and have a similar design ... (but it's still a dream at the moment)

Cheers

Richard

[munter]

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How well does that surface do with rubber / urethane tyres

I have a scalextric Camaro with mjk's fitted and there is tons of grip.

As for Knoaths request for confessions of a slotrouter I made a couple of unwanted deviations with the router from the straight edge,it looked like I was going digital for a minute,and the flexible routing strip I used was a handful to get it where I wanted it(4 metres of 600 psi airline hose) I used it for one big section that included a short straight and regretted it,so I rerouted and bogged the excess slot space.

I figured that setting up the strip for one single pass was a good idea but then found out it wasn't.
Probably a better flexible strip would allow this to be done successfully.
John

[charlesx]

Hi from New Plymouth Munter. Looking to build new wooden track. Yours is similar space and layout to our exisiting 2 lane Scaly. Space will dictate keeping to similar but in 3 lanes.

Have looked at several diffent building/slot creation methods but undecided which way to go at present. One of options is to use flexible tube and pins. My thoughts are that this would be used only for first slot and then others are done from first slot with pins on router. It has been suggested however that after initial lane tube with pins is then set up in each prior slot and used to guide router for next.

Can you clear up methodoly please.

Regards

Chas Le Breton

[charlesx]

Excuse typo - methodology. C LeB

[munter]

Hello Charles,

There are many ways to achieve the desired result.
I used the length of airline hose and shifted it to route each lane.
Do not use a flexible routing strip to route any straights,even short ones, as you will be disappointed.
I used a straight edge,an aluminium length 3mm thick.

I was unaware of the "route one lane and use it as a guide for the next lane" idea when I built my track.
Maybe someone who has done this could please comment.

I have also routed curves using a radius arm,with good results.

regards

[kalbfellp]

This is the air line tube that I used to route the first lane.



My slot is 4mm wide so that I could then insert a plastic strip to use as a guide for the other lanes. The plastic strip is the joiner from sheet flooring. Not sure what you guys call it but it is know as trudeck flooring sheets here. I made a larger router base to bolt to the router to give me the lane spacing I wanted. If you want a 3mm Or 1/8 slot you will have to use a lexan,perspex or MDF fine line strip as a guide.

[Syd]

munter, on Sep 16 2009, 04:36 AM, said:

Hello Charles,

There are many ways to achieve the desired result.
I used the length of airline hose and shifted it to route each lane.
Do not use a flexible routing strip to route any straights,even short ones, as you will be disappointed.
I used a straight edge,an aluminium length 3mm thick.

I was unaware of the "route one lane and use it as a guide for the next lane" idea when I built my track.
Maybe someone who has done this could please comment.

I have also routed curves using a radius arm,with good results.

regards

If you look at my track build I used the outer edge for a guide for my first lane and then used that lane for my next one and so on, but if you are looking at putting squeezes in (for the life of me I don't know why people insist on creating places to crash) you will have to use the airline or another method after you have routed your first lane.

[munter]

Good point Grant
What diameter was my airline?
You made me get up and check...12mm
Thinking about it now I would definitely try the 10mm

regards

John

[kalbfellp]

I used the 10mm in the pic. I used that size simply because it was Free!

[Camber]

Did you brush or spray the gloss John?
The finish looks excellent.

- Cam

[kalbfellp]

September 2009

Your are searching back some time now Camber!

[charlesx]

This is an old old thread. Munter has since shifted again and sold that layout. He is now planning a new one.

Regards

Chas Le Breton

[munter]

Hi Cam,
I used a high(price)quality brush and was very careful with dust control.
As Charles says I have sold the track and have nothing but a cunning plan at the moment.
regards