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Pit

I have milled jigs from styrene to built wooden trestles in HOn3. With these jigs, it's easy to built even large trestles. Here are a few pictures:

stle1_b1.jpg 

stle1_b2.jpg 

stle1_b3.jpg 

stle1_b4.jpg 

stle1_b6.jpg 

stle1_b7.jpg 

And here is a video, how I use the deck jig:

 

Pit
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Douglas Meyer Prolific poster 2,065 posts
Douglas Meyer

The jigs look nice if you

The jigs look nice if you need a lot of events.

-Doug Meyer
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Bernd MRH Author 5,625 posts
Bernd

Shades of Fast Track

I like it, the fast tracks of trestle building. Excellent idea. Another job for my CNC Sherline mill.

Bernd

New York, Vermont & Northern Rwy. - Route of the Black Diamonds - NCSWIC
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Bill Brillinger Moderator 4,904 posts
Bill Brillinger

Super Nice!

Great work & Great idea... I see a future article in MRH!

Bill Brillinger

Modeling the BNML in HO Scale, Admin for the RailPro User Group, and owner of Precision Design Co.
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Tore Hjellset Regular poster 328 posts
Tore Hjellset

I want one

That's a very nice trestle! Good job.

- Tore Hjellset, Norway -

Red Mountain Ry. (Facebook)
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herronp Prolific poster 1,847 posts
herronp

Here is the "Fast Tracks" of trestles...........

..........for us poor souls who have no means to mill our own.  They are expensive even second hand on eBay.  If someone could produce them inexpensively I believe they could sell.

http://www.blackbearcc.com/

Hint hint........................

Peter
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187 Regular poster 207 posts
187

Who will print

This is a natural for printing by one or out 3 D gurus.
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Bill Brillinger Moderator 4,904 posts
Bill Brillinger

probably less expensive

Sorry for the hijack...

This would probably be less expensive to laser cut in acrylic than to 3d print.

I would be happy to make custom jigs. All I'd need to know is the material size you want to use for the timbers and the heights you'd want.

Bill Brillinger

Modeling the BNML in HO Scale, Admin for the RailPro User Group, and owner of Precision Design Co.
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musgrovejb Prolific poster 1,733 posts
musgrovejb

Excellent Job

Looks Good!

Modeling Missouri Pacific Railroad's Central Division, Fort Smith, Arkansas

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLENIMVXBDQCrKbhMvsed6kBC8p40GwtxQ

 
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Chris VanderHeide cv_acr Super User 2,354 posts
Chris VanderHeide cv_acr

Great Jig

Looks great.

I have a couple of *long* and very low trestles that I plan to build for my layout someday. They'll be massively compressed of course; the longest one if done to full scale in HO scale would be almost 13' long! Not counting a bit of approach causeway at each end...

http://vanderheide.ca/blog/category/locations/oba-lake-trestles/

Chris van der Heide

My Algoma Central Modelling Blog

Canadian Freight Car Gallery

CPR Sudbury Division (Waterloo Region Model Railway Club)
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modelsof1900 Frequent poster 541 posts
modelsof1900

Great job!

Unfortunately, I do not build a trestle.

________________________________________________________________________

Cheers, Bernd

My website http://www.us-modelsof1900.de - my MRH blog http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/20899

and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bernd.schroter.566 where I write about all my new projects.
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traintalk Frequent poster 536 posts
traintalk

Black Bear gigs

There is a small company called Black Bear that makes jigs for a verity of different trestles.

http://www.blackbearcc.com/

I have a few of these jigs, they work great. They also have complete kits that include the scale lumber and blue prints.

--Bill B.
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Eugene Griffin EGRX Frequent poster 533 posts
Eugene Griffin EGRX

Cricut Explore

Another reason why I should get a Cricut Explore.

Cutting jigs out of styrene.

Nice thanks for the post.

Eugene

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Blog:  https://therustyboxcar.blogspot.com
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Sugar Beet Guy Regular poster 499 posts
Sugar Beet Guy

Glue Question

Great job on the jigs and the resulting trestle.  I've made jigs from styrene sheet and strips but have had trouble gluing the trestle parts together.  Either glue doesn't hold well or the trestle bent gets glued to the jig.

What glue do you use and how do you prevent it from oozing from the joints onto the jig?

George Booth
Director of Everything, The New Great Western Railway
http://users.frii.com/gbooth/Trains/index.htm
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Pit Active Member 37 posts
Pit

Glue

Hi George,

I use white wood glue for the assembling. The holes in the jig prevent the bents to be glued to the jig.

Pit
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herronp Prolific poster 1,847 posts
herronp

Eugene, based on what has been...............

written about those machines, I don't believe they will cut deep enough for you to make a jig. 

Peter
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