Very impressive!

Josh

Very nice!  And dual guage too!

Christopher

I wish I knew you 3 years ago that is some great work. What do you do for a living hand cut Gears for swiss pocket watches? again very nice work.

Dan

Wolfgang,

You should consider sharing your design process in detail.  I have a CAD program, but don't know enough about turnout geometry to use it for creating construction drawings for a turnout.

Matt

turnout geometry, well I think, it may be not true prototypically. I don't know.

With AutoCAD you draw 1:1. I draw for this turnout all circles for the main.

red - center line for main track standard gauge - 2922 mm

blue - ties inner curve - 2907 mm

black - inner curved rail  

base - 2912.5 mm

top - 2913.1mm and 2913.8 mm

base next to track center - 2914.3 mm

narrow gauge at main centerline - 2919 mm

Later I fill the area of the two top rail lines solid, not now. You have to cut a few circles.

Same way I draw the other two rails and the other tie curve. The line for the ties helps placing the ties. Then I draw a construction line where the points of the turnouts will be. On this construction line is the center of the diverging track curves. Now comes the same procedure. Then I use the construction lines to cut the circles. At the end of this step the turnout will have its future sheme.

You see where the frogs will be. I suggest to use a Fast Tracks template as guide for your drawing. Last step filling the areas of the top rails with solid.

Wolfgang

In English, this comes out roughly as "You da man!"  That is just a great job, Wolfgang.  I always enjoy seeing what you are up to.  Keep up the good work.

The quick, protoypical, but very inexpensive way to make any common size turnout base is to just use a framer.

This one even measures, marks and cuts the bulk ties (wood or PCB) for you. Just flip it all over for a RH turnout. Flip just the the base strip for a tie marking/cutting jig.

Perfect results every time, even if you've never done it before.

Andy