Fast Tracks releases SweepSticks, Laser Cut Track Forms
SweepSticks
Laser Cut Track Forms
Laser Cut Track Forms
$5.95
Sold in packages of 2 10" lengths of SweepSticks
Available in ALL scales and gauges in a large vareity of radiuses
Shaping commercial flextrack into consistent, smooth curves can be challenging. With our new SweepSticks track forms, this is now easily and precisely done! Simply insert the SweepStick between the rails of flextrack and place onto your roadbed. The SweepSticks will hold the flextrack at your desired radius while it is spiked or glued in place.
Fast Tracks SweepSticks track forming tools are:
Fast Tracks SweepSticks track forming tools are:
Precise! - Shape commercial flextrack to you desired radius. Confidently.
Inexpensive - Priced to allow a modeler to build a library of sizes.
Versatile - All curved and straight SweepSticks are interchangeable with each other.
Robust - Don't let the wood construction fool you, SweepSticks are cut from stable aircraft grade plywood.
Multiple Use - Can be used to form flextrack, plan a layout, or as a tool for hand laying trackwork.
Vast - A very large collection of radii are available, including custom sizes.
Versatile - All curved and straight SweepSticks are interchangeable with each other.
Robust - Don't let the wood construction fool you, SweepSticks are cut from stable aircraft grade plywood.
Multiple Use - Can be used to form flextrack, plan a layout, or as a tool for hand laying trackwork.
Vast - A very large collection of radii are available, including custom sizes.
You can order SweepSticks now from Fast Tracks at http://www.handlaidtrack.com/sweepsticks
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how many
Tim,
That looks like a great, useful product, even for us CVT users. How many Sweepsticks do you get per box? Or, put another way, what's the price per inch or foot? Thanks.
Another question: how do the Sweepsticks handle soldering in the immediate vicinity?
Don
Rincon Pacific Rwy, 1960. HO scale std. gauge - interchange with SP.
DCC-NCE, CMRI, JMRI
Price
Hi Don,
We sell these in a package of 2 10" lengths for $5.95.
Custom sizes are also available, made to your specifications. Custom SweepSticks are produced for a surcharge of $5.00 and also come in packages of 2 10" lengths.
Soldering rail with the SweepSticks in place can be done, but just as with flextrack, excessive heat will shorten the life of the tools.
All these cool new tools ...
Joe Fugate
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine
Any tips
on adding in easements with these tools, Tim? This looks like a fairly inexpensive method to not only mock up a layout, but also to make sure the curves are "right" when you are fastening them down. I struggled with a couple kinks in one curve, but this should all but eliminate that.
Dave
Working on the chainsaw
Easements
While we don't have SweepSticks for easements available, the nature of the design allows for different sizes of radiuses to be joined together to form a spiral.
These will allow for simple easements to be created.
The video above gives a short overview on how SweepSticks are used to shape flextrack and how they can be used to lay trackwork.
Sweep Sticks
Are these available in N Sale also?
Irv
All Scales and Gauges
Hi,
Yes, these are available in N, as well as all other scales and gauges.
N Scale SweepSticks
I wouldn't expect anything less!
That's one of the things I really like about Fast Tracks - they go out of their way to make their products available for all scales and guages - so it doesn't surprise me that this latest product is also available across the board.
Joe Fugate
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine
Way cool
Thanks, Tim.
You did it again. A tool with multiple features, that makes our tracklaying efforts more like a hobby than work.
Don
Rincon Pacific Rwy, 1960. HO scale std. gauge - interchange with SP.
DCC-NCE, CMRI, JMRI
N Scale SweepSticks
Just placed my order. hope you'll have time to make them and ship them before the NMRA convention.
Irv