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Re: Cain Creek Branch Line Trestle #10 on my garden railway
« on: August 15, 2019, 08:37:40 am »
That's amazing! Any techniques to speed up construction? Jigs?
The bridge looks perfectly curved. All that precision isn't easy!!!
Thanks, Chris.
I built a jig for the bents(vertical piers) as they all are uniform save height. So, with this jig I can build 3 different heights of bents. Then it's just a matter of leveling the top and running a stringer.
To get the curves, I just used my rail section as a bit of a guide and free-handed the cuts for the sills and cross-bars. Of course, in the curves the inside has to be shorter and the outside longer...But as I said, I just kinda eyeballed it afther I had my level set.
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