Sixty_Vette
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| 01-03-2012 07:07 AM |
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Well, we missed getting these done for Christmas, but son and I got the Thomas the Train tracks completed yesterday for his kiddos. Was a fun project to work on together!   |
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ruddt
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| 01-03-2012 07:27 AM |
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Sixty, great job, just like the store bought track. I noticed that son is hard at work and your no where in shop, did he do all the work and you took part of the credit? Looks like the 2 of you had fun with that, many hours of play time coming for the little engineer. thanks for shareing.
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| 01-03-2012 07:38 AM |
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Good on you!
Look very PROFESSIONAL.
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Sixty_Vette
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| 01-03-2012 07:43 AM |
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Posted By ruddt on 01-03-2012 08:27 AM
Sixty, great job, just like the store bought track. I noticed that son is hard at work and your no where in shop, did he do all the work and you took part of the credit? Looks like the 2 of you had fun with that, many hours of play time coming for the little engineer. thanks for shareing.
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efmaron
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| 01-03-2012 08:18 AM |
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Fantastic job Sixty. Did you use a template and router to do the male end of the tracks? |
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Sixty_Vette
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| 01-03-2012 08:23 AM |
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Posted By efmaron on 01-03-2012 09:18 AM
Fantastic job Sixty. Did you use a template and router to do the male end of the tracks?
Thanks Eric! Actually I bought the router bit set from Rockler. There was a .pdf I downloaded that showed how to build the jigs to use the bits. Making the jigs was the worst part - LOL!  |
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Sixty_Vette
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| 01-03-2012 09:40 AM |
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LOL @ Dewey!  AIN'T NO WOODCHUCK CHUCKING THAT WOOD!  |
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Gerry_D
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| 01-03-2012 10:02 AM |
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Way-to-go Sixty!
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LarryS
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| 01-03-2012 06:09 PM |
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Nice job Sixty.Both of you did a great job.
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Woodwizard
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| 01-03-2012 07:15 PM |
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Looks nice.
Someone must be happy.
Always a good time to be able to work with one of your children |
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Woodwizard
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| 01-03-2012 07:15 PM |
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Looks nice.
Someone must be happy.
Always a good time to be able to work with one of your children |
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SWilson
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| 01-03-2012 10:59 PM |
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Really nice job on the tracks. The ones in the store are extremely expensive. You saved a bunch of money.
I can't figure out how you cut the tongues on the tracs to well. I can understand the receptacle and I've tried making the tongues with a bandsaw. What did you use and how? Thanks.
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Sixty_Vette
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| 01-04-2012 07:13 AM |
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Posted By swampgator on 01-03-2012 11:59 PM
Really nice job on the tracks. The ones in the store are extremely expensive. You saved a bunch of money. I can't figure out how you cut the tongues on the tracs to well. I can understand the receptacle and I've tried making the tongues with a bandsaw. What did you use and how? Thanks.
Gator, I bought these! If you look in the OVERVIEW box, there is a link for Free Downloadable Train Track Plan. This is a .PDF that shows how to build the jigs and use the router bits - hope this helps. It explains it way better than I can! www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=17...n%20tracks |
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Bubba_MoCity
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| 01-04-2012 08:58 AM |
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Bet you had as much fun working with your son as I'm having with mine.
Great job on the tracks. |
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SWilson
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| 01-04-2012 10:04 PM |
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Thanks, Sixty.
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