Got wood?

[healey36]

Looks like the type of thing that you see at some of those high-end weird-@ss craft shows. You walk away impressed with the craftsmanship, but wondering if they ever sell such things.

[robert.]

I tried my hand at this. After 8-10 years of failures I gave up.

[gregj410]

My buddy thinks he wants to wade into On30. He’s bought like 5 brass engines and DCC. Hasn’t run one yet and can’t seem to get something going. I volunteered to make him a 4x8 with a corked top to see how he likes it. Hoping to get some track on it by the end of the week.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[healey36]

My buddy thinks he wants to wade into On30. He’s bought like 5 brass engines and DCC. Hasn’t run one yet and can’t seem to get something going. I volunteered to make him a 4x8 with a corked top to see how he likes it. Hoping to get some track on it by the end of the week.

Cork for sound-proofing?

[gregj410]

My buddy thinks he wants to wade into On30. He’s bought like 5 brass engines and DCC. Hasn’t run one yet and can’t seem to get something going. I volunteered to make him a 4x8 with a corked top to see how he likes it. Hoping to get some track on it by the end of the week.

Cork for sound-proofing?

Yes. However I can’t see where sound would be an issue. I think he would run them reasonably slow. The cork was also free and you know people love free stuff!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

However I can’t see where sound would be an issue.

Probably not; lots of silly mythology about sound on/in/from layouts that really demonstrates the failure of high-school physics,

[Mitch]

As a youngster, my Dad put our 4' x 8' American Flyer layout on 1/4" plywood around the Christmas tree. Our living room rug was not wall to wall, so along each wall we had that linoleum that looked like boards around the perimeter on two sides. The train was quiet as a church mouse moving along the plywood where the rug was under, then it would roar when over the uncarpeted sections, then quiet again. I would think the cork will work as well as homasote, and besides, it was free!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

That is a great demonstration of why one does not use 1/4" plywood; flexes and vibrates propagating sound. A little carpet mitigates that condition.

Using 5/8" or thicker plywood would as well, but eliminating vibration throughout is better yet.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

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[robert.]

Hope these are the stringers.

[gregj410]

Yeah….the first four kiss your ankles shins and legs good bye going up ….the fifth one maybe your nuts too. If you get past those at least you have a hand grab of some sort for the remaining flight

Coming down, you’d be better off jumping from 7 and crossing your fingers