Reply to "Benchwork - Wiring - adding elevations"

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@Dave_C posted:
Tom, beautiful work on the benchwork. I had purchased Wescott’s book but I had already started out with open grid benchwork. I did use the risers and cleats for the grades to do an over and under. My curve on a grade looked fine to my eye till I ran a train. Had a flat spot or dip that was noticeable. Easy to correct just by re drilling the riser and bringing it up a bit.
I want to say I built my benchwork following Frank Ellison’s book. I must have read it 20 times. One thing I remember was the mentioning of a star drill and driving screws by hand. Probably slotted ones back then. Luckily when I started the battery powered drills were just getting popular along with self driving screws.

Yes Dave, totally agree on the professional benchwork! Great job!

1/6/2310:32 AM

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