Has anyone tried cutting Fastrack with this tool?? Proses by Bachmann 39022 (TC-200PS) Track and Metal Rod Cutter
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I think that is for HO and N gauge. Not sure Lionel Fastrack will fit on the bed, unless they make an O gauge version and I missed it. I used a Dremel tool on mine. You can probably uses a SawMax for a cleaner, straighter cut. Watch for the plastic ribs on the underside of the roadbed. Cutting along one of those will give you one piece that works nice and another that will need support underneath. I join my rails with tubular track pins. Also, if you are planning to join the cut piece to another uncut piece of Fastrack, the rails are offset, so a straight cut of the rail won't work.
George
I recommend cutting on an angle so you don't have all the joints lined up anyway, even if you aren't joining an uncut piece. If you ever looked at the Mianne benchwork demo he has set up at York, he did a nice job of making an angle cut in his Fastrack for the liftbridge demo, and it really works very well.
