feeder wires

Camouflage them as drain pipes.

1. Drill a hole through the center of the 1X4's and run the wire through.

2. Rout a channel in the side of the 1X4's to hide the wires and cover with tape.

3. Run the wires up the sides of the 1X4's and hold in place with electrical staples/cable clips.

If you want to go super fancy- find some specialized flat wire often used for home theater speaker installs. Just so happens they like to use good OFC copper which is great for our hobby too.

Again, just search for flat self adhesive speaker wire.

What is the gauge equivalent of that flat speaker wire?

Using the 1X4's  (and solder) seems the best way; Your intended "scenery" or surface detail on the boards can hide them.....

.....but - that must be one long section of track to call for over a dozen feeders at, say, several feet between them.

@Arthur P. Bloom posted:

What is the gauge equivalent of that flat speaker wire?

Depends on what one you buy. There are different brands and all kinds of details (2 wire, 4 wire, different construction, different thickness). I was just trying to make people aware that flat wire types existed in the first place- as an option.

As an example "Monoprice Speaker Wire, Flat Adhesive Super Slim, 2-Conductors, 16AWG, 50ft"

that said also in 18AWG "Monoprice Speaker Wire, Flat Adhesive Super Slim Micro, 2-Conductors, 18AWG"

Got it, thanks.

I use margraves track and Ross switches.   When I bought the switches from Ross, I also bought a few packs of the presoldered pin and wire feeders, 16ga.   I think they were well worth it making the job a whole lot easier.

@RParmentier posted:

...am looking for suggestions how to hide or disguise the many feeder wires that will attach to the bus wiring (below the tabletop)...

@PRRMP54 posted:

Camouflage them as drain pipes.

I use the plastic tubes from inside aerosol cans to mimic the drain pipes. They're free once the contents have been used up... the ironing starch(Niagara, eg.) cans always had nice long, clean tubes for hobby use.

@42trainman posted:

I use margraves track and Ross switches.   When I bought the switches from Ross, I also bought a few packs of the presoldered pin and wire feeders, 16ga.   I think they were well worth it making the job a whole lot easier.

Never heard of margraves track. Heard of GarGraves.

I'm going to say you haven't been around that much to not hear of them.  It's very common.

@Bill Sherry posted:

I'm going to say you haven't been around that much to not hear of them.  It's very common.

I wonder if Ross works the sidelines.

lol sorry, GARgraves.