Marx "telephone poles" | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum

Forty RodOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

I just got a dozen of these plastic telephone poles in near mint condition..... except they were stored for many years on a shoe box and all but one are badly warped and bent.

Any suggestions on straightening them back to vertical?

Thanks.

12/19/137:28 PM

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leavingtracksOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Put them in a bowl of water and insert the bowl into your microwave. Heat them until you can hardly keep your hand in the water....not to a boil. Then you should be able to bend them straight and let cool out of the water...

Alan

12/19/138:08 PM

Putnam DivisionOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Alan..........what a great idea!

Peter

12/20/131:43 AM

Forty RodOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

It's worth a shot.

They are so very well preserved other than that, not missing insulators, nice smooth finish.

I'll let you know how it works out.

Thanks.

12/20/132:43 AM

Steve "Papa" EastmanOGR Forum Member

Tom

Did you get my message about the 90 degree crossing? I also have a shoe box of Marx poles that you could have.

Steve

12/20/133:01 AM

Forty RodOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Yes I did, Steve. Got caught up in the Christmas Maelstrom...round and round and round.

I'll take both with all my thanks.

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