Does Lionel make special screws for securing FasTrack?
I have a 4x8 layout and I don't want to screw ALL of it down, but on either end of the longer runs, I'd like to screw the curves down just to hold everything together.
I have bought a couple of sizes of small screws at Home Depot but none seem to be ideal for this. I'd rather not bung up the holes in the FasTrack but they are very thin.
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The only thing that the big box stores have are 3/4 by #4 flat head wood screws. These are perfect if you are going into straight plywood, can you say loud. You can get 1 inch long ones from McMaster-Carr. Also if you want really long ones go into the kitchen cabinets section and ask for "Trim Screws" they are really small heads and are 1 5/8 to over 2 inches long (at least at Lowes) you might have to ream the holes out slightly for the body of the trim screws but the heads are smaller than the #4s
I used #4x1" you could make the hole bigger if you had to,i have done this also.You could screw some of the track down,& if you put ballast down after the glue dries you could remove the screws & the track will stay in place.
You really don't need much to hold Fastrack in place, I'd be a lot more inclined to use a bit of adhesive and stick it to the sound deadening material on top of the wood, less noise transmission. Fastrack is noisy enough.
I have found that screwing down fastrack into a better plywood like 7 ply birch and then senicing it the sound was very diminished. Also I used every screw hole in the track that also keeps the noise down. It is a fallacy that fastrack is noisier. Yes it can be but do It right and the sound is not a problem.
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