So you want to bend your ME flex track do ya?

Great video Chris! Thanks

I enjoyed the video Chris. I've experimented with roller bearings on wood to curve rail and it works too, your idea is fantastic for flex track!

Thanks guys, I was shocked at how easy it was.

Hi Chris...I've bent plenty of ME flex...in my case Code 125...and if I had seen your video like 10 years ago, I would have use the method for sure. There's no question that ME flex is quite resistant to being bent...and this quickie tool you've come up with will aid in making the task easier. Good going Buddy!

Bob

Boy, I wish this has been posted a while back..  a great idea and your video is very succinct.

Thanks guys!  I love that it's cheap, quick and boy does it bend it quickly.

Nice!  

Chris,    Very good little tool! You could eliminate the sharpie by making two marks (or lines) one inch and 1/4 apart, and cutting to the outside of the marks. If you use a table saw you can control the depth of cut.

Simon

Very Nice Chris, Question is have you ever tried this on 3 rail track?

Great idea Chris. Maybe a quick write up for us?

I do something very similar but a secret I have learned with ME, is to wiggle the flex track just a little to loosen all of their simulated spike heads before trying to bend the flex.  It doesn't take much just a little wiggle along the length of the track.  Like your video thanks for taking the time to share, we ALL appreciate it.    Russ

Simon Winter posted:

Chris,    Very good little tool! You could eliminate the sharpie by making two marks (or lines) one inch and 1/4 apart, and cutting to the outside of the marks. If you use a table saw you can control the depth of cut.

Simon

 

Thank you....a table saw would be the best but I don't own one   I can actually set a depth limit on my miter saw but I eye balled it instead.

mike g. posted:

Very Nice Chris, Question is have you ever tried this on 3 rail track?

No I actually haven't...I still have a section or 2 of 3 rail left....I can make one and try it....I'll let you know.

railroad-guy posted:

Great idea Chris. Maybe a quick write up for us?

 

Sure...let me put something together.

Russ- Excellent idea, and thank you sir. 

N&W Class J posted:

mike g. posted:

Very Nice Chris, Question is have you ever tried this on 3 rail track?

No I actually haven't...I still have a section or 2 or 3 rail left....I can make one and try it....I'll let you know.

Thanks Chris, that would be great, cause soon as my additions is done then its time for bench and track work.

A good and cheap idea! thanks for sharing! 

jpv in France

jpv69 posted:

A good and cheap idea! thanks for sharing! 

jpv in France

Your welcome...it was fun to make.

Chris, awesome idea!  Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Mike...

Scary how efficiently that works. Thanks for posting.

Yes I was shocked.  All I had ever heard was how difficult it is to bend the ME flex...and now...it's not so hard anymore.