... Read "lungs" ... Read "lungs"!!! So not a fire hazard, but a health hazard, not when it's glued down and vacuumed up the excess, but when you are putting...
4830
Barry Chinn
barrychinn
Dec 1, 2006 3:30 pm
Hello everyone. I had tried to paste a table. When I posted the data, it was okay. When I saw the digest it was all scrambled. I will post it to the files. ...
4831
Ed McCamey
emccamey.rm
Dec 1, 2006 3:41 pm
... The Central Valley Turnout kits do come with number 7. While yes, they are kits, it's a well thought out 'system' and indeed number 7 turnouts are very...
4832
handlaidtrack@yahoogr...
Dec 1, 2006 3:51 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the handlaidtrack group. File :...
4833
Matthew Davis
azamiryou
Dec 1, 2006 4:11 pm
... Interesting. Perhaps a moot point in the context of shop fires, but I bet this reaction is technically the halocarbon burning (using oxygen from the...
4834
David Ellenburg
david35754
Dec 1, 2006 4:44 pm
I have searched the group message archives for feed back on the use of Vinylbed and Homabed. There seems to be a lot of positive experience with Homabed....
4835
Mike Conder
vulturenest1
Dec 1, 2006 5:39 pm
In my mis-spent youth, we used to make flash powder from sulfur, charcoal & aluminum powder ... all items available from the local hardware & drug stores....
4836
Claude Quesnelle
brossard77
Dec 1, 2006 5:41 pm
... Jim and all, I believe this is not a chemical transformation of the aluminum oxide but rather the alumina (alternate name for aluminum oxide, chemical ...
4837
Rick Blanchard
rcbdesign
Dec 1, 2006 5:57 pm
Barry, I am not sure how you derived these radii, but they do not agree with any of the data that I know of, and most of that is instilled in David Honner's...
4838
Jim Sherman
spameater97006
Dec 1, 2006 6:35 pm
... Very, very unlikely in a shop. AO is used as a sandblasting agent and as a sandpaper coating. Isn't the ammonium perchlorate a halocarbon? Thiokol ...
4839
Jim Sherman
spameater97006
Dec 1, 2006 6:43 pm
On page 57, there's a photo of a crossing diamond. The rails are really odd looking at the diamond itself. Can anyone tell me how/why they look so odd? It...
4840
Claude Quesnelle
brossard77
Dec 1, 2006 7:52 pm
Just one last email on this now really off topic, well, topic. ... No, there is no carbon in it, so it can't be a halocarbon. It contains nitrogen and...
4841
barrychinn
Dec 2, 2006 5:53 am
Hello everyone. The source I used to generate the chart is Paul Mallery's "Trackwork Handbook". My copy was published by Boynton & Associates / Clifton House,...
4842
barrychinn
Dec 2, 2006 6:01 am
Hello everyone. I compared the data from Paul Mallery's book to the table referenced by Rick. The apparent difference is due to rounding off. For modeling...
4843
Geoff Burns
sprfr8r
Dec 3, 2006 11:50 pm
To Earl & Stuart, thanks for the response. Now a few more questions. What size rail did you use for the trackwork? I've been using GT 'n' scale track &...
4844
Stuart Mitchell
stuarton30
Dec 4, 2006 12:14 am
Geoff I use code 83 for the main and code 70 for anything else. I model in HO. Stuart ... From: Geoff Burns To: handlaidtrack@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
4845
Earl Hackett
hacketet
Dec 4, 2006 1:23 am
I model an earlier era when rail was lighter so I use code 70 for everything, except hidden track where code 83 flex track is quicker to install. ... From:...
4846
Geoff Burns
sprfr8r
Dec 4, 2006 1:27 am
Stuart and Earl where can I source the lighter rail that you've both been using? Geoff...
4847
Geoff Burns
sprfr8r
Dec 4, 2006 1:33 am
Stuart I model in HO also, I just use the GT as it's about $2.60 a length, and I can construct one turnout from one length. I've put some photos of what I've...
4848
Geoff Burns
sprfr8r
Dec 4, 2006 1:39 am
Stuart & Earl I model in HO also, I've posted a few photo's in an album to show what I've done so far....
4849
Jim Sherman
spameater97006
Dec 4, 2006 1:44 am
... (the ... Agreed, but to quote: The propellant mixture in each SRB motor consists of an ammonium perchlorate (oxidizer, 69.6 percent by weight), aluminum...
4850
Stuart Mitchell
stuarton30
Dec 4, 2006 2:12 am
Geoff I get mine from Moedl railway craftsman in Blacktown, NSW www.mrrc.com phone on the site. they ofer great service. Hope that heps Stuart ... From: Geoff...
4851
Earl Hackett
hacketet
Dec 4, 2006 2:36 am
I only use rail from Micro Engineering. It has a very fine cross section that I like. Central Valley is now producing code 80 rail that also has an extremely...
4852
Ed McCamey
emccamey.rm
Dec 4, 2006 1:56 pm
... The Central Valley rail is code 81 rail - VERY nice cross section. It's really the old Gene LaVancil rail bought out by Louis Cross at Right-O-Way (O scale...
4853
Gerard Gagnon
gerard_gagno...
Dec 5, 2006 2:24 am
I have hard time to decide the sub roadbed between the tie and the spline, My first choice will be Upson Board, but it's not available anymore. I'm not too...
4854
jmbraddock
Dec 5, 2006 3:05 am
I'm not sure why you don't want to use Homasote, as Upson is usually the substitute for it. However, if you want to reconsider, Lowes and Home Depot have it...
4855
John F. Pautz
jfpautz
Dec 5, 2006 3:12 am
Gerard, Yhe best sound absorber I've found is about 2mm of plaster for sceanery surrounding the track. I use luan plywood for sub-roadbed, as it readily takes...
4856
Gerard Gagnon
gerard_gagno...
Dec 5, 2006 3:23 am
You means they have strip of homasote ? interesting, I will check next week Gérard Gagnon http://www.mytrains.net ... De : handlaidtrack@yahoogroups.com...
4857
Joeb
jmbraddock
Dec 5, 2006 4:54 am
Yup! You need to go look in the section where they have concrete supplies. There you will fine long strips of homasote to be used as the expansion joints in...
4858
Claude Quesnelle
brossard77
Dec 5, 2006 2:18 pm
I saw in MR a couple years ago a feature layout that used homosote splines as the subroadbed. I'll have to go through the collection, but wouldn't this be the...
