Thanks for showing us your entire process for fabricating the spline roadbed David. It certainly seems to be the optimum method for what you are trying to accomplish with the smooth curving climb up the the other level, plus being very efficient in the use of material. By its very nature a laminated wood structural member like that is incredibly strong.
Daryl’s work is so good. I was shocked when he had to pull down his lovely N scale layout. I have a feeling that his new HO layout is going to be amazing.
Awesome work mate and thank you for sharing your experience with everyone, your learning experience is a great help for me to get in and give it a go myself. Keep up the awesome videos
Thanks David, I was initially getting bogged down in layout plans and what was the perfect thing to do. In the end I just jumped in and had a crack. I’ve made plenty of mistake but it’s all coming together.
Looks real good. I remember seeing someone do their entire layout that way years ago. They had them only as wide as the track. I think that would drive me crazy not having and kind of buffer zone if there would be a derailment
I'm not sure I understand how you plan what the curve will be. I see you have nails in risers to establish the curve. Do you use string to decide where to place the nail in the riser as you move from riser to riser? How do you know where to screw in the riser? You clamp the risers in place till the string has a radius that looks right? How do you determine how to set elevation changes for the splines? What decides how the strips of wood get staggered? Also, when the glue dries do you take all the screws out?
Hey Jon, I tend to do must of my set stuff by eye with some rough measuring of the grade. When it comes to the spline it all started at the same point where it left the original benchwork and I’ve let the staggering occur naturally with the curve. I know it’s not helpful and a bit frustrating but I really do fly by the seat of my pants with it. This can cause problems as you’ll see in more extension updates after this old video that I redo some parts several times. I was originally taking the screws out of the spline once the glue dried but by the end I Just left them in. From memory I set the places of the risers by bending some spline to get the rough curve and then placed the risers. Sorry again if this is not overly helpful.
@@nessriverrailroad1299 Wrong! It's extremely helpful! This tells me I'm overthinking some parts of this and gives me confidence on how to approach it! Thank you so much for explaining how you set your risers!
One thing I forgot to mention, just use generic ply, I tried using some higher grade ply at one stage and it was too strong and wouldn’t bend enough for the tighter sections so it was a waste of money.
I picked the radius by eye. The good thing about the spline and cutting across the grain is if you try for too tight it will snap, so the timber kind of decided also what the radius would be. I then clamped the risers where I felt the would go with the clouts in place and adjusted to get it how I wanted. Once I was happy I then glued and screwed the risers.
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150mm, not 15mm 🤦🏼♂️
Thanks for showing us your entire process for fabricating the spline roadbed David. It certainly seems to be the optimum method for what you are trying to accomplish with the smooth curving climb up the the other level, plus being very efficient in the use of material. By its very nature a laminated wood structural member like that is incredibly strong.
It’s amazing how strong it becomes.
Here's another method of creating sub roadbed from a guy building an HO layout with plywood that may interest you:
ruclips.net/user/Rochsub
Daryl’s work is so good. I was shocked when he had to pull down his lovely N scale layout. I have a feeling that his new HO layout is going to be amazing.
Love the content and glad I found this channel. I have a space in my new home I am able to build a layout and this has been a huge help. Cheers!
That’s great to hear, good luck with your build.
Awesome work mate and thank you for sharing your experience with everyone, your learning experience is a great help for me to get in and give it a go myself.
Keep up the awesome videos
Thanks David,
I was initially getting bogged down in layout plans and what was the perfect thing to do. In the end I just jumped in and had a crack. I’ve made plenty of mistake but it’s all coming together.
Looks real good. I remember seeing someone do their entire layout that way years ago. They had them only as wide as the track. I think that would drive me crazy not having and kind of buffer zone if there would be a derailment
The sections I’ve done previously are quite narrow and you’re right, it can be a bit precarious until scenery goes in.
Cool video Dave, Can your next video be about how you build mountains or volcanoes? Thanks
Cheer~~~the material laid down to form a road.😊
Your roadbed works looks good Dave, lot's of work....but, pay's off. Bob
Thanks Bob, I didn’t mind how long it took. Using this timber I managed to get it done a bit quicker than I actually thought it would.
4:36 Bless you.
I'm not sure I understand how you plan what the curve will be. I see you have nails in risers to establish the curve. Do you use string to decide where to place the nail in the riser as you move from riser to riser? How do you know where to screw in the riser? You clamp the risers in place till the string has a radius that looks right? How do you determine how to set elevation changes for the splines?
What decides how the strips of wood get staggered?
Also, when the glue dries do you take all the screws out?
Hey Jon,
I tend to do must of my set stuff by eye with some rough measuring of the grade.
When it comes to the spline it all started at the same point where it left the original benchwork and I’ve let the staggering occur naturally with the curve. I know it’s not helpful and a bit frustrating but I really do fly by the seat of my pants with it. This can cause problems as you’ll see in more extension updates after this old video that I redo some parts several times.
I was originally taking the screws out of the spline once the glue dried but by the end I
Just left them in.
From memory I set the places of the risers by bending some spline to get the rough curve and then placed the risers.
Sorry again if this is not overly helpful.
@@nessriverrailroad1299 Wrong! It's extremely helpful! This tells me I'm overthinking some parts of this and gives me confidence on how to approach it! Thank you so much for explaining how you set your risers!
One thing I forgot to mention, just use generic ply, I tried using some higher grade ply at one stage and it was too strong and wouldn’t bend enough for the tighter sections so it was a waste of money.
How did you set the radius of the first piece to achieve the desired radius?
I picked the radius by eye. The good thing about the spline and cutting across the grain is if you try for too tight it will snap, so the timber kind of decided also what the radius would be. I then clamped the risers where I felt the would go with the clouts in place and adjusted to get it how I wanted. Once I was happy I then glued and screwed the risers.
Awesome video
Glad you liked it.