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Your PC board ties are noted as being 1/16”, or 0.063” thick and this is consistent with the PC board that I have used to hand-cut such ties in the past. Your wood ties are listed as being 0.08” thick which is consistent with the thickness of the flex-track I am using. In using PC board ties in you fixtures, how is the difference in height accounted for? 0.017” seems to be an awfully thick, thus inadvisable, solder joint. Or I suppose the wood ties could be sanded off to match, but that would take a lot more sanding than suggested in an 11/12/07 note on the subject, and would also cause a mismatch with the flex-track. Or are the PC board ties just allowed to “float” in the layout until eventual ballasting (hopefully) fills in the gap beneath them?
Thanks,
Tom Reilley

Hi Tom,

The difference between the thickness of the PC board and the wood ties does not create an issue. When the completed turnout is glued (or spiked) to the wood ties the difference between the two sizes is under the PC board tie, and will be hidden when the turnout is ballasted.

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Tim Warris
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