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Winter Test Track

Postby chappyman66 » Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:34 pm

With my main track in storage for the winter, I normally end up testing at the club track. I finally decided that I needed a track for winter as well.
My solution:
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A free laminate countertop, roughly 30 in wide and 7 ft long. Cheap and easy routing, easy surface to clean. With the limited space, I wanted adjustable power.
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Also cheap and easy, $5 worth of components from ebay. Haven't gotten directional switch yet, that's next. And I can move them to the big track, so I can have 3 independent lanes off my one budget power supply ($10 at a rummage sale for 15A supply).

So at least I can test my winter builds!
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Re: Winter Test Track

Postby SpeedyNH » Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:47 pm

not bad.
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Re: Winter Test Track

Postby BARC 1 » Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:49 pm

Is that I drink holder I see :D
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Re: Winter Test Track

Postby Z-carfan » Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:50 pm

Nice track, love the counter top idea!
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Re: Winter Test Track

Postby chappyman66 » Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:51 pm

Nope, not a drink holder....a cord pass through. I was going to fill it but didn't. ..and then decided that it was a good feature to help me work on driving smoothly without throwing the tail out so much.
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Re: Winter Test Track

Postby chappyman66 » Wed Jan 04, 2017 11:52 pm

Nope, not a drink holder....a cord pass through. I was going to fill it but didn't. ..and then decided that it was a good feature to help me work on driving smoothly without throwing the tail out so much.

Not fancy...just functional.
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Re: Winter Test Track

Postby Gameover » Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:20 am

Looks great Paul!!
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Re: Winter Test Track

Postby mattb » Thu Jan 05, 2017 7:50 am

Paul, you have to have some kind of track to just see if your wheels are round and your cars go in the right direction! Not having any track at home ( moved mine to a bigger garage), I am trying to think up the easiest way to set up a small oval just to test cars and make sure the setup is right. I would prefer a small oval that I can hinge to a wall somewhere and just pull down to use, or slide under a bed and pull it out to run something. Trouble is I just don't have a wall available or a bed that doesn't already have a bunch of stuff crammed under it!!!!
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Re: Winter Test Track

Postby chappyman66 » Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:09 pm

Matt,
I got tired of no track. But the bed is against the other wall so it's not a total slot cave.
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Once that happens I will make a nicer track with elevation and scenery. But this fit the bill and was basically free....recycle countertop and tape leftover from the big track. It works, and will let me know if the wheels are round and all touch the ground when moving.
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Re: Winter Test Track

Postby dreinecke » Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:31 pm

Paul - Looks like a good track for testing to me! Nice work!
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Re: Winter Test Track

Postby TuscoTodd » Sun Jan 08, 2017 7:52 am

Very cool! Nice re-purpose of the counter top material!
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