What you used was a trammel. A Dremel is a hobby power tool and would not be used (at least, not without being clamped to a trammel) to cut a center line.
This whole discussion is not about curves laid out with a regular curve gauge or a trammel or assembling sections of Unitrack or sectional track – it is about the transitions easing from tangent/straight track to constant-radius curve.
Many years ago, possibly the 70s, one issue of MR had full size fold out easements in it for various radii.
Easements are only necessary depending on what you run, short cars with short engines this is just a waste of space, however once you start running longer stuff, easements will come into play, same with turnout numbers.
rrebell, good to see you once again. I actually started a thread awhile back asking about your whereabouts.
Rich
do you mean the straight sections in S-curves, when curve reverse?
I belive easements are neccesary in the prototype when track elevation changes, it gives truck a chance to turn and recentered themselves between the rails when at the appropriate speed for the curve radius
Had to reregister with new password. Also computer crashed after an update but computer fine, just had to go back to factory specs, lost a lot of stuff but most was not needed.
Prototype yes, but not scale models.
Well, good to see you once again. I always enjoyed your posts on the old forum, and soon after this new one started up, familiar screen names started showing up , but yours was notably missing.
Welcome back.
Rich
I found the article that ndbprr pointed out. The title is “Laying out an easement with MODEL RAILROADER template” and it is on pages 60-67 of the October 1969 issue of MR magazine. It is too difficult for me to understand the principle.
Well thank you, didn’t know anyone noticed.
You were missed by a lot of us.
Wow, thank you!!!
This got real complicated for me, UNTIL I ran across Atlantic_Central Feb 21 post 22/52. The first page/copy of an old article makes it plain. endmrw0305251232
