Took the plans off the "net to build a jig for a wooden HO trestle I have been 2 days now trying to interpret it, I think it was printed as a joke, I’ve tried every method to decipher the mess and asked others who cannot even read it, it has to do with using 4 layers of 1/16’’ card stock and cutting out the bents slot but only 2 layers down and somehow inserting the actual wood in the slots and gluing them, it truly is impossible. Does anyone have the plans to make a simple jig to assemble the bents? certainly would appreciate it. help me ! help me !
okay, well I saw a jig where it had a sheet of plywood(large scales) or paper(small). For both of them you have styrene or wood blocks to hold each bent and pile.(in pairs on each side)
Be sure to have the pieces scale and do not build the jig so that the trestke parts can wiggle or move.
Can you post the link used. Similar post in the passsed month on trestle building showed a card stock jig. Seemed strait forward to me.
What I saw on another site, was to actually (carefully) measure and build the one long bent first. Then, placing it on a piece of (something, foam, ply, MDF) large enough to hold it entirely, glue small scale-wood blocks in position along the posts and sills and crown so that, when you lift the first bent out of the resultant jig, you are left with …the jig! Then you simply cut and lay pieces as appropriate to form a new bent and CA or use the glue you like. Allow to dry and start again.
When confronted with the need for a 9 inch tall, 6 foot long curved trestle on an HO scale club layout, I used Grand Central Gems pre-made trestle bents.
These can be purchased in 3 different scales (O, HO, N) and 3 different lengths within each scale. This makes trestle construction much simpler and faster.
This sounds like an absolute winner! Probably good to use a styrene jig if the trestle will be wood. Less chance for stray wood glue to stick to it. If the trestle is styrene … perhaps a wood jig and lacquer thinner for glue ???
Karl