Small angles, where can I get them?

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Sometimes I need small angles to build for example a building with 90 degree corners. Can someone please tell me where to get these small angles (or maybe they are called something different).

Thanks in advance.

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http://micromark.com/ MicroMark has all kinds of tools, including corner jigs etc. My [2c]

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Thanks, I found them.

http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Catalog&Type=Product&ID=60626

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For 90 degree corners, a good steel square is useful.

Set the walls into the angle of the square and hold them there with some weights until they set.

I also use angled weighted blocks from Micro-Mark.

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Go to the hardware store and get some cheap angle braces or angle irons. Check them against a good square, and if they’re a few degrees out, adjust them with a pair of pliers.

21 something dollars for a piece of squared-off metal? I’ll spend that on trains, thank you.

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Small sections of bed rail (the steel angle that supports the slats under the bed springs) in various widths work fine for me. To use on the outside of the corners I glue thin wood pads on the inside faces of the angle section so it will fit up close without interference from the inside filet. Spring clamps made from reversed wooden clothes pins hold everything solid.

Geohan

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I just use old cassette tape cases stacked as needed to hold building corners square.