Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (o Lou E o) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:23:35 GMT

Very nice job, the scenery looks great!

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (diamondgoldsilver) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:28:14 GMT

Thanks for the elegant word's. But sereriously The Saguaro park raceway was very easy to do. And was built as a practice in track building. and if I can do anybody can.

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (bheinaue) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:28:49 GMT

The six months is just the time since I had it running with a little lankscaping and now. Looking back at the thread, I started almost a year ago. I'd make progress in spurts. It would sit with nothing done for weeks/months, then I'd get a little time and make a chunk of progress. I think a little experience will make a huge difference on my next effort. I spent a lot of my available time just looking at it thinking about what I should do next, not wanting to make a mistake. I made a...

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (slider2) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:21:55 GMT

I agree with Bill, it looks great! I love tracks with scenery on them... especially more natural scenery, that doesn't just look like a bunch of frozen food boxes scattered around for the track buildings.

Six months, huh? Boy you are Jammin'. I've been working on my track for almost a year and it isn't that far along yet... Of course, I am kind of like one of those proverbial "Slow-Children" At Play...

As for the placement of the driver's...

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (jmswms) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:54:05 GMT

looks great. scenery really makes it look wonderful. good job with the scenery!

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (bheinaue) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:26:53 GMT

It runs pretty well in both directions-best in the middle lane. I usually drive clockwise. On one turn, the outside lane can bump scenary and the inside lane is a bit sharp, but it can be managed with some driving. As long as I keep the tape clean, power is good all the way around. Traction is fine, but varies immensly by car. One of my flys slides like its on oiled glass, but most others have a bit of stick.

Next steps
- place the timing hardware. I've created a couple...

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (dreinecke) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:41:21 GMT

Wow! That looks great. 6 months? That isn't bad in my book at all.

So, how does it run?

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (bheinaue) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:06:31 GMT

I added some plaster cloth and paint. It took me about six months. I think on Luf's video, it took a weekend.

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (bheinaue) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:56:10 GMT

Yes. All three lanes are taped and running. I don't have lap timing or power control setup yet, but the track works in both directions.

I tried to pick a couple images that gave an overall picture.

The driver's stations are along the right of the picture. It's not a very good place with three people since views will be blocked, but its where I prefer to stand when running alone. Maybe I'll slave a couple more stations when I figure out where they should be.

~ Larry...

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (DrDiff) — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:15:47 GMT

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I finished my first track (Though I did build one with my dad 40 years ago) recently. I found that:

1) there's a million ways to do just about everything.
2) slot cars are mighty forgiving of imperfections.
3) with wood, nothin's cast in stone. If you watch where you place your screws (which I didn't) you can fill and rerout sections pretty much at will.
4) plastic racing doesn't hold a candle to racing...

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (Nor Cal Mike) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:04:36 GMT

I finished my first track (Though I did build one with my dad 40 years ago) recently. I found that:
1) there's a million ways to do just about everything.
2) slot cars are mighty forgiving of imperfections.
3) with wood, nothin's cast in stone. If you watch where you place your screws (which I didn't) you can fill and rerout sections pretty much at will.
4) plastic racing doesn't hold a candle to racing on wood IMHO.

Nice track by the way

Nor Cal Mike

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (oldslotracer) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:31:01 GMT

You did a great job, and it will inspire others to try a wood track
We ran our "Portable track" at 8 or 9 volts and found the Scaly TransAms to be the most fun...lotsa banging and not much deslotting

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (bheinaue) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:13:49 GMT

At a couple hours a week, it can take a long time to build a wooden track, but cars are finaly running. I did a temporary hookup of power pending construction of the drivers stations and ran a number of cars several laps. I was surprised how sticky the cars actually were going around corners. I've seen comments before on how slippery a wood track could be, but it was not bad at all. Perhaps I'm just used to it from my early Artin's.

Some key learnings along the way:
-...

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (bheinaue) — Wed, 23 May 2007 12:20:27 GMT

Half the track is mostly built. The turns on this section are slightly banked. The straights are not exactly straight-that was intentional.

Here is the second half of the track. These sections are not attached to the base yet. The turns are not banked here. I may try to figure out how to strap the larger curve to give...

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (nhdungeonracer) — Fri, 18 May 2007 15:32:17 GMT

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Question: The track on the tables joins at two places: the outbound track and the return track. Ive planned to connect only one of these two sides for power, reasoning that power is already distributed fully with just the one connection. Is there any advantage to connecting both sides that outweighs the extra construction and setup effort?

While what you say is correct and...

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (bheinaue) — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:30:33 GMT

I figured out that I needed to get started before I could finish, so I finally got started. Actually I started a few weeks ago, but am only able to work a few minutes each day so progress is slow.

The track Im building spans 2 4x8 tables. Ive laid out, routed, cut out and mounted the track for the first table. Im in the process of laying out the track for the second table.

Ive started laying copper on the first section. To connect the power, Ive drilled and countersunk...

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (DrDiff) — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:24:54 GMT

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My first test routing immediately showed the value of practice. In my first six inches of routing, I let the router get pulled an inch from the straightedge. 1st learning, route in the other direction so that the router is pulled into whatever I'm using as the edge.

In my second six inches of routing, I broke my router bit. I replaced it with a better quality one and completed the simple straight line I was...

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (loopedeloop) — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:19:39 GMT

^^^^Thats true, I been there lol.

The rule for routing is:

Cutting one direction, the router pushes against the guide, the other , it tries to push away from it.
Hard to explain but ..... /o.... if the line is the guide and the o the router, cutting upwards(left to right) the rotation of the cutter will keep the router pressing against the guide.

Sorry, like I said hard to explain but it makes life a lot easier if you set up with this in mind.

Re: David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (bheinaue) — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:09:50 GMT

My first test routing immediately showed the value of practice. In my first six inches of routing, I let the router get pulled an inch from the straightedge. 1st learning, route in the other direction so that the router is pulled into whatever I'm using as the edge.

In my second six inches of routing, I broke my router bit. I replaced it with a better quality one and completed the simple straight line I was routing. I started with a no-name single flute carbide tipped bit and...

David Hill Racecourse-Landscaping Pictures

feeds@yuku.com (bheinaue) — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:44:02 GMT

I am planning to make my first routed track and looking for advice. Ive claimed a bit of space in the garage, approximately the size of 2 4x6ft tables set in an L (10ft one outer edge, 6ft the other), that Im currently using for a plastic track. I also have a second space down in the barn (table size 16x6) with plastic track setup that Id use for a second wood track if I enjoy the first.

Ive purchased MDF and copper tape, have the router and router bit, but find myself going back...