my pet hate is plastic handrails - esp. when they get bent! newer models have metal handrails thankfully...

anyway i just wondered how you would go about manufacturing metal handrails to a custom design to replace plastic ones?

does anyone offer this service?

this relates to ho scale model trains btw.

i know you can get brackets and brass rod but i was after custom shaped / one piece metal handrails really...


tim

Prepare artwork and have them etched in brass or better still in nickel silver I guess.  There are firms who will do this.

http://www.009.cd2.com/members/how_to/etching.htm

There is a DCC Concepts Handrail Bending Jig available p/n DCG-SR4 that has lots of holes to make handrails in OO and N. An excellent piece of kit.

Pete @ EGLM

Quote from: Pete @ EGLM on February 09, 2020, 12:18:02 AM
There is a DCC Concepts Handrail Bending Jig available p/n DCG-SR4 that has lots of holes to make handrails in OO and N. An excellent piece of kit.

Pete @ EGLM

I bought one of those a few months back. I stumbled across it and thought it a good thing to have in the tool box.

thanks for the replies

i may email those companies linked to and see what they quote

i dont have any design or artwork but i can send them the plastic parts i want creating in metal

the railings i need are connected to the bodyside in a few places and not just at the end of each rail so bending a single wire isnt an option unfortunately


cheers


tim

Quote from: Pete @ EGLM on February 09, 2020, 12:18:02 AM
There is a DCC Concepts Handrail Bending Jig available p/n DCG-SR4 that has lots of holes to make handrails in OO and N. An excellent piece of kit.

Pete @ EGLM

https://www.dccconcepts.com/product/stainless-steel-scale-ruler-and-handrail-jig/