Track Cutting

[longbridge]

All this snipping reminds me that I got snipped 40 years ago, after that i always hoped some chick would accuse me of putting her in the family way but it never happened, nowt to do with track though.

[Jerry Howlett]

All this snipping reminds me that I got snipped 40 years ago, after that i always hoped some chick would accuse me of putting her in the family way but it never happened, nowt to do with track though.

[weave]

Hi,

Saw a youtube guide to track cutting (the other scale - wont swear) but they said that for N scale you cut downwards with snippers rather than across as in their gauge.

Dont know if true/better but might help.

Cheers Weave.

[weave]

Just thought - maybe you all know that already but hope helps newbies like me. 

[Bikeracer]

I think for N gauge the recommended way is sideways with the cutters vertical.

Allan

[Dock Shunter]

I cut with the cutters vertical..... with the flat side (back) of the cutters facing the piece of rail you want to keep...

[Mustermark]

I cut with the cutters vertical..... with the flat side (back) of the cutters facing the piece of rail you want to keep...

Me too. Nothing is as quick and easy. No mess or 'sawdust' and very neat.

[painbrook]

Me too. Nothing is as quick and easy. No mess or 'sawdust' and very neat. Sawdust What kind of track do you use . Cheers john.

[Newportnobby]

Sawdust What kind of track do you use . Cheers john.

It's the wooden sleepers that cause it

[Mustermark]

Hehe. 

But you know what i mean... The grains of metal. I hate cleaning up all the tiny nickel sliver grains. I worry that they would ruin a motor if they got in.