Building a Double Crossover for a Model Railroad
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- I'm getting back into some trackwork for a while and I'm going to get started by building a #6 double crossover. This is. a bit more complicated than the switches I've and I'm taking a little departure from the instructions that Fast Tracks provides for this crossover. I'm hoping this will work well to save me a little space on my model railroad.
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Right in the middle of building one of these. In N scale. With just one jig. Absolute nightmare! Enjoying it though, and hopefully it will work good when it's done. You make it look really easy - I can assure everyone that it isn't! Great video as usual
Man I’m glad I watched this! I was going to build myself a double slip! But I see I need to master building turn outs first!
very impressive build
Thanks!
Use the exacto saw to cut the gaps, it’s much faster and leaves the same clean slot
Thanks for the tip!
Absolutely incredible video !!!! Everything looks great 👍!!! Love the work involved , patience and dedication!
Thank you very much!
Man you make this look so easy! I'm thinking about going this route on the lower level of my layout but it's a huge investment up front. You're lucky to have someone close by to loan you the templates. Great job Drew as always! - Jason
Thanks, Jason. I haven't found building switches to be any more difficult than scratch building structures or kits, especially with the jigs. I'm really grateful to Bob and Keith for lending me some jigs. I'm planning on building my ladder using just paper templates and that feels a little intimidating.
@@WhiteRiverLine have fun with that one...lol. Looking forward to seeing that video come out.
@@TheTrainFreak With some advise from @Splitrock I think I can figure it out.
8:50 sorry if someone pointed this out already, but unless you have file that cuts on the draw/back stroke, pulling the file won't remove material.
My file cuts on both push and pull.
@@WhiteRiverLine oh sweet
Great job…
I’ve unsuccessfully looked for your soldering equipment choices. Please help. Look forward to each new video coming out.
Here is a link to the soldering iron I use, but it's nothing special. Any good quality 35 watt soldering iron should work just fine.
www.harborfreight.com/5-to-50-watt-soldering-station-57364.html
@@WhiteRiverLine thanks for the quick response. I’ll check it out. I do realize that the operator is key in the process, but having adequate equipment can make frustration more of a pleasure.
That is so true. Always frustrating to have to fight with your tools to get them work right.
I'm following your progress Drew, I live very close to the area you're modeling, if you need someone to take some pictures of prototype buildings or anything just let me know.
For sure, Craig. Thanks!
Have you done a video on building a turnout but without using a jig?
I want to make a narrow gauge turnout.
Kind of. I have a video on building a 3 way turnout using a paper template th-cam.com/video/RZDq8Gwun20/w-d-xo.html. I also have a couple video on yard ladder build using paper templates, th-cam.com/video/dB56x0WNXXg/w-d-xo.html. The concepts should translate pretty well.
Firstly, this better not be your first time making a model railroad. No one can go from “I think I’d like to have a hobby” straight to “I hand laid all of my track all the way down to the spikes” in one fell swoop.
Otherwise, that’d be unfair to the rest of us that herp-a-derped for years and years just to get a train to not catch on fire.
Secondly, I’m impressed the rails didn’t twist on you when you nipped them while they were in the jig. Well done.
Lol, it is indeed my first. My wife testify that am someone who would make such a leap. I’m not the brightest. Thanks for watching!
Had to comment here. I've been debating whether to use a double or 2 single crossovers for a while now. I already have 2 jigs and the crossover points tool, so what's stopping me?
Actually you answered the questions I had. I wanted to know if using a single outer rail was going to work instead of an offset joint. Seems it does! Tick.
I also wanted to see if I could bridge any other joints with continuous rail. You've not done that and it looks like it still works well. Doesn't seem to be an issue since it seems you can make it continuous with that middle pcb tie and solder them all to it.
This is the first video I've seen showing a double crossover being built. As good as the printed doco is for the crossover, it still seems bewildering to me. Until now.
Nothing in what you did is too complex, just tedious as usual multiplied by 5.
I've only one other comment. Flipping the thing over to solder in the frogs isn't always reliable, I've found. When testing for continuity from one end of the frog to the other still occasionally showed an open circuit from the wing rails to the v. More heat required there.
So, well done. Enjoy your work.
Thanks for the comment. Although I didn't discuss it, I did consider using a continuous rail for the final frog points, #10 on the diagram. In fact those are the only other rails that could potentially be done as single piece. I did not trust that I could accurately get the right length when filing the frog points on each end. I haven't seen any videos on building a double crossover either, so I glad to have the opportunity to maybe have a unique video here on TH-cam. I'm glad it's prompted you to make one of your own.
@@WhiteRiverLine When I made my single crossovers using both jigs I found it was possible to do it all with long rails. However, it's a lot worse when doing the double crossover since you have to match up 2 v's. Ouch. I suspect you made the right choice.
OK. I just made my first #8 double crossover in HO using the Fast Tracks tools
Half way through I was having fun. All the little extra wide angle frogs were new and easy. Your TH-cam guide was invaluable although it totally disguised the fact that it took forever to file all the frogs and closure rails. I've worn out my file too.
My #8 crossover point form tool is worn badly in the middle and probalby is now at end of life. I've made quite a lot of #8 turnouts so it wasn't just the double crossover. I know the official way is to file along the entire length of the tool, but in practice I wasn't able to do achieve an even wear on the tool and there is now a distinct bow in the middle.
#8 closure rails are very tedious and there were 8 of them to do. I did this over a couple of days to alleviate the agony.
I also must have a strange way of holding the point form tool as occasionally I would file my 2nd thumb joint. Not a lot of blood but it will heal.
By the end, I was rejoicing that I didn't need any more than 1 of these crossovers for the time being.
I do love the way the crossover works with a truck rolling over all 8 routes. I have a hex frog juicer so power routing won't be a problem. Not installed yet.
So in summary, thanks so much for the video. You haven't posted for quite a while now but your video is appreciated. I am totally ignoring your video on the 3 way turnout.
Good job Drew. I am curious, how much time did it take to assemble the double-slip turnout (other than allowing it to sit over night on the ties) ?
Well, filming my work always makes it take longer, and my schedule rarely affords me to do something like this in one sitting. However, I suppose I could get this done in about 2 - 3 hours.
@@WhiteRiverLine okay, that helped me a lot. thank you - good job.
Fantastic job building that crossover. How long did it take to build it? Keep up the good work.
Since I didn't build it all in one sitting I'm not quite sure how long it took and it always takes me longer to do stuff when I'm filming. If I just sat down to build one, it would probably take 3 hours or so.