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Modelling => Trackwork => Topic started by: Richard on August 28, 2011, 17:33

Title: Copper clad sleepers
Post by: Richard on August 28, 2011, 17:33
hi all
i am lookign for a supplier of copper clad sleepers.  I need 30 to match (in size) 009 crazytrack.
Does anyone know of a supplier for them?  I know I could make my own from larger pieces but in the past I have had trouble cutting them without them snapping or looking awful!

thanks
Title: Re: Copper clad sleepers
Post by: B.Meldon on August 31, 2011, 08:41
Hi Richard

I have never managed to find the correct thickness to match the Peco track exactly.
All the PCB sleepers that I have used have been slightly too thin and need spacing, but others may have found otherwise.

Brian Meldon
Title: Re: Copper clad sleepers
Post by: tedp on September 01, 2011, 17:53
Buy a piece of blank PCB board and cut strips from it, then divide them into separate sleepers. I have done so many times and they fit all right. I epoxied them next to the cross-baseboard gaps, gapped each sleeper and soldered the rails on top:

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Title: Re: Copper clad sleepers
Post by: Hugh Norwood on September 11, 2011, 17:04
Have you tried the usual suppliers? C+L appear to stock a variety of copper clad material - not that I've used them.