[Dennis David]

Aristo-Craft is producing the ART-11906 Track & Wheel Gauge for checking not only the gauge of track & wheels but also, track grade, across track level, measure flange way widths & depths, switch points and other important measurements.

MSRP $10.50

 

[neil_s_wood]

thats a great idea.

Currently I have been using a small spirit level for this purpose but this would be better as it is smaller and can fit into narrower cuttings. Trix also do a special car with a sprit level for their five year Profi club members. Which looks pretty good. I can't post a picture as I haven't seen it on the net and only in the club magazine.

 

[Thunder]

Cant help thinking that; that spirit level device is a bit over the top. is it sitting on HO/OO gauge track? if it is, the detail of the fish plate looks interesting, don't look like a standard peco fitting

 

[Dennis David]

Thunder take a look at the title of the thread.

What maybe over the top for HO/OO becomes an important tool when you are building a garden railroad and laying track like the real thing.

Don't forget the gauge part, the leading cause for derailments is badly layed track and out of gauge wheels and points.

 

[Thunder]

Point taken dennis (no pun intended)

 

[Dennis David]

Laying track for a garden railroad is more of an engineering process than anything we ever have to deal with in the smaller scales. But then my wife thinks all my hobbies are a little overboard.

 

[Thunder]

I should have known better, than to make a silly remark like that, just after laying a OO gauge track in my garden, i used a builders level to make sure my surfaces where level before i laid any tracks, but still got problems on the curves, so my apologies for putting my foot in it before thinking about it.

 

[Dennis David]

Huh? No apologies were necessary. There are a lot of gadgets that go over the top. That's what makes them fun.