My 2nd wood track build has officially started!

[greenjo2]

Well I'm back in the USA. I've got the man cave painted and the dining room painted. Picked up the routed MDF from the CNC man. Built all but one table. Whew that was a busy two days....

Tables just about completed





The routed MDF sitting in the garage waiting for me to route the gain in it and paint it.

[chipsta040365]

Can't wait to see it all painted up.

Nice job!

Chipsta
"The Other Revell Guy"

[mikeinclover]

John I should be around most of the weekend if you need help. Might have the store open on Monday for the parade not sure yet. Just call if you need any help.
Mike

[2FER SLOTS]

Man this looks like fun, the kind to get up early on a day off for
(I must be getting oooold)



Nice work on the bench work
Looks like enough MDf to make supports.....elevations?

[greenjo2]

Okay with the table construction completed and a trip to the Home Depot to look at paint for the bedroom out of the way I finally had time to layout all the pieces in the driveway to see how it looks. Looks good! Can't wait to get this thing together and start turning some hot laps.....

[wcarrothers]

Gees what a relief to see the sections mate together. This was the first track I handed to you guys where I didn't have time to piece it together in the drive way before delivery. Since wicked devided it up in cad and gave me the cut plans like that I never really "saw" it complete. So would have probably looked like an idiot trying to lay it out in the drive (I'm sure the neighbors wonder some times). I was not following the thread, and would probably never figured out the stacked sections.

Course the best part about having a track cut this way (other then ya get to avoide the dust of manual cutting) is ya got it to this point in less then a week (actually was only a few days from CAD to ready for pickup)!!!

But everything looks like it lines up well. (if I do say so my self)...

Thanks again!!!..

William Carrothers
www.sintrasigns.com
www.watchdogflyball.com
www.watchdogtimingsystems.com

[greenjo2]

Originally Posted by wcarrothers

Gees what a relief to see the sections mate together. This was the first track I handed to you guys where I didn't have time to piece it together in the drive way before delivery. Since wicked devided it up in cad and gave me the cut plans like that I never really "saw" it complete. So would have probably looked like an idiot trying to lay it out in the drive (I'm sure the neighbors wonder some times). I was not following the thread, and would probably never figured out the stacked sections.

But everything looks like it lines up well. (if I do say so my self)...

Thanks again!!!..

William Carrothers
www.sintrasigns.com
www.watchdogflyball.com
www.watchdogtimingsystems.com

Bill, your work is top notch, you had no reason to worry.....

[greenjo2]

In between painting bedroom walls, mowing the yard and several other honey do's I found some time to get the slots painted today.

[HarVWallbanger]

Looking good!

[2FER SLOTS]

I concur...looking good
Amazing how much quicker the "got to do's" go when you're looking forward to a "get to do"

[greenjo2]

Well it's been awhile since I made some progress on the track build! Life, work and the honey do list have been taking up most of my time. But with the help of some racing friends I got some work done on the track. BIG THANKS TO MikeinClover (Mike) and WikedMini (Dave) for the help.

Track is now bolted together and has temporary elevation supports in place. I'm hoping to get some braid laid today and tomorrow.

[tim neja]

Nice looking room---track's coming along nicely!! Keep posting--and keep working--bet you're getting anxious to run some "hot Laps" soon!! I'd say you better lay the braid in all the lanes at once--because if you do ONE---you'll start racing that lane for fun and not get anything else done for a while!!!

[Wicked Mini]

It's a lot of work but it is coming together nicely. Almost got sucked into racing on your OTHER wood track last night!!! Remember - those elevation changes are temporary so play around with it and see what you come up with.

I agree - make sure you do ALL the braid before applying any power!

[greenjo2]

Got some braiding and some elevation changes done this weekend. 7 of the 11 pieces have braid in all three lanes. 1 other track piece is taped and ready for braid .



The lower track got some elevation making it uphill to the middle of the corner and then downhill into the next corner.


This corner is at the bottom of the downhill cuve in previous photos. This turn exits and goes uphill to next corner.


small blocks attached to the sides of the track to provide areas to attach tile board guard rails.


tile board cut into 4" tall 4' long strips and painted with a coat of red paint. These will be guard rails ready for some geezer banners.


extra plywood attached in corner for a sand trap / kitty litter area with tires and fence.

[macsparty]

Hey Greenjo, small world - I lived in Fenton for a few years. I've landed in Midland now. Love the setup you have there. I can only dream of so much space for now! And as you may guess from the screen name, another Spartan fan here too.