Thank you for your reply,
Our treated structural pine here is different to rough sawn timber, it is accurately machined to metric sizes for constructing frames for house and building construction. It has rounded corners and a lined finish similar to what you would get if you run a comb over mud or pastry. I think this is to add strength to the timber. What I would like to know is the sizes of timber/lumber you have used during O gauge layout construction, and I then can convert these dimensions to the closest metric size in structural pine. In Lynn Westcott's book, no mention of scale is made, so I would expect that thicker lumber sizes would be required for the heavier O Gauge trains.
I would be interested to know the sizes you and other O Modelers have used for :
1. Girders
2. Girder Flanges for L Girder construction.
3. Joists
4. Legs
5. Leg Braces
On the subject of Cleats for attaching plywood sheets to the joists, are home made cleats a better option than readily available small Angle Brackets?
All replies appreciated,
Regards,
Alan Ford
