Locking up your layout - 7
the thin end of the shim. I simply shove them into the foam and
allow their wider heads to wrap around the tip of the shim. If
you have a more traditional sub-roadbed such as plywood, you
could try small hinges attached to the end of the shim.
With the shim securely hinged, I turned to the lock itself. Small
padlocks, while more prototypical in appearance and action,
wouldn’t work in this setup because they would have required
access underneath the layout. In addition, I preferred to main-
tain the clean look of my layout’s fascia and not have padlocks
hanging everywhere. Ideally, each of the locks would be set
into the fascia directly under the switch it controlled.
An online search for a solution turned up cam locks. Available
from a variety of manufacturers, they’re used primarily to lock
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12: The excess wire is trimmed with the top of the
throwbar using flush-cut pliers.
MRH-Dec 2013
