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8. The center seam in the cork roadbed is clearly visible
even after the cork has been sanded.
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I like to solder two pieces of flex track two pieces of flex track
together – 6’ long double pieces reduce the number of unsol-
dered rail joints. I work on a 6’ piece until I get it curved to
approximate shape. Then I put it in position and use the center
seam or a track center line as a guide and tweak it into shape.
I line up the new track with any previously laid pieces and work
on getting the rail ends to mate smoothly. I almost always need
to do some trimming. I use flush cutting nippers to cut the rail.
Cutting with nippers always leaves sharp edges behind. I care-
fully file these smooth. If I don't, the tight-fitting ME rail joiners
hang up and refuse to slide over the rail ends. If this process is
hard to visualize, check out the video accompanying this article.
MRH-Sep 2014
