I've doing some research on wooden ho tracks
where do you get the rebar for for the rails
what size is it
any other tips would be helpful

It's back by the concrete supplies at Menard's -- at mine it was hanging on an end cap and was sold on a small spool maybe 5-inches wide. Had to look around for a while to find it.

Joez did a track with it, plus a couple other guys here -- I'm sure they'll toss in their $.02 worth. :thumbsup:

I've doing some research on wooden ho tracks
where do you get the rebar for for the rails
what size is it
any other tips would be helpful

It's not actually rebar you're looking for... it's the wire that is used to tie rebar together that you want. I'm not sure what size it actually is and what size bit you would use for the installation groove.

I believe it's 1/16 and called rebar tie wire.

I'm confused. I thought this was gonna talk about making a building for an HO track... :drunk::hat::freak::dude:

that will help out
i know rebar is a little to big for rails
rebar tie wire makes more sense

Or you can use stitching wire, as we did on the west side of Australia:

http://routedtrack.hobby-site.com/

Cheers

Richard

a friend of mine had the idea of using #12copper ground wire and running it through my
ring roller (for making cylinders out of sheet metal) to flatten it...would this work?

There's good information at www.hosltcarracing.com under the wooden track section. They suggest 16 gauge rebar tie wire.

You may also want to check out "fish tape". This is a flat, thin material with rounded edges used for pulling wire through conduit. It comes on a wind up spool.

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Ted G