Homasote VS Pink foam

[NW Modeling List]

Homasote cutting video as my contribution to this thread. 

http://youtu.be/KvieQOfI0nQ

I'm using Homasote splines on my layout, so have done a LOT of cutting this past year. Definitely an outdoor job.  Blade is a 60 tooth Freud Diablo, fixture is home-made. 

Matt Goodman
Columbus, Ohio

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On May 7, 2014, at 4:50 PM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

The foam is pretty much all the same whether blue, pink,etc except the white bead stuff. The colors are part of branding by the manufacturer. Buy what you can find locally. I agree the dust on the homasote is awful and needs to be done outside with a mask and with a blade with no teeth.  If you borrow,rent, split the cost with someone look at Fast Tracks jigs if you have enough turnouts needed to balance the cost. I am constantly amazed at how much better they perform over the major manufacturer turnouts. 

Phil Taylor

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> On May 7, 2014, at 1:16 PM, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

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> Hi Modelers,

>  

>                 Thank you for the replies.  So far by reading the replies it looks like nobody uses Hoamsote any longer.  Nigel wanted to know where I’m buying the pink foam here in So. California.  Some of the Home Depot’s carry it but not all; use the store locater on their website to find which stores have it in stock.  I’m modeling a business park, so the “table top” will be mostly flat; I couldn’t figure out how to fit the Winston-Salem District in a 10.5 X 12.4 bedroom.  Since it looks like I’ll use the foam, I’ll glue the code 70 Shinohara track down.

>  

>                 Thank you James Wall for the advice on the Bullfrog turnout controllers.  Sounds like the way to go.

>  

> Thanks again, John Hecker

>  

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