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CopperHead Z Scale PC Board Turnout Ties - 1/32"

CH-Z-S
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33 In Stock

We can ship the CH-Z-S immediately. If you order more than what we have available, we will hold your order and add additional units required to our production queue. The lead time for this product is shown above.

PRICE : $9.49

33 in stock

Z, 1/32" (0.031" / .8mm) thick CopperHead PC Board Ties are produced using Fast Track's unique routing process that allows us to offer ties with a very clean edge, precise dimensions and are always perfectly flat. The copper cladding is paper thin, allowing you to cut the copper with a small file or rotary tool to isolate the rails. Both sides of the tie are copper-cladded.

Copper cladded fiberglass PC Board ties are used at strategic points in hand-laid trackwork to hold the rails in gauge permanently. The remaining ties are filled in with wood ties.

When painted, the PC Board ties will become nearly invisible, blending in with the wood ties. While some sizes of CopperHead PC board ties are not as high as standard wood ties, this will not be an issue. Once soldered to rail, the thinner PC board ties will "float" between the wood ties, the space is hidden when the track is ballasted.

Using our printable tie templates as a guide, cut the ties to the lengths you need for your turnout. While specifically designed to fit all Fast Tracks assembly fixtures, they can also be used for any hand constructed trackwork.

To speed up cutting the PC board ties to length, check out our TieBreaker tie cutting tools!

Sold on a fret of 53 ties.

PC Board Tie Dimensions

Size LengthWidthHeight
Prototype Imperial18'9" 7"
Model Imperial0.98"0.04"0.03"
Prototype Metric5.5m228.6mm177.8mm
Model Metric24.9mm1mm0.8mm

2 reviews for CopperHead Z Scale PC Board Turnout Ties - 1/32"

  1. 5 out of 5

    Larry Oconnor (verified owner)

    Hard to review an item that is an essential part of the fabrication process! What does work well with these, though, is the "jig" that you can get, that you insert the ties into, then cut them to the correct length every time. That's a keeper

  2. 4 out of 5

    Ralf Berghammer (verified owner)

    I use 8 ties for a switch. Cause I get the small ties out of one of the standard ties.
    Therefore the amounts of premilled ties should have been 56. That makes 7 switches made with one fret. The treshold was made of 1.5mm (0,06 inch) from the frame of the fret. To drill a hole in the standard tie with 0.8mm diameter doesnt work very long. Maybe you can support those who do not have the necessary equipment and skills with an 1.5mm tie that fits perfectly in the gap.

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Building Turnouts Using Fast Tracks Assembly Fixtures

This fully illustrated document provides complete details for building switches using Fast Tracks tools & supplies. These instructions apply to Turnouts, Wyes & Curved Turnouts in all scales and include essential information for building any fixture-built trackwork.

Building A Turnout Switch Using Fast Tracks Tools

Step-by-step videos demonstrate how to build a complete switch using a Fast Tracks assembly fixture, PointForm, StockAid, and other tools.

Using The TieBreaker PC Board Tie Cutting Tool

Cutting each PC Board tie to the length you need for a turnout can be tedious and drawn-out. Here Tim demonstrates how the Fast Tracks TieBreaker tool speeds up the process, reducing the construction time for a turnout by as much as 30%!

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