09-25-2011, 10:08 PM
Nice work, Steve. 
I do similar work using a sheet of 1/4" thick balsa as a work surface. You can draw lines right on the balsa, but I found it more useful to do so on a sheet of paper, then pin the drawing to the wood. That way, the balsa can be used for many different projects in addition to soldering, such as laying out styrene "lumber" to create fences. Simply pin the horizontal members in place, then add the vertical posts, touch each joint with a brush loaded with solvent cement and you've got a sub-assembly. I used quite a few packs of Evergreen strips, then combined the sub-assemblies in-place on the layout. With select posts sunk into the plaster terrain, the entire yard can be lifted as a single entity.
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Wayne
Green_Elite_Cab Wrote:....The only important thing is that it might be wise to add pins to hold the wire roughly in place, since after a while soldering scorch marks will obscure the locations.
I do similar work using a sheet of 1/4" thick balsa as a work surface. You can draw lines right on the balsa, but I found it more useful to do so on a sheet of paper, then pin the drawing to the wood. That way, the balsa can be used for many different projects in addition to soldering, such as laying out styrene "lumber" to create fences. Simply pin the horizontal members in place, then add the vertical posts, touch each joint with a brush loaded with solvent cement and you've got a sub-assembly. I used quite a few packs of Evergreen strips, then combined the sub-assemblies in-place on the layout. With select posts sunk into the plaster terrain, the entire yard can be lifted as a single entity.
Wayne