hand laid turnouts info & sources

[nachoman]

I have a related question to this thread. I want to give hand laying turnouts a try and was wondering where I could find templates for them. Also are PC board ties available or do I have to cut them my self? I have never tried this before so I'm new at it.

I haven't used a commercial jig, but I did download paper diagrams from the fast tracks site. I used instructions from Stephen Hatch as a guide: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.railwayeng.com/handlay6/hndly-h3.htm">http://www.railwayeng.com/handlay6/hndly-h3.htm</a><!-- m -->

I make my own PC ties - I bought a piece of copper clad PC board from my local electronics supply, and cut it into ties using a mini table saw I bought at harbor freight for about 40 bucks. It came with a diamond blade and works pretty well for cutting the ties.