Post by slotcar58 on Apr 2, 2011 17:52:36 GMT -7
I bought the NTB set at Tire Kingdom right after Christmas and finally got around to working on it.
Thanks to some precut wood from Home Depot and some pre -planning, I was able to get an awful lot done on the first day of the build. See the picture. I used 2 - 6ft. long 1 X 6s for the base. I used 1 X 2s for the walls and 2 X 2s for the legs.
Tomorrow, I will be painting the boards to match the boards on the slot car track. I will be mounting certain sections with #4 - 3/4 in. countersink screws. I will be using 3/4 wide, 1/4 thick self adhering form on each side of the track. I will be mounting a small extension of the board by the Christmas tree to connect the controllers and a power supply.
I am making a phono pin to alligator clips cord to connect the existing Digitrax power supply to the Drag strip. It has 13.8 volts at 20 amps, 18 volts at 15 amps, and 24 volts at 10 amps.
I decided on a 12 ft. drag strip so I could easily store and transport the track. It can also use the back straightway of my slot car track as a base. This will allow for Web casting.
I have built the track for the possibility of later replacing the Christmas tree section and the win light section with normal sections with sensors, so I can use the $125.00 Trackmate Drag System and LCD monitor, if I get enough racers coming out.
Thanks to some precut wood from Home Depot and some pre -planning, I was able to get an awful lot done on the first day of the build. See the picture. I used 2 - 6ft. long 1 X 6s for the base. I used 1 X 2s for the walls and 2 X 2s for the legs.
Tomorrow, I will be painting the boards to match the boards on the slot car track. I will be mounting certain sections with #4 - 3/4 in. countersink screws. I will be using 3/4 wide, 1/4 thick self adhering form on each side of the track. I will be mounting a small extension of the board by the Christmas tree to connect the controllers and a power supply.
I am making a phono pin to alligator clips cord to connect the existing Digitrax power supply to the Drag strip. It has 13.8 volts at 20 amps, 18 volts at 15 amps, and 24 volts at 10 amps.
I decided on a 12 ft. drag strip so I could easily store and transport the track. It can also use the back straightway of my slot car track as a base. This will allow for Web casting.
I have built the track for the possibility of later replacing the Christmas tree section and the win light section with normal sections with sensors, so I can use the $125.00 Trackmate Drag System and LCD monitor, if I get enough racers coming out.
