GNRi1959 Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 (edited) I have copper clad strips cut to solder rails at my baseboard joints. The copperclad strip is slightly thinner than the Peco sleepers. Do I pack up my strips or tin the underside if the rails with solder to correct the obvious gap of about 1.5mm. Edited May 31, 2019 by GNRi1959 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Broithe Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Soldering is generally more successful with as small a gap as possible, you may find the time and trouble to lift the thin sleepers worthwhile in the end, I suspect. And it will 'look' better, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 popeye Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Could you glue a 1.5 mm piece of plastic under the sleeper? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Galteemore Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, GNRi1959 said: I have copper clad strips cut to solder rails at my baseboard joints. The copperclad strip is slightly thinner than the Peco sleepers. Do I pack up my strips or tin the underside if the rails with solder to correct the obvious gap of about 1.5mm. Yes, that’s my suggestion too. Shim under the copper strip . Might be hard to create a solder bump of consistent height Edited May 31, 2019 by Galteemore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 GNRi1959 Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 I started by sticking plasticard to the underside of the copperclad strips and will then secure these to the baseboard before soldering 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 David Holman Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Suggest you use strong glue, like 5 min epoxy to join sleeper assembly to the baseboard. The alternative is to use small brass screws, in line with rails and make dummy sleepers to disguise them - three parts: middle and two outers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I have copper clad strips cut to solder rails at my baseboard joints. The copperclad strip is slightly thinner than the Peco sleepers. Do I pack up my strips or tin the underside if the rails with solder to correct the obvious gap of about 1.5mm.
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