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PVA onto the cork underlay seems secure. I've learned not to 'over glue' or the glue seeps up onto the inside of the rails - easy enough to remove but messy and annoying!

Almost all of my track is now screwed down - you can get very small head screws from *bay. The need the holes pre-drilling but are easier to remove if track needs repositioning and less track damage is caused from removal.

If there isn’t room to pin the track, using screws could be even more difficult. I like pins but they need to be the right ones, definitely not the Hornby version. Easy to press in, easy to remove and no blister from a small screwdriver.

Walkingthedog wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2019 4:39 pm If there isn’t room to pin the track, using screws could be even more difficult. I like pins but they need to be the right ones, definitely not the Hornby version. Easy to press in, easy to remove and no blister from a small screwdriver.

I agree, there may not be sufficient room but screwdrivers tend to be magnetic which helps.

I've put in 100's of the tiny screws and not had a blister yet.

Eh they build them tough up North.

IanS wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:32 pm ..... but screwdrivers tend to be magnetic which helps.

I wish they all were. Is there a way to magnetise them? I had a physics teacher [RN retired - and confused) who told us at school you could just whack them with a hammer and something lined up and it became magnetised. True - or rubbish?

Apologies for hijacking the thread.

R-

Just rub a magnet along the metal shaft from the handle to the tip in one direction.


https://m.wikihow.com/Magnetize-a-Screwdriver

https://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d01765 ... gIl1PD_BwE other sellers are available.

Thanks chaps. R-

Now that you’ve all finished discussing magnets I’m reporting that my relaid section of track is securely in place with PVA and all seems to be well!

Now I’m off to look for a magnet!