The ASR track build

Gotta' Back Up *Hetty* just in case !





Happy to supply a correct sized socket from my miscellaneous tools box



Sandra putting her knowledge in for correct *Braid Groove Depth* on an essential practice piece of MDF





I should have got these images up before Sandras more completed image, but I've been up to my elbows in kittens!

Blinding Job. The track's coming along a treat

Well Done Guys To EVERYONE Who Put More Work Into The Track Than Me !

I wonder what on earth Tom and I discussed in the last photo. Judging by my facial expression it was probably one of those moments when he was either winding me up or insulting me.
Thanks Rick for some nice additions to our build thread.

probably an ORDI moment....

And here's what happened...Sandra jumped out of bed and made her way to the trackbuild and started at 7:30 with getting the boards up and painting the slots. Mike announced his arrival at 10:00 and the rest couldn't make it. Still Sandra wasn't on her own. Since the clock is ticking even the treasurer of the club, who doesn't even race any cars, volunteered to swing the brush! Mike plagued by a cold dragged the brush successfully along the slot and here is the result...
More tomorrow..

Update:

Well we completed the painting and the colour coding for the slots and we also put down 2 coats of polyurethane on top but this took much loker than we hoped, so no braiding was done.

Then we found out that the following weekend which we thought we had booked was actually double-booked so, as we are in a Scouts Hut, we had to give way to a visiting group of Scouts from Cardiff The result being we lost 2 days of track build time.

There followed the sick feeling of reality hitting home that we wouldn't be finished by Christmas and the fact that we would fail to reach our target of being ready to host the second round of the CTM Touring Cars on 15th. January. So the die was cast, we cancelled our round, (hopefully, it will be rescheduled rather than cancelled), and now we have this weekend booked to lay the braid.

Onwards and upwards!

QUOTE (davekp @ 7 Jan 2017, 15:18) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>you mean you missed out on the opportunity of some track building with the help of some young volunteers with woggles attached who could have become future members

Well yes, yes we did. However, we already have plans to lay on some events for our woggle wearing hosts and a couple of the senior district woggle wearers are very enthusiastic about us being here so we have opportunities to expand in the future

Abertawe are proud to announce that their new track is now up and running as you can clearly see from the picture below with Sandra and Rick enjoying some close racing..........!

Well, we are not quite ready, but we are proud to announce that all we need is some electricity to the track and a start gantry. Preparations for that have been made already at home by Steve and Tom, so we need to attach it to the track now. Tom made us a power pack already which we used for the Scaley and it was made for the new track . But enough of electrics....the weekend left Mike and myself with a big smile in our faces . Mike and Sandra spent all day braiding and we made it ! The track is fully braided, it looks fantastic and really professional. Our fingers are gone from all the pressing and we were very glad that Sandra found an old Seam roller for wallpaper, which was a great help. Never underestimate your garage and its contents...Rick and our treasurer were roped in to paint the outsides, cut some protruding bolts off . Steve did some nice carpentry work again to sink in the braids at the joints...So all done, just connecting and sticking some foam on the sides for those little fly off's, so the cars won't get hurt! Pics below from the finished braiding and process pics to follow!