Ingenious New Way to Cut Plastic Slotcar Track into Custom Length

[@andrewchesney]

After 50 years, I'm getting back into slot-cars. I am so gald I found this channel - I love it, and your sytle is GREAT A++++

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Thank you sir, glad you like it👍

[@grizzly168]

So glad I found this channel

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Thanks man, much appreciated.

[@ToJuRacing]

This is genius! BRAVO sir! Thank you for posting. Gonna make this my video of the week during my weekly roundup vid! outstanding. Thanks for posting!

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Thanks brother, glad you liked it, hope it helps with your layout. I appreciate the support Metal 🤘

[@IrrerasCarrera]

Great tutorial as always Crafty!! Good work🎉🎉🎉

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Thanks brother, much appreciate the support.

[@rc67die-castcollector]

Nice work! I want to see more.

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Thanks bro. Every video takes quite some time for recording and editing thus I can't make 9ne Every week but there are more in the making. Stay tuned 😉

[@SlotCarWildman]

that was a very nice relaxing video, love that you shared all detail of modifications. As always fun video thank you. great work!🤓

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Its all about the fun man. Cheers

[@BonzaSlotCars]

Great video. Very well done!

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it.

[@slotcardude68]

Thanks for this tutorial, great video, thanks for sharing!!!!!!😎🤟😎

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Thanks Nico I appreciate the support.

[@ted.slotcardaddy]

Excellent workmanship again😎😎😎

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Thanks man🤙

[@consco3667]

Really like those single lane curves. Need to learn that

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Just have a go and you will learn in the process

[@consco3667]

@@SlotCraftMaster plan to. We will be building our 210 foot layout here in a few weeks. Just completing other projects

[@SlotCraftMaster]

@@consco3667 sounds exiting, Building is 80% of the slot car hobby for me

[@consco3667]

@@SlotCraftMaster I agree with you for sure. It took us a year to get the layout down. I have all of the track and the materials for the bench work. The time to do it should be happening in the next few weeks

[@SlotCraftMaster]

@@consco3667 wish all the best 👍

[@fredmoon2487]

Thank you!

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Hope it helped, cheers

[@voivode2591]

Thanks for the video. I will be doing quite a bit of piece modification for my track.

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Cheers mate hope it was helpful 👍

[@voivode2591]

All the info from those going before me helps. I am slowly working on my track. It’s quite ambitious but will be worth it I think. It’s a modular build that I hope to be able to move. Set up in different places. I wanted to put in components of some of my favorite racing circuits. I am currently working on the scale corkscrew. 5.4 meters long and drops 1.21 meters in 132 scale. My biggest challenge is reforming the conductive rails. One thing I noticed is that no track pieces are perfect. It is possible to find pieces that already have a set in the direction you want to bend them.

[@SlotCraftMaster]

@@voivode2591 sounds like a lot of work, but hey, that's part of the fun! I actually spend more time working on my track than racing cars

[@michael_schreiner]

Hey Crafty, nice work you delivered here! Well done, mate! I'm about planning a single lane slotcar rally track, and I will have to cut the Carrera track parts the other way, so I'll get two single lane parts and put them in a row. In my mind, it'll get either a rally stage 'Monte Carlo style' (like ascending Col de Turini) or a rally stage as in 'WRC Deutschland Rallye style' between German vineyards at the river 'Mosel' area, which is only around 90km away from my hometown. (Have been a spare marshal at thursdays shakedown on 2017 WRC Deutschland Rallye). So I will need tight hairpin bends and serpentines ascending, due to my desk is an old wooden bed frame with 90 x 203 cm dimensions. But I'll try to make it digital 1/32 to get some special digital features on the track... I will create the hairpin corners by milling them with a router in MDF wood, to get tighter hairpins than Carrera is able to deliver. (and connect them by copper tape to the single Carrera track parts)

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Sounds amazing, I guess the tight corners and no magnets will give a very authentic Rally experience! I have cut track like that for my singe line pit lane and it suffered by the luck of support on the cut side, but you probably know that. Love to see the end result.

[@michael_schreiner]

@@SlotCraftMaster Yes, the single lane will be embedded into wooden shoulders/edges of 8mm plywood, so I can also create the "road" as it would be in real life. Yes, the real rally feeling will hopefully be there then. Of course, cars will run without magnets and with trimming weights and drifting around the corners...😇😉😎 Will let you know of course! Maybe I will also do some vids of the building process....we'll see. My mind is full of ideas, but in the last few months I first had to learn milling with a router...🤦🏽‍♂️😇🤷🏽‍♂️😉 And I have to find out the tightest hairpin radius which is still possible to pass with the aftermarket "Slotinvasion" guide keel, which I only use on Carrera tracks. They are stronger than the Carrera original keels and they are harder and they switch the switches more reliably than the originals. Will keep you updated. 🙏👍🏾

[@SlotCraftMaster]

@@michael_schreiner Love your thinking, looking forward to it!

[@WestCoastSlotCar]

What designer are you using

[@SlotCraftMaster]

I am using www.softyroyal.de/# It's free and pretty accurate. I also bought renban that has a lot more capabilities but I always return to softy as I find it to be quicker and more user friendly.

[@The-Grand-Raceway]

This is the best video I've seen in a long time. Full Metal Jacket cutaway is next level.

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Thanks man, I like putting in my videos clips or references to things I love. Glad you like the video.

[@deang5386]

Awesome work. Trying to figure things out for the first time always takes longer. At least now if you had to customize another piece it would take you half the time.

[@SlotCraftMaster]

A hundred percent 💯

[@jackburton7062]

I made one a month ago, luckily i had a miter saw with a metal cut blade and made the cut in one chop, rails and all lol. I need to look into the glue you used, i just hot glued the piss out of it. Try putting some masking tape on the two track surface butting together before gluing, it might help with the clean up. Great video, ill subscribe for more hahaha. 👍

[@SlotCraftMaster]

It's the cheapest black hot glue you can get from Amazon, for whatever reason it's a bit softer and more elastic than the usual clear one making it a better choice in my eyes. By the way, please tell that Jack Burton is your real name, I love the character!

[@HughesGarageSCA]

Excellent 😎👍🏁

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Thanks ✌

[@SCALE_SLOTCARS_AND_RC]

Great stuff .Thanks for posting.🤗.. After my dremal circular blades constantly shattering evey time i was gently trying to cut track .I have reverted to the angle grinder method 🤭🤣 im currently changing my track so the angle grinder has come out of its cave again 😅greetings....Harry

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Whatever works for you Harry 😄 there are plenty of ways to skin a cat But I totally agree with what you were saying about thore blades, they brake so easily they should have a guard in place

[@SCALE_SLOTCARS_AND_RC]

@SlotCraftMaster thats actually why I stopped useing them because they shatter so often ...actually I'm surprised they are allowed without a guard in this safety crazed world ....as a photographer I never forget to wear my goggles useing these 🫢🤗

[@SlotCraftMaster]

@@SCALE_SLOTCARS_AND_RC Cant agree more! Good thing I'm wearing my seeing grasses because I'm a bit old school and always forget to use my PPE.

[@orestkucyna5546]

I noticed you mounted your controller charging station off to the side of the track. Can you share where you got the plug connectors that mate with the charger base edge board? I wanted to do something similar but could not find mating plugs. Thanks for any info you can share.

[@NoShelfQueens]

Now that’s a smart idea! 🙌🏻

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Glad you think so! Hope it helps with your layout

[@consco3667]

Love the intro 😂

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Makes me happy to see that people appreciate it as sometimes it takes a lot more time to make than the build!

[@consco3667]

@@SlotCraftMaster oh I am sure! It is attention grabbing though.

[@Nelson.ViewsZ]

Quality thanks

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Thanks Nelson, I always try to improve.

[@spotomnivore1094]

thx

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Thank you for watching 👍

[@jaredwhitfield5594]

Well done, very crafty. What software do you use for track layout?

[@SlotCraftMaster]

www.softyroyal.de/# It's quick, accurate, user friendly and top of all, free!

[@jaredwhitfield5594]

@SlotCraftMaster thank-you. I also like and have implemented your other video on modifying the pit lane, to include a pit wall. I.e. cutting and joining the outer R1 curves.

[@SlotCraftMaster]

@jaredwhitfield5594 that's great mate 👍, that unlocks a lot of other things that I did like the modular pitwal system and other project to come

[@CoachK-Royals]

Great video! Just having trouble finding black glue sticks for the glue gun. Thanks for the video…

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Check Amazon, if that doesn't work try sites like AliExpress or Temu. Thanks for watching!

[@41-willys99]

My only thought was use a band saw to cut the piece to save time

[@SlotCraftMaster]

If you have one in your disposal, sure why not, just remember to take in account the blade thickness so you don't end up with a shorter than expected piece 😉

[@consco3667]

Great rurorial

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Thanks

[@grizzly168]

What app do u use to design your track sir

[@SlotCraftMaster]

www.softyroyal.de It's pretty accurate, user friendly and free

[@slotripper]

Nice, but not new,...anyone building a custom plastic layout of any make, has made his own pieces for proper connection.Those that can, did a good job,some ,not so much, yours was a good job.

[@SlotCraftMaster]

Yes cutting a piece in size is not new, the concept of creating a larger piece instead of a short one and connecting it in the track as mother Carrera intended though... I have searched and spoke to people for quite some time and haven't found anything like it. Hope you liked it and thanks for watching and commenting 🙂

[@nmore69]

What design software do you use

[@SlotCraftMaster]

I have used a few in the past including the very fancy paid ones but my go to is always www.softyroyal.de It doesn't have all the bells and whistles that the other have but it's accurate, quick, user friendly and free If you can't read German, just google translate the page and you done

[@phroggie69]

Hack saw might be quicker!

[@SlotCraftMaster]

It would, I also saw people using a jigsaw. There are is more than one way to skin a cat, all with they advantages and disadvantages. For example a hack saw would be faster but you would end up with a rougher cut witch mean more sending. Either way it's all about what works better for you. My videos are more of a suggestion end a presentation of what worked for me. I encourage exploring other ways so let me know how it goes when you try it.