Steel Tape HO Slot Car Track

Test of Magnetic steel tape on routed HO slot car track

[@HansVGinkel]

Wow, what a very nice and interesting review and video. Also the tracklayout with the smooth curves is beautiful. Your cars drive so realistic through the curves. And the tools you made is also craftsmanship and thank you for showing them in the video. I like to see a video how they work. If the steel tape was easier to work with, I would start direct building a new track. Thank you David

[@garybourke468]

Nice work ! Unique. Looks like a blast. Definitely a keeper. No more "cut" worn out pick up shoes .

[@xrkenny9759]

neat track, i only have h.o. scale too. it's what we had back in the 60 & 70s, always loved em

[@muskokamike127]

afx? I had a set too...cars always flying off the track.....tabs breaking off that held the track together etc.....the big difference I see now is the tape is set width wise on the surface making a larger contact patch. AFX the supply was vertical making magnets useless and the contact very narrow.....

[@JamesDoylesGarage]

I loved so much all of what you are teaching us. AWESOME !!!!

[@garybourke468]

A T-Jet type car with track magnets?! Never knew there was such a thing

[@toddfrendell6837]

It's an AutoWorld t-jet reproduction chassis. What I was wondering about is how the bends were made with the steel tape without it kinking, and how it was adhered to the surface? It's a nice job, I prefer it's appearance over copper tape!

[@markgoodlin8068]

That's neat. What exactly is a magnetic steel tape? I'm always making stuff but I never seen this before.

[@davidbefort9857]

+Mark Goodlin Actually, it is just steel tape. It is magnetic by nature (since it is steel, as opposed to copper). The magnetic part is in the cars only.

[@EddieHickeynyc]

is it stainless? Alot of stainless is not magnetic.

[@muskokamike127]

stainless isn't magnetic by nature unless it has been worked....

[@markhammond3800]

Great track. Now what wood did you make it out of and what did you use for a track surface? Also did you have to modify your pickup shoes on your ho cars to make them work?

[@televisiongaming7650]

Do you ever plan to make wider tracks for those much bigger slot cars?

[@davidbefort9857]

+generallee04 No. I only have HO scale cars.

[@televisiongaming7650]

Ah ok thx

[@GiulianoAlmeida]

Very nice track and solution! Could you post a product link? I can't find this thin steel tape. :(

[@MrLuridan]

I want to know how you powered the thing up. Nice work!

[@bakedbeings]

Have you considered routing a channel either side of the slot and maybe running stranded steel wire? I imagine you could untwist it and fill the channel. It would need to be tied down or otherwise bound/sealed (wire glue?) It's sounding like a lot of work now that I say it aloud :)

[@bakedbeings]

Never mind, after more reading I see magnetic braid is already a thing 👍

[@RJDCR]

nice , thank you

[@radar2609]

How did you make the slots? What materiel is the table?

[@NANONilsWORLD]

excellent .-)

[@tarvez0576]

0 views 21 likes. youtube is drunk

[@akura2]

When you go to sit down we can't hear you.....

[@hinduspl]

are all of you guys make this cars by yourself? is it possible?

[@BigRalphSmith]

You do realize that HO slot cars and their parts are for sale all over the place, right? There are companies that make them right now and there are NOS and used HO slot cars available online. Cheap. Many different types and manufacturers. But, to answer your question, yes, it's possible to fabricate an HO slot car from scratch but it is by no means necessary and, IMHO, a waste of time.

[@nicparker3809]

Think I saw that at the trash dump. JK