Anyone Can Make Their Own Railway Points! New super smooth switch for the 15" field railway.

[@doct0rnic]

I love the design of single points, very practical and easy. Everything about this build is the same as ant railroad in history. They built their own ties, trucks and tools. The only thing they didn't make was the rail itself. And like railroads, they cut in points at will. Look forward to seeing more progress.

[@tracybowling1156]

Hi Tim! The whole railway series never gets old. I love it! Before long you'll have to charge $ for a ticket to ride. That cutie Gulliver looks like your first fare!

[@millomweb]

I think Gulliver will be his first loco ! - Half a horse power ?

[@B.Cote39]

I don't come across channels like yours too often, my brother and I are building an old circular sawmill and lumber processing facility here in Canada. So many great ideas and things to learn from your videos! A big thank you from a fellow woodcutter and fabricator 🙏

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Excellent - good luck with that. If only we had more trees around here..

[@ryandavis7593]

Merry Christmas from the high plains of Texas.

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks, Ryan!

[@bendordoy4815]

I love the simplicity of your railway it show you don't need to spend 1000s on proper 15 inch narrow guages railway track when you can make it yourself at relatively low cost.

[@morgangray4278]

Gulliver reminds me of one of my favourite goats, Skluntz. He rather enjoyed going fencing with us, sleeping in the shade of the fence post, chewing on hammers and fencing staples (we soon put a stop to THAT!), and jumping up on the back of the truck whenever we went to get tools.... I almost taught him how to hold a hammer, though he wasn't particularly interested in using it! Seems to me if we paired Gulliver and Skluntz together they'd have all our farming jobs done! I am loving the railway project Tim, trying to justify building one here to move round bales and feed cows without having to start the tractor in the Canadian winter! Merry Christmas to you and Sandra!

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

So it's not just our donkeys - good to hear. Happy Christmas to you and yours too, Morgan : - )

[@railroad9000]

Merry Christmas, Sandra and Tim.

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks, Bill. You too!

[@markgoddard2560]

Brilliant. I can sit and listen to you all day.

[@danutplesu3352]

Please make this videos longer. Can't seem to get enough of this brilliant rail system.

[@tob007]

Cordless angle grinder changed my life. Rusted bolt? Zippy Zap. Stripped head on lag screw? zippy zap. Def part of my kit now. So easy.

[@millomweb]

I prefer corded - endless consistent power.

[@BrassLock]

@@millomweb I've got a drawer full of battery powered drills and drivers that are "dead to the world". I've reverted back to corded drills and drivers. The drivers are very powerful and I love them. Will never buy another battery powered tool again. They're fake in my opinion. I'm unlikely to risk buying an electric car for the same reason. But might consider a reliable trolley bus 🤣🤣🤣

[@millomweb]

@@BrassLock A hybrid - trolley car ? Nuclear reactor car ? Involved with amdrams making sets and stuff. There were non-brand 4 battery screwdrivers and a Bosch corded. One use of the Bosch and I was hooked ! (It got nicked a few weeks later :( ) But for the big screws...pneumatic impact driver. 6" long and something like 3/8" O/D of the screw. Even my battery charger is mains powered ;)

[@schwuzi]

@@BrassLock Mind me asking what brand the drills are? I've shelled out big money for a Makita 18V set 10 years ago. Everything still works, the batteries as well. And I don't treat them nicely on my farm. Dropping, overheating, leaving them out in the rain by accident. Everything still works. I'm not advocating for the Makita brand here, I've seen several other old battery tools my friends are using for years and years from other manufacturers. You only have to pay the high price once for quality tools. At least in my experience.

[@BrassLock]

@@schwuzi Drill: Ryobi "CD 1882, 18 Volt" (13 mm chuck), Driver: AEG "SH 4.8 Volt 300", Driver: Black & Decker 6 Volt. And another Drill/Driver which was for light duty, which I disassembled and thought of recycling the gearbox, but that's in the too hard basket. I now have 3 corded Maktek Drills of varying capacity and a Pumpkin corded 300W 10mm Drill/Driver which simply works powerfully whenever I want it to. I have a 3 corded angle grinders: Makita GA 4030, Black & Decker KG 100, and a "PA6-GF30", which is at least 15 years old, but the name-tag has fallen off. All 3 work well.

[@wdmfan]

Love the narration/storytelling with proper old school editing. By the way, awesome Y switch design.

[@DB-thats-me]

I hope you are still reading these comments one year on. I have a suggestion for a closed frog design for tighter curves. I watched your construction of one of your other set of points with an open frog that requires check rails to prevent the flanges ‘picking’ (going the wrong way) when running through the points. I can’t find a video of this design so I’ll have to try and describe it. Here goes. You set up the two outer rails the same way as you have here. The curved one having what ever tighter radius is required for the location. Now for the tricky bit. You need two running rails about a foot longer the the point tip to frog dimension suits. We’ll deal with the straight rail first so it’s easier to visualise. Just as the point running rail in this video, this running rail comes off the main, runs up to the frog, and the extra length ‘wings’ off to lie against the CURVED side of the frog. The curved is layed up similarly but the geometry gets tricky. These two running rails a tied together with at least three spreader flat bars. One to hold the switch points so only one in against the running rail. As in normal two rail points. One plate that acts as the pivot point in front of the frog (distance by trial and error) and any other spreader bars in between to hold gauge and geometry. This whole section moves as one. Operation. With the points set for straight, the running rail is continuous point to frog with the curved (out of use rail) held away from (and giving flange clearance) the outer running rail. When kicked into the diverging position, the inner mechanism pivots to pull the straight running rail wing away from the frog and close the curved wing up to the frog. The now outer curved running rail is continuous point to frog. Whew. I could have drawn this in 30sec, as it is I’ve taken an hour of dyslexic rewrites to get this far. Hope it makes sense. Cheers.

[@markirish7599]

Happy Christmas Tim and Sandra

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks, Mark - you too!

[@The-World-of-Trains]

This is truly an enchanting channel. Plain old no-nonsense Victorian engineering, quite a bit like the pioneers of old who first built the railways. All this together with the cheerful commentary is a rare treat !! Tim, you sure remind me of Fred Dibnah. 👌👌👍

[@Grumpyneanderthal]

Are the points smoooooooth and easeeeeey……..yes they are…………..Well of course they are with Tim the Engineer on the job. What started off looking like a cobbled together rail system has an incredible amount of flexibility and adaptability. I’m sure it was all part of Tim’s master plan…..genius that he is. Glad to be along for the ride…literally and figuratively.

[@tomjohns8498]

I don't know what it is but you make me smile with good simple salutation that everyone can have a go at

[@jamesdaniels4774]

I think you've reached the point now where there's no need to improve the design of your points (assuming you still have the space for these long ones) but I guess only time will tell how they hold up and how they work with a loco if you make one. I think they're a very robust design and it's really interesting to see the improvement process since you started

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

You can only see the improvements once you've made something that isn't as good as it could be : - )

[@leverettrailfan5414]

I definitely think if you want to keep the ties off the mud, you will need to do more tamping- a hand tamper is really a long tool with an angled "foot" at the end- the idea is to use it to push down onto the ballast, and work it under the sleepers- under the rails, it should be picked in especially snugly. You will likely need to add more ballast as you work, so having some handy to shovel in small amounts is good. It seems unlikely you will have any especially heavy trains, to the extent that the ground could not support them without tamped ballast, but it would help with drainage and prolong the life of the sleepers.

[@jawharp1992]

That stone wagon is so simply genius. No need to make things more complicated if you don't have to!

[@davidlong3824]

Very satisfying when a plan comes together ingenious like you video’s.

[@ronmartinmhg2804]

I love it! Especially the ingenious drill squasher. you've certainly got a creative mind. Keep them coming, Tim. I wish we had some of your rain.

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks, take as much as you like : - )

[@hayttom]

I'd been wishing you'd use 'proper' points but I have to say this newest of yours ticks every practical box. Splendid.

[@tamarmolerick3814]

Excellent. You could simplify further by doing away with the crossing vee, you would need to move the pivot pin on the blade a foot or so down the blade. As the blade pivots the short section beyond the pin acts as the frog (hopefully this makes sense).

[@millomweb]

I get what you mean - so both ends of the blade changes tracks ! Nice one !

[@44121ss1309]

You can make it even simpler Just weld a flatbar iron from the point of the V and skip the pivot axel. And put some screws in the sleeper down at the other end to act like a locking mekanism when the blade is switched.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

I suspect it would be stronger this way with the two facing vees. I do like this idea though, it could be worth someone exploring.

[@millomweb]

@@44121ss1309 Wouldn't that give you a bent rail. I think a pivot is better.

[@44121ss1309]

@@millomweb in that length and whit 10 deegres angel it shud be whitin what the metal can flex whitout damage. Thats how a real switch works. It is fasten in the crossover and just flex when you switch track.

[@Kineth1]

6:23 Haha! "I own a cordless angle grinder." Was a substantial consideration in a recent job application of mine. I got the job, and WOW am I glad I brought spare batteries too.

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

they're great, aren't they?!

[@SimonHollandfilms]

looking great.....we must build one on our farm in France

[@IIVQ]

I would love to volunteer for that!

[@josephwarra5043]

Dude, this is fantastic! A major railroad or the gov'mt needs to hire you to fix their problems which they don't have a clue on how to solve.

[@kranzonguam]

Hoping that you all have a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year!! Thank you for these fun videos! Cheers from Guam! 🇬🇺

[@frederickmoller]

Thanks Tim, the railway is getting better and better each time that you post, that's what we love to see! Wishing You and Sandra and your Family a Very Merry Christmas from Canada!😊🎄🎄🎄

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks, Frederick - you too!

[@amberyooper]

The narrow angle frog really makes a difference in the smoothness of the turnout.

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

exactly

[@terrier_productions]

I love the idea of a single bladed points.. I’m considering building one for my 7 1/4” gauge railway..

[@AlbertFilice]

Very fun to watch your little rail line come together! Keep it up Tim!

[@BrassLock]

The Land of Hairy Monsters and Practical Ideas 💡 😍

[@louisasmiles]

Not mad this was in my recommendations. I needed this though I know not why.

[@tigersharkot]

Hello, Tim. I suppose that with the weight of the wagons, the rails would end up sinking into the wooden sleepers. If you put wide washers on the galvanized pipe, the rails would rest on top of the washers instead of on the wood.

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Good idea!

[@CarllikesTrainz]

Hi Tim, Im writing this from Australia on Christmas day!

[@andrewreynolds4949]

Merry Christmas!

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

"That's mad, Ted!"

[@Redundant_Communication]

Wonderful job as always, seeing this makes me think I've made my own turnouts much too complicated what with two points, guard rails, and steel sleepers and the like. Maybe the next design will be more elegant, but I'll need more track before another switch is needed...

[@petewerner1494]

That looks so much smoother. Great job.

[@wideyxyz2271]

Brilliant Tim. Simple but very effective.

[@davekimbler2308]

Leave it to you to make it SMOOTH ! Lol. I’d build a railroad also but I haven’t anything to transport on it , 3 acres of trees and grass is all ! So I’ll stick with my antique outboard motors and dream ! Merry Christmas to you and your family from Minnesota !

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks, Dave, - you too!

[@GARDENER42]

Just a thought on a future engine: How about using the motor out of a propane fuel fork lift? Should be cheap ones around with worn out bodies & lift gear. Oh & you & Sandra have a wonderful Christmas.

[@johnblair8146]

MUCH better to get parts from an ELECTRIC forklift.

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks, Gargler - you too!

[@fynbo1007]

Thank you for sharing your amazing journey with us. Merry Christmas and happy new year. God bless you and your family.

[@pramodshelar9309]

What a great idea to create a miniature railroad for farm use... Thanks for sharing

[@thedave7760]

You should put something to stop the blade from flexing at either end of its travel so that under heavy load they wont bend and perhaps derail perhaps just some simple screws into the sleepers at the appropriate points. Also my vote for a loco is definitely an electric one with cheep lead acid batteries you can charge from solar. Love your work

[@cls9474]

Yes, electric loco. And its much simpler: The time saved can be invested in railway expansion and other fabulous projects!

[@andrewreynolds4949]

I think the reason he uses angle iron instead of flat bar for the switch point is for the strength

[@hmarc417]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. When you hit one mile of track, we will need to have a celebration when you drive the golden spike in. CCHHEERRSS

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Ha! That would be something, wouldn't it?!

[@andrewreynolds4949]

Get a pipe section and some gold spray paint…

[@CraigsWorkshop]

So cool to have your own cheap and cheerful garden railway :-) I love this series Tim.

[@prosaldozwiler4257]

Very very good! 👨‍🔧 I am a bit jealous.

[@DianeD862]

We just love your channel.We love what you do we think your marvelous Tim .We love Ireland as well.So Merry Christmas ⛄ to you and Sandra and a Happy New Year hopefully it will get brighter.look after one another.🎊🎊🇮🇪🎅🤶🎊🎊⛄⛄⛄⛄⛄🌈🌈🌈

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏 2) I wish you two and all the animals a wonderful Christmas time and a happy new year. Best regards, luck and health.

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

thanks, Chris - same to you!

[@2112SSF]

Your inspiring me to build my own Railway!

[@joedowdenwatercolour9090]

So much simple ingenuity!

[@happiestcamel5064]

Can’t wait to see more progress on this project! Hope all is well with you and your family Tim, love this series!!

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Very nice job you have done there Sir. Looking forward to what you come up with next.

[@Santafefrank]

Thanks Tim &Sandra

[@billhacks]

an old mobility scooter would be a decent source for locomotive.

[@jensschopchen1974]

Verry great. Best regards from germany. Jens

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks, Jens : - )

[@d.jerrycook2994]

You're getting better!

[@kameljoe21]

Sweet, a nice update. Looking good.

[@dougmorris2134]

Well done Tim. A good job done. Best wishes to you and Sandra, and all of the animals for Christmas and New Year from Oxfordshire UK

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks Doug, you too!

[@jasonwhitler4167]

Looks awesome! I really like how your track system is working. Hopefully I can copy it some day

[@detroitredneckdetroitredne6674]

Great video brother thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise and hello from Detroit Michigan USA brother 👋

[@veranstaltungstechniktemmler]

Really nice project what you're doing. Friendly greetings from Germany.

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thank you V.T. : - )

[@cls9474]

Awesome! My weekly railway fix :) We need many more tracks!

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

I'm going as fast as I can! : - )

[@railfan439]

Merry Christmas! Here on this side of the pond, the railway stones are called BALLAST! Thanks for the video. Jon (Sean)

[@PatGilliland]

Better than Hornby and likely less expensive per foot. Oh and why bother with loco when you have a donkey who will work for carrots and apples. ;)

[@eckosters]

Absolutely genius. I think Gulliver agrees!

[@sirnikkel6746]

Everybody talking about a locomotive. I am seeing what it could be not only a pretty, strong and loyal animal, but the rebirth of the horse-drawn (Or donkey-drawn?) railway. Edit: Mispell

[@andrewreynolds4949]

Even a donkey powered winch would do well

[@antontalbot9148]

It's so interesting watching this, and thinking did the very early railways arround mines hundreds of years ago have the same problems to solve as you have

[@tropifiori]

Well done Tim. Nice welds

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks, Frank. Yes, I'm getting better : - )

[@davek5784]

Awesome progress Sandra and Tim Cute animals. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 🎁🎄 -Fireman Dave👨🏻‍🚒🚒

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks, Fireman Dave - same to you!

[@Gin-toki]

Yay a new railway video :D Merry Christmas to you all :)

[@wazza33racer]

Man, you can really weld! Nice beads. The original coal train rails were wooden.........but the adoption of coal mining and the bessemer process revolutionized steel production......which revolutionized railways. Steel is a massively superior product to cast iron, and these videos explain in very simple but graphic detail why that is.

[@arjenhillenius1917]

Gulliver either had to supervise or still wanted to learn the trade. :) Friendly guy.

[@trailwayt9H337]

Very appreciable creativity. I thinking How is passing train by one tungu rail into two crossing of railway tracks? This experience is given from in this video. Very Excellent practical work ❤️😍 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Jawok2010]

Your railway is coming together nicely 👍 Merry Christmas everybody 🎄🎅🤶

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks, you too!

[@jiwbink]

WAY TO GO,TIM!!! YOU'RE MY KZbin HERO!! IF BY SOME FHANCE,I CAN EVER GET AWAY FROM THIE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AM BLESSED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUY SOME LAND. ILL CERTAINLY HAVE MYSELF A FIELD RR TOO! LOVE THAT SO MUCH OF THIS CONTENT IS EXPERIMENTAL AND TRIAL AND NOT ERROR,BUT TRY AGAIN.LOL!! JUST FOUND YOUR CHANNEL A FEW DAYS AGO.INSTANT SUB & BINGE WATCHING!! LOVE THE HAIRY MONSTERS THAT LIVE IN THE FIELD!! ALL THE BEST TO YOU & YOURS!!

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Good luck!

[@StageSound-u7s]

You could maybe use old car brake discs from waste for wheels. Looks very good for the purpose to me.

[@jonnno100]

Thanks Tim.

[@rottenroads1982]

Smooth and easy to points. Perfect for a locomotive.

[@amarfirdaus3627]

Thanks I appreciate that my idol in locomotive design #road to 1 Million Subscribers.

[@TheHylianBatman]

These videos are a delight, I love them. I wonder if you could design a "loco" that's pedal-powered?

[@joethompson11]

Another fantastic update, thanks Tim :)

[@9C85-g4b]

As always, brilliant

[@mdouglaswray]

I must have muttered '...fucking AWESOME...!!' at least a dozen times watching this.

[@chocolatewithaknife3910]

Looks marvelous!

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

Thanks!

[@horacioromero5799]

Thank you from argentine

[@williambryant5946]

Awesome! Very neat. 👍

[@krowvin]

Hey Tim! Looking good. You're a few rollingstock shy of a railyard! I wonder if you use landscape cloth before putting the gravel down if it will help keep the weeds at bay so you don't have to do as much weed wacking. Charles

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

You could be right, Charles, but I think it would only work for a year or so, after that it would only hold more soil in the stones

[@krowvin]

@@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299 that's true! And it's more money for the cloth. I just got done landscaping so it's fresh on my mind.. cheers!

[@RussellNelson]

6:54 I love my Ryobi cordless angle grinder!

[@06racing]

If only I had a reason to make a railroad in my yard.

[@IrenESorius]

Merry Cristmas,, 🌲🎅‍🎁

[@Friendly_Lad]

I saw your video about how you were a vehicle for the railway and I thought of an idea that could be used for a short while until you made a better vehicle. You need to take the engine from an old tractor, or lawn mower and hook it to a cart that can fit it. I'm not smart enough to know how to hook the wheels up. Next so you can drive the engine keep all of the main components of the tractor like the pedal and the gear shift. And make a small consolation which can hold the controls (excluding the pedal) Then attach another cart via a chain link or a wire so you can stand or sit and control the train. To drive you would simply use the stick shift and pedal to drive, not sure about the brakes tho. Anyway this was just me dumping out an idea that could give you a temporary train to help you move along the tracks, though I probably just suggested something that would be a pile of crap and wouldn't work.

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

It's not crap F.L. I think it would work, but it would still take a long time to do. So I'll keep pushing my wagons for now, until I decide which is the best design to put lots of time and money into

[@alcopower5710]

Love this channel 👍👍

[@marktunney5000]

Ooooh smooth 😊

[@andrewreynolds4949]

Very nice. Could that be a future “locomotive” coming to investigate the drilling?

[@BuzbyWuzby]

Re-aligning the alignment, as we say in that England

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

I like it!

[@eggyknap]

It's probably already been tried, or mentioned in a comment, but I wonder if you could save on bolts by connecting the rails to the pegs with cotter pins.

[@09conrado]

Smooooth and easy!

[@TgWags69]

Do you lift the sleepers up and get stones under them? It looks like they were still packed into the mud where they would rot fast

[@andrewreynolds4949]

One of the previous videos he was packing under the sleepers with a mattock

[@wayoutwest-workshopstuff6299]

I do lift up the sleepers, tgwags - sorry if that wasn't clear.

[@normanboyes4983]

Great Stuff.😀👍

[@HandymanMark]

I had an idea for Wheels. Go-kart split rims

[@megamanx5760]

It's looking good