Track Setup

I have a 42' Best Track single lane set up in basement. Wall to wall is 37' and without the stop section, i still needed a few more inches. I ended up runing the track at an angle to make it fit without stop section. My timer eye is mounted 10" from end of track and I made a stop box to fit over the last 10". The stop box is made out of dense rubber like material that lifts the car wheels off the track and the box has room to slide backwards about 6" when it catches the car. I really like this because it does not disturb the wheels one bit as I tune.

My track is used and I have worked to groom it 3 times while it was assembled. Although the track was better each time, I still wasn't satisfied. I decided to dissasymble and give it the full monty. I asked around for tips and was surprised that someone said to start with 100 grit sand paper and finish with a fine grit. I thought 100 grit was way too aggressive but as it turned out, 100 grit was what was needed. I stepped through the diffrent grits and finished with a 3000 grit (2500 would have been good). The final result was a mirror like finish. I numbered the joint sections in order of assembly and worked two sections at a time on a flat surface so I could level the joints. The joints tend to be higher and that's where the 100 grit on a 10" long square block does its thing to make thing level. Need to pay attention to the rails too and make sure the two section are perfectly straight before working rails. I used wet sandpaper for the finer grits. It was a lot of work but it sure turned out to be well worth the effort. Wish I did it years earlier, would have saved a lot of good wheels.

Thanks Dan. Perfect !! Without the factory stop section gives the room I need. Can do something similar to your stop section. Great information.

I did exactly the same thing

The original post is here:
pinewoodderbyonline.com/threads/sanding-joints-on-a-best-track.4209/

The video was hosted on bulldogremodel.com but that site appears to be no more. I’m guessing that since Mike is retired he shut down the site as well?

Thanks for digging that up BracketRacer!
I texted Bulldog but don't know if he'll be able to respond about it.