Spartan Speedway Individual Blog

This week we began using our track bender to bend the actual curves for the track. It was a slow and steady process but the rails seem to come out better than they did last year. We are slowly putting the track together and plan to have the four switch sections completed by the presentations on Friday. Looking ahead at next week, we will prioritize the adjustments on the track to allow for optimal traversing of the bogie. Some curves may be a little bit too long and may need to be cut. Other things include leveling the track a little better, filing down some of the uneven rails and such. If time permits, we will attempt to implement the entry and exit rails but if not, we will at least have it cut for next year to implement if they so please. 

This week we began testing our newly completed rail bender a little. It took some fine-tuning and adjusting to get it to perform to how we would like but we were able to get it to perform how we liked. Other than that, there isn't anything specific to report. Looking into the next week, we will try to get our entry and exit rails laser cut and begin bending the actual curves to be added to the track.