-g
Hey Guys, preliminary post of the activities around moving the Spa wooden track from Alsdorf to Bedburg. For now just the pics as Marcel & Stefan Kuhn
and myself are en route to Bedburg to continue with pulling out the damaged braids...
-g
I hope enjoy again whith this fantastic track .
Thank`s for the job.
Hoi Gabriël,
When do you expect the track to be operational?
Any chance before februari?
Be aware that you have taken an awesome responsiblity by doing this building job.
Only this track can seduce the WEAM Team to leave there Heitelân.
So, our state of happiness is in your hands.
Take good care of it
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well - more volunteers are always welcome - there's still a ton to be done...
Btw - has anyone a good tip or trick on how to splice braids. This is to make it longer where they had to be cut for taking the track segments apart.
I'm thinking of cutting them at an angle of about 45 degrees, pushing the two braid ends into each other (goes in for about 0.5 to 1 mm), placing the
whole thing up-side down into a heat resistant rail with the exact width of the braid and pressing a really hot iron onto the joining part. I have
tried it without any rail and the soldering isn't very smooth - subsequent sanding by hand or dremel would be required. I'd like to avoid that extra
step as it already is a hell of a job.
Of course, if we had plenty of money we would rip out all the braids...
-g
Gabe,
you don't need to rip all of the braids off....
I know a workaround which requires only about 15 cm of new braid per connection to be redone... that is let's say 15 x 2 braids x 6 lanes = 180 cm
per track segment connection...
And it would be a lot less work to do, the final result will be much better than the method you are thinking about, and as a bonus, it allows for
eventually later taking the track apart without all of the hassle. It's too long to explain in this message, but don't hesitate to contact me....
VBR
Raymond
Hello Raymond
Saw that Bjorn is going to Charleroi this weekend, will you be there as well?
Maybe we can talk there?
Hi Tamar,
I will be there, probably not for the whole day, but sure we'll find some time to talk
VBR
Raymond
Hey Gabe
if you give me your dates when your in Bedburg, I'll try to be there also to
take a bit of work out of your hands
Gert
Hello!
Is the Spa 6-laner in Bedburg nearing completion ?
sorry for the late reply - no update yet - nothing has been done since we were there last year in November...
Sad news on the IMCA site about the Spa track.. Exact problem we have in SA. Floorspace is premium.. Bummer..
Big Al
The good people of 1A Slotpiste (http://www.1a-slotpiste.de/) are the new proud owners
of the spectacular Spa track. Here some pictures from it's 3rd move: http://www.1a-slotpiste.de/bilder/2010/Spa_Bahn_Heimerzheim/
Keep checking their site for updates!
cheers,
-g
Great news!! Can't wait to run on that track again!!
I hope race again in this fantastic track.
Hey Gabe,
2 very good news in fact...
Spa is in a safety place under well care 
1A Slopiste is as close as 1 hour from Liège 
Friendly regards,
Philippe - Zmachine TM
with Gruppe 5 race on Monday, Nov. 1st.
Here's the car I'll be racing together with Alex and Fola
cheers,
-gabe
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| From BMW Gr. 5 Spa |
Looks like a great space to have what is arguably the best model car track in the world.
I still smile when I think of the brief time I had on that track. My wife even thought it was cool. I want to move to Europe 
Terry