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6111 Lionel Flatcar Bracket
If you have seen beat up runners you have seen them without brackets. I used some sheet metal , tin snips. pliers, wide mouth vise grip,dremel with a cutting wheel to make the tabs ,and a tungsten carbide bit for the shaping.I first used card stock to template a piece, for size and shape, and fitted the piece as I went. It works, but later I found out they sell a repro for it.
hwell: Anyway it was fun to do and I made a higher bracket to hold more.
6111 Lionel Flatcar Bracket
If you have seen beat up runners you have seen them without brackets. I used some sheet metal , tin snips. pliers, wide mouth vise grip,dremel with a cutting wheel to make the tabs ,and a tungsten carbide bit for the shaping.I first used card stock to template a piece, for size and shape, and fitted the piece as I went. It works, but later I found out they sell a repro for it.
