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  PCB ties are about 1.6 mm / 1/16" thick)
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Fast Track HO narrow gauge PCB crossties (in HOn30 templates):
HOn3 1.6 x 2.0 x 21 mm
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Fast Track HO narrow gauge PCB crossties:
HOn3 1.6 x 2.0 x 24.4 mm
HOn30 1.6 x 2.0 x 20.1 mm
  PCB crossties are 13-1/2 scale feet long by 7 scale inches wide (.080"), and are available in 1/16" and 1/32" thickness.
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I cut my ties from a 1.6 x 100 x 160 mm printed circuit board PCB (in Switzerland it is available from Distrelec, Partnumber 450335, for 2.50 CHF that's about $2). I prefer FR-2 PCBs, because the FR-4 (glass/epoxy) makes your sawing blades dull. I saw about 2.3 mm stripes from the PCB with a fretsaw and cut the ties to length (20 mm) with a wire cutting pliers. I choose 8 mm center-to-center distance for my pike.
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I cut my ties from a 1.6 x 100 x 160 mm printed circuit board PCB (in Switzerland it is available from Distrelec, Partnumber 450335, for 2.50 CHF that's about $2). I prefer FR-2 PCBs, because the FR-4 (glass/epoxy) makes your sawing blades dull. I saw about 2.3 mm stripes from the PCB with a fretsaw and cut the ties to length (20 mm) with a wire cutting pliers. I choose 8 mm (27" prototype) center-to-center distance for my pike. The Fast Track choose 24" for branch and 21" for main line.
  The Micro Engineering ties have about the same thickness and width and can be used together with my PCB ties. It's enough to insert a PCB tie for about every 4th tie.
 
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