You can’t build a good track without the right tools and equipment,
and the list is lengthy. To really do the job right here’s a
list of some of the tools you’ll be needing:
- Table
saw and/or radial arm saw.
- Circular
hand saw.
- A GOOD router
and an assortment of bits to do several jobs. (More on bits later.)
- Good
electric drills and at least one very dependable, battery operated
cordless drill and a wide variety of drill bits as
well as Phillips head screwdriver
attachments.
- Good
selection of various sizes of wrenches, including both socket,
ratchet, box and open-end.
- Hand
saw, coping saw, hack saw, hole saw.
- Lots
of other hand tools, such as good hammers, assorted regular and
Phillips screwdrivers
as well as sharp hand-held knives.
A good pocketknife
comes in
handy as well.
- Portable
sanders - one belt and one or two hand-held vibrator models, plus
LOTS of sandpaper.
- A
good volt-ohms meter to do testing while you’re
doing electrical hookups.
- At
least one large, heavy-duty vacuum sweeper. You are NOT going
to believe
the mess you’ll create!
If you build on top of carpet, it will require a STRONG
vacuum cleaner to remove all the sawdust once everything
else has
been picked up, cleaned up, and the floor swept
about six times. It will probably take you four or five passes
with a Kirby
(or similar) vacuum to get the stuff
out of the carpet.
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