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I'm gonna give it try unless someone can give me an obvious reason why it wouldn't work. I'll post pics of the process and the results.

Yeah, the ties would be grooved about 1/4" to accept the rail. I was going to use a thick epoxy, like JB Weld, to hold the rail in the groove in addition to the friction. I think the composite board would be ok since its engineered to be outside in the sun. I'll do a few sections and leave them outside this summer to see how they react. I've seen a lot of homemade aluminum track, just no homemade stainless. Was just wondering if there was a reason for that.

Finishing up a small high rail layout in my son's room and decided I want to do a garden layout in the back yard. About 300 feet, max. As usual, track price is an issue. I've done some research and I think I can build my own track out of 1/8" x 1/2", 304 stainless flat bar using the groovy track method for just over $3/foot. I was going to use composite deck boards to make my ties. Anybody see any problems?