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Re: Train tables
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 5 Jun 1999 05:51:30 GMT
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Mike,
My system is different than all the other. For my main tables I use 36 in deep
x 48 in long. I use 36 in deep table because it allows for 3 base plates and
track plus a extra 1 in of slack. Also it make for easy cuts and it just makes
the math easier for my display cabinet, witch is another story. Last year I
use 48 x 48 table but they were just to big.
See a crude drawing of my table top:
http://home1.gte.net/robstorm/train-5.htm
I hope to have a full set of drawing on my web site one day.
Good luck with your table
Robin W.
My Lego Site:
http://members.xoom.com/robstorm
Updates coming soon...
In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes:
> I was going to be building several tables for my Lego collection in my hobby
> room and was wondering how I should go about it. I was originally going to
> make the tables 45"x45", since it was a good, large table. I happened to see
> the Modular train table windows meta files made by Ben Fleskes that have the
> 30.25"x30.25" tables. Does everyone run these style of table at the Lego Tran
> Clubs? If so, I feel that I, too, should run this style or something
> compatible with them just in case I go to one. If not, I would just use it
> for ideas on my own system.
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> Do many people use these tables and do they like them? My main complaint is
> the lack of depth for making a large town. This is of course offset by the
> fact that one can reach to other side without stretching a lot.
>
> I will be making these tables in early July. I have all my Lego packed away
> for in-laws coming over for the week of my wedding. After I return from the
> honeymoon, I get my Lego room back and want to do it up right! Any feedback
> and/or suggestions would be greatly welcome.
>
> Also, is there a standardized height for split level systems? I will be
> elevating at least one table and I was planning on 20 bricks high, as this
> will allow an elevated monorail to climb one more time and be perfectly
> positioned to ride along the ground. I just have to make sure there is enough
> clearance underneath for a train to pass through on the main level. I believe
> Ben's table would leave 13 bricks high of clearance, as it is just under seven
> studs thick. I may even need a diffenent table for an elevated platform.
>
> I also plan to build some kind of shelving storage system in the closet for my
> pieces and possibly a building/work table so that my work in progress won't
> cause traffic jams in the Lego town (still un-named), but that is a different
> matter, unless there are great ideas you want to share.
>
> Mike
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