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Re: scaffold
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Fri, 10 Nov 2000 17:34:47 GMT
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Cary Clark wrote:
> Model railroaders have had these sort of building problems for years.
> Classic solutions include sectioning the table, hinging the table, putting a
> trapdoor in the table ... you may want to pick up a model railroad mag and
> see if it inspires a more elegant solution than a scaffold.
One of the first model railroading books I ever owned had a story about
one fellow who charged off and filled one end of his basement with a
table before realizing the impact of this problem. His solution was to
build a track on the ceiling which allowed him to suspend a bench over
the layout and move across the whole thing.
In the case of something like a model railroad, the best plan is to make
sure you will be able to reach everywhere before doing any building. Of
course this is generally feasible in model railroads because there has
been a trend away from a big table in the center of the room to a long
shelf around as many walls of the room as possible, and possibly winding
into the middle of the room. The reason this is done is that not only
does it mean you never have to reach very far (and often never have to
crawl under the table), but you also get to separate the layout into
multiple scenes since you don't see the whole layout as a single
expanse. There have been some extremely elaborate plans which even
double level all of this with raised platforms and all, and I saw one
plan for a huge display layout which had this kind of plan PLUS a
separate one-way non-branching path for visitors to wind through the
layout.
Model railroaders can consume a huge quantity of building materials. I
remember talking to one fellow at a hobbyshop once who used to sneak his
building materials into his house at night because he didn't want to
have to explain to the homeowners association just why he was bringing
in enough 2x4s and plywood to build a small addition to his house (which
they of course would not likely approve of...).
A trip to the hobbyshop would be good for ideas, but I'd look into the
layout planning and benchwork building books for ideas rather than hope
a given issue of a magazine has a usefull article.
--
Frank Filz
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| I picked up an adjustable 16' ladder that is made up of four sections. The angles of the four sections are adjustable so it can become a scaffold about 3' off the ground with an 8' top. I put a couple of planks on top to walk around on. I got it at (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.build)
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