 | | Re: Show prep on Jan 13 (was Re: SuperTrain 2001 - I'll be there) —Michel Magnan
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| | | For the rope barriers I used 1 1/4 inch rigid PVC conduit, it is used for built in vaccuums. One end is female, they are 10 feet long. I used grey, because the white ones in St Paul were so old and dirty they were almost grey! White would be much (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | | | | Re: Show prep on Jan 13 (was Re: SuperTrain 2001 - I'll be there) —John Koob
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| | | | | Michel Magnan wrote in message ... (...) 12 seemed just enough for the last layout. For future layouts, I'd say we'd need somewhere between 16-24. (...) Yes, it was a bit short, but if you have one rope and make it taller, then small folks will (...) (24 years ago, 30-Dec-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | | | | | | Re: Show prep on Jan 13 (was Re: SuperTrain 2001 - I'll be there) —Steve Chapple
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| | | | | | | (...) I'm estimating 16 at this point, but the more the better. (...) Good idea - rope isn't very expensive. My Uncle has a small drill press for making the holes. SRC StRuCtures (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Show prep on Jan 13 (was Re: SuperTrain 2001 - I'll be there) —Michel Magnan
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| | | | | | | | Will yoiu be able to bring the drill press to James place? Do you need a 3/8 inch drill bit? Michel (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Show prep on Jan 13 (was Re: SuperTrain 2001 - I'll be there) —Steve Chapple
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| | | | | | | | (...) I believe it is a counter-top model, yes. (Should be OK for bits) SRC (23 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | | | | | | Re: Show prep on Jan 13 (was Re: SuperTrain 2001 - I'll be there) —Michel Magnan
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| | | | | | I forgot to mention that we could have almost used 14 for GETS 2000, remember we butted one end up against the other train display, so we didn't need a barrier on that side. I had drilled two holes in the pipes, one 6 inches below the other, I (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | | | | Re: Show prep on Jan 13 (was Re: SuperTrain 2001 - I'll be there) —Michel Magnan
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| | | | Only a few days before Saturdays work bee, a few other questions. James, could you soak off the labels from the Lego pails before Saturday? I found about 15 minutes in hot water and the label peeled off nicely. James, do you have any of the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | | | | | Re: Show prep on Jan 13 (was Re: SuperTrain 2001 - I'll be there) —James Brown
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| | | | | (...) Can do. Am doing, in fact. (...) no hacksaw, no mitre box. 1 drill, 1 jigsaw. (...) For now, I think leave them at your parents as long as they've got the room. (and don't mind!) (...) Yah, probably a good idea. I'm not sure if we want to (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | | | | | | Re: Show prep on Jan 13 (was Re: SuperTrain 2001 - I'll be there) —Steve Chapple
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| | | | | | (...) IMO the wooden bases should be considered a failed experiment. The piping can still be used with the "bucket-bases", and then theoretically we only need some more piping and several hundred feet of rope. I can pick up the rope - Home Depot and (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | | | | | Re: Show prep on Jan 13 —Steve Chapple
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| | | | (...) I checked with my Uncle - My ears or memory or both are whacked. He does not have a drill press of any size. (My father had a both a table-top and floor size, but they're gone.) Sorry for the confusion. SRC (23 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | | | | | Re: Show prep on Jan 13 —James Brown
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| | | | (...) I might be able to borrow a drill press on Saturday, but I'm not sure. I do know that I can go and use it pretty much any old time, so I can drill the rope holes later on. James (23 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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| | | | | | Re: Show prep on Jan 13 —Michel Magnan
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| | | | I'll bring one, I had another need for the drill press. To drill a starter hole in the exact middle of some 2 inch long wooden dowels to attach to the inside bottom of the pails, to hold the bottom of the plastic pipe in the exact middle, so that it (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.org.ca.nalug)
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