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Re: Possible BOO BOO
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Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:30:32 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.lucny, Shaun Sullivan writes:
Some quick additional notes on the NELUG tables.
> For LEGO, they are absolutely amazing. The standard LTC table size is about
> 44" on a side (?), so that they fit 4x4 regular sized baseplates exactly.
> This may not sound like a big deal, but it turns out it is. You don't even
> have to paint the tables at all, just make sure you have enough baseplates to
> cover the area. Then you buy some tacks and a cheap skirting material, and
> you have a professional looking display.
Well they are actually 40.25" buy 40.25", which fit a 16 32x32 baseplates in a
4x4 configuration, Or you could have 8 16x32 and 12 32x32 baseplates, or 4
48x48 and 7 32x32 baseplates... Pretty flexible really.
> Assembling them turns out not to be that big a deal (and cheap) - Home Depot
> will cut the plywood to the size you specify, and the rest of it entails: some
> drilling of bolt-holes, some chop-sawing of the legs, and some minor cuts to
> make the leg braces. A few screws, bolts, nuts, and washers, and they're
> done.
Actually I have found that the tables can be built for right around $15 per
table (not including labor). Like Shaun said Home Depot or Lowes will cut the
plywood to size (you need to watch them and find someone thats good there are a
lot of hacks working at Home Depot and if they leave you more than a quarter
inch off in your measurements it causes problems). We use 1/4" plywood and one
good thing is you get 2 table tops out of a 4'x8' sheet. Save the scraps (your
paying for them anyway) and use them for the bracing on the legs. Then just
get some 2"x2" lumber for the legs. We also put adjustable feet on our legs.
You will need at least 2 legs for every table if you are doing a square. If
you are doing a horse shoe you will need (2 x tables)+2=legs. Our legs bolt on
to the tables. Additionally our table skirts are made from $2/yard fabric
hemmed to the hieght of our tables (29").
Some clubs have gone with folding legs, while this reduces setup time it
significantly increases the cost per table. (more than doubles if not triples
the cost). We like to spend the money we save on things like... LEGO?
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> That being said, I'm trying to think of some disadvantages. By themselves,
> they certainly aren't very aesthetic - we've worked around that by covering
> all of the wood surfaces for any shows or Brikwars games, though. And while
> you could use them for purposes other than LEGO (is there such a thing?
> Blashemous!), we haven't yet, and I don't believe any of us are beating down
> the door to, again probably for aesthetic reasons.
They might not be pretty but through a cheap table cloth on them and I would
eat off them.
Eric Kingsley.
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| Eric, Shaun - Thanks to you both for the table descriptions and clarifications. I think these tables are just the ticket. One more question, however...It looks like the edge-on view of your tables ((URL) and (URL) shows a 2x2 or 2x1 under the edges (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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| (...) Hi All, I hope you don't mind me throwing in my experiences here. We (NELUG) were in much the same position about 1.5 years ago - do we build some tables as per a LEGO standard, or buy some. We ended up building ours, and I'll give some of my (...) (23 years ago, 26-Apr-02, to lugnet.org.us.lucny)
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