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My chop saw can cut 4'x4's. It's got a 10" blade. I don't have a circular
saw, but it's fun to buy power tools, so I may look into picking one up if
no one has one now.
The module plans are at:
http://www.pnltc.org/Modular_Table.html
It looks like there's no glue, only screws (although glue + screw can't
hurt). The framing is all 1x2s, 2x2s and 3/8" plywood. And of course
there's bolts, nuts and washers to hold the modules together. The only
tricky looking cuts are the triangles for the legs, but once one good pair
of cuts are made, they can act as templates for all the other cuts. A
handheld jigsaw (I have one) would be sufficient, although slow.
In:
http://www.lugnet.com/trains/?n=5051
James J. Trobaugh suggests getting the lumber yard (Home Depot in his case)
make the top wood cut for us. This sounds like a great idea to me, and may
eliminate the need for a table saw or circular saw.
Cary
Frank Filz wrote:
> Sounds like a good idea, though one problem I have right now is that I
> would have no place to store tables, but would like to own some. If
> someone had space to store my tables, one advantage would be that we
> would have a set of tables which don't need to have stuff taken off them
> before using them at shows. I can definitely contribute track. I think I
> have 4 sets of turnouts now, plus two crossings, plus a fair bit of
> straight and curved track.
>
> Re: Cary's thought of ZNAP bridges. I'm planning on playing with such,
> and I think Mike is also, so sounds good to me.
>
> How do the plans suggest assembling the tables? If they are glued at
> all, it would not be possible to finish construction in one go.
>
> Does someone have a circular saw? That would work almost as well as a
> table saw for cutting the table tops (and perhaps easier, it's hard
> maneuvering a 4x8 sheet of plywood into a table saw). Cary, how wide a
> board can your chop saw cut? When I built tables for an HO layout, I
> used a chop saw, but had to cut some pieces twice (I think it did all
> the framing in one cut, but I don't quite remember). The chop saw is
> definitely very fast (though a circular saw does quick work on cutting
> framing also).
>
> Hm, on the MG... We could span the MG with a couple 6' ZNAP bridges...
> :-) :-)
>
> --
> Frank Filz
>
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