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Re: Club Table Standards was Re: New LEGO train realism?
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 14:24:36 GMT
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"James J. Trobaugh" wrote:
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> The NGLTC is also looking at the folding buffet style (or church tables)
> legs, I don't care what the cost is as long as it keeps me from spending
> most of my set up bolting tables legs together, and it will make for more
Tom Cook, WAMALUG's resident builder of cool things, designed and built the
folding leg system on our tables. Like I said in an earlier post, the
tables are 40.25" to a side. The frame is made out of 1"x3" pine, with a
3/8" plywood top. There is a cross member that supports the top of the
table. The legs are 2x2 pressure treated pine, a small plywood triangle
is screwed to the leg and attached to the table with a short length of
piano hinge. Some sort of brass locking support that I don't know the
proper name for locks the legs into position. The legs have adjustable
bolts on the bottom to compensate for floor unevenness. We clamp them
together with spring clamps.
You can see some of the underside of the tables in this pic:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2485
A table can be setup in about thirty seconds. I have stood on top of them,
but I am a lightweight. The tables are pretty light, many of us can carry
two
of them at a time. 13 of them fit comfortable into a minivan. I can fit
two
or three into my saturn. The tables cost about $30 each, but could
probably
be made larger for not much more. We can probably get measured drawings
and
more photos up if anyone would like more detail.
> Along with legs, I'm working on a way to bold wheels on to one of the tables
> and make it into a "cart" to carry the other tables. Its a pain to carry all
> those tables in when the show doesn't have "drive in" capabilities.
This is a great idea.
> I also like the idea of running the layout from the outside, most shows I
> have been placing the controls in a location discreetly on the outside. Also
> being tall (6'5") I never seem to have a problem reaching over two tables,
> but some of the other club members are not as "vertically advantaged".. ha!
One section of our past two layouts have had a solid surface are of 80" x
120".
That's a reach. :)
-Chris
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