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"Dean Husby" <nntp@akasa.bc.ca> wrote in message
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> Our group (The VLC) are about to meet to select a table format. We are • leaning
> towards the PNLTC standard tables. We will be adjusting the width for • maximum
> usage. I'm even thinking of bolt on Plexi glass to 'protect' our layouts.
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> I've been reading with great interest in the discussions here.
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> Dean
> --
> TFM's Home Page: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/tfm
> Vancouver Lego Club: http://www.akasa.bc.ca/vlc
Here in North Carolina we decided to also use the PNLTC "standard" for
several reasons.
1) We didn't see any reason to re-invent the wheel - I am personally not a
big NIH fan.
2) We didn't envision ever going with a all LEGO module like GMLTC
(requires to many bricks and $$$)
3) In the event there was ever a chance to hook layouts together, being
compatible with another group seemed to make a lot of sense and PNLTC is
farthest down the path (IMHO) AND has a published standard.
4) PNLTC tables are relatively affordable allowing more money to be
allocated to what goes on top of the tables ;-)
Now as a grooup (NCLUG - http://www.nclug.net) we are very slowly getting
our act together, but we felt making a decision on a table standard was
critical and would allow interested parties to work independently. In fact,
one of my co-workers and his son built two small moudles and one large
module within a week of me pointing him to the Acrobat file. I expect that
I will build two large and three or four small modules sometime in the next
couple of months (although the fact that my brother-in-law's table saw being
destroyed in a freak accident where a USPS driver drove through a garage
door has probably delayed their construction).
Mike
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Mike Walsh - mike_walsh@mindspring.com
http://members.tripod.com/mike_walsh
http://www.nclug.net
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