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Re: Building my train table
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 22:31:49 GMT
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Mike has some good points. The PNLTC design isn't the most simple thing out
there and Mike suggested a reasonable alternative. The PNLTC design is
designed to keep weight to a minimum and still have sufficient strength.
Personaly, I have 8 or so of the PNLTC modules. I can move them around the
house easily, take them to shows when needed, throw them on top of my car and
strap them down easily too.
Mike's suggestion is good. It's simple, very easy to build and very strong.
Weigh a bit more, but if that isn't an issue, then you may want to go with his
suggestion.
If you do go with the PNLTC design and you want to add banquet style table
legs to a 3/8" top, you'll want to strengthen the areas where the table legs
attach. 3/8" isn't enough material to grab on to and keep the strength. You
may want to consider simply using thicker material for the table top depending
on how your table legs attach. It's up to you.
There has been a lot of discussion about module size. Alow me to make a
further point of consideration. I really like the 30" x 60" size. Not so
much for train show purposes, but for whatever display/layout I setup in my
own house. I didn't want to have something so large, that I could only use it
at train shows. Flexability was a key point for myself and other club
members. Just another point that I wanted to raise and hadn't read about yet
in latest round of lugnet.trains traffic.
Good luck with your module building.
Ben Fleskes
PNLTC
In lugnet.trains, Mike Poindexter writes:
> I built about 5 of those style tables. They seemed quite more work than
> they should be, but maybe I am just not very proficient at woodworking.
> (Probably the latter).
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> If you want easy tables, make them with 3/4" plywood and use 2x4s on their
> edge to add stability. Then you can put the banquet table legs on them and
> adjust height with PVC pipe. It worked much easier for me.
>
> Also, for the record, I would shave about 1/8" off the table sizes, as a
> table too large leaves a gap between the layout, whereas a table too small
> just has the gap bridged over with bricks/plates. You can always put a
> washer to add space, but it is hard to remove a small amount. With a small
> layout, it doesn't come up, but when you end up with 8-10 modules next to
> eachother, that little 1/8" ends up being about 2-4 studs. I finished 12 of
> my tables when I found that out. I have 9 more to make and will cut them
> down a slight bit to make them fit better, then I will fix the 3 I have part
> way finished and finally convert the ones I already got done.
>
> Mike Poindexter
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> Bryan Kinkel <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message
> news:Frw7MK.1Kq@lugnet.com...
> > With all the talk of Lego train tables and layouts, I'm pleased to say • that
> > I will be building my first set of tables this weekend. I'm using the • PNLTC
> > standard plywood table plans as found at
> > http://www.pnltc.org/Modular_Table.html and
> > http://www.baylug.org/zonker/tables/building.html.
> >
> > These tables will be for use at home with my "4558-less" train collection
> > and town gear. I will be using one sheet of plywood to build one small and
> > one large table.
> >
> > 1. Beyond what Ben has posted on the baylug.org site, does anyone have any
> > other tips for ease of building? I'm purchasing the materials on Friday
> > evening, doing the cuts with a friend that night, then continuing on
> > Saturday.
> >
> > 2. What is the best wood for the table surface? I will be painting the
> > surface using the paint formulas from • http://www.pnltc.org/Tint_Formula.html
> > . (Have not decided on green or gray yet. Leaning towards green...)
> >
> > 3. Can someone point me to some pictures of the "Legomodules" that the big
> > standards discussions have been about?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Bryan Kinkel
> >
> >
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| Thank you all for the suggestions. I don't have time to comment now on each one (things are a bit crazy in the office this morning). But I have printed all of the suggestions and will be taking them into account as I build my table. I do believe I'm (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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| I built about 5 of those style tables. They seemed quite more work than they should be, but maybe I am just not very proficient at woodworking. (Probably the latter). If you want easy tables, make them with 3/4" plywood and use 2x4s on their edge to (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)
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