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Re: Building my train table
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:44:45 GMT
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Good point, I really wasn't thinking about how much a legomodular would
weight.

Mike Poindexter wrote in message ...
> Perhaps my tables are a bit overkill for a tabletop Lego layout (actually,
> they definitely are) but they are not overkill for a legomodular layout
> where 70+ pounds of bricks are put on top of them in addition to the
> structures and rolling stock.
> 
> Mike Poindexter
> 
> James J. Trobaugh <thinice@avana.net> wrote in message
> news:38DACE0E.599F074A@avana.net...
> > The PNLTC tables aren't too bad to make once you have the jig for the • holes. I
> > just have the guys at Home Depot cut the top wood for me (3/8 particle • board for
> > the NGLTC), their saw makes a much nicer cut the I can do on the driveway • with
> > my circular saw. So its worth the extra 50 cents a cut. Anyway a 4'x8' • sheet of
> > plywood won't fit in my van. Then I just use the scraps to build the leg
> > supports.
> > 
> > Have you built a table using 2"x4" for the edge supports? That would be a • very
> > heavy table I would think. You could definitely get away with something • smaller,
> > and if you using 3/4" plywood the 2x4s might be a little over kill.
> > 
> > james
> > 
> > --
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > James J. Trobaugh
> > North Georgia LEGO Train Club
> > http://www.ngltc.org
> > 
> > 
> 



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  Re: Building my train table
 
Perhaps my tables are a bit overkill for a tabletop Lego layout (actually, they definitely are) but they are not overkill for a legomodular layout where 70+ pounds of bricks are put on top of them in addition to the structures and rolling stock. (...) (27 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains)

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