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Re: Gutter Talk
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Thu, 1 Nov 2001 15:36:27 GMT
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Thanks Mike!!
In lugnet.trains.org, Mike Walsh writes:
> Here is a picture of our (NCLTC) gutters:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50985
Great fun pic for your web page or for LEGO/GATS to use to promote the kids
play area but not exactly the kind of detail on mounting we need.
> They are mounted with bolts that go through the gutter and then through the
> table and then through a block of wood that fits into the table structure.
> We use the PNLTC style tables so if you are familiar with how the legs
> mount, the block of wood mounts essentially the same way.
Do you have a pic handy that shows underside or some mounting detail?
> Chris Suich in
> our group worked this out and it has worked out really well. We have found
> that having gutters only on two sides has been sufficient and don't have any
> plans to add more. In fact, to date, the kids layout (as shown in the
> picture) has worked out well. We actually tack the track down to prevent it
> from moving around as well.
A wrinkle for us is that we are attaching to banquet tables supplied by
GATS... so just like with our drool/reach shields on the main layout, the
solution needs to work for somewhat varying table types and needs to not
permanently mar the tables. Something that clips or clamps on is needed.
Unless we start building our own tables, that is... need to win a few more
shows before we have the scratch handy to do that for our entire layout. (we
keep spending our winnings on bricks and track and stuff) But just building
3-4 tables for a kids play area may be a way to get feet wet in the table
building process (he says, cheerfully volunteering *other* club members for
the task since his own woodworking skills are nil)...
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| (...) What NALUG did, and has worked fairly well for us, is we just hardmounted an oval of track to a 4x8 sheet of (pressboard? some varient of wood-but-not-wood). We tell show organizers that they'll need to provide a 4x8 table per oval they want. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| (...) Now not having done this myself I thing there are a few things to remember. 1. The Gutters don't need to remain water tight. 2. The Gutters need to have some ridgidity to support a limited amount of leaning/abuse by spectators. Now if you had (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| "Scott E. Sanburn" <ssanburn@indalex.com> wrote in message news:GM4MvJ.CDJ@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) Here is a picture of our (NCLTC) gutters: (URL) are mounted with bolts that go through the gutter and then through the table (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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