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Re: Gutter Talk
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lugnet.trains.org
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Thu, 1 Nov 2001 16:00:24 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Thanks Mike!!
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> In lugnet.trains.org, Mike Walsh writes:
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> > Here is a picture of our (NCLTC) gutters:
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=50985
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> 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.
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> > 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.
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> Do you have a pic handy that shows underside or some mounting detail?
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> > 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.
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> 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.
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> 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)...
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. Then we duct tape the sheet to the table, and
walk away. At end of day, there is a certain amount of collecting bricks
from the floor, but it's not very time-consuming, and (at least at the last
show) parents and kids do most of it for us.
YMMV, but we get along OK without gutters.
James
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| Thanks Mike!! (...) play area but not exactly the kind of detail on mounting we need. (...) Do you have a pic handy that shows underside or some mounting detail? (...) A wrinkle for us is that we are attaching to banquet tables supplied by GATS... (...) (23 years ago, 1-Nov-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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