11-14-2012, 01:45 PM
MudHen 462 Wrote:Bucky... Are you planning to have the "long" sides of your layout up against the wall, if so a good depth of each "shelf" would be 24 to 30 inches depending on your benchwork height so you can have a workable reach and be able to handle derailments, etc.... if you want to access (walk-around) both sides of those section of your benchwork you could have a 24 inch aisle way on each side and in the middle and two 30 inch wide "shelves" along both long walls of your room.
You could also make those "shelfs" only 24" deep and have a three foot aisle in the center of your layout. (I hope this is clear enough for you to understand my ramblings...)
Bob
Hi Bob, your advice rings clear as a bell. I just wasn't sure if less than 30" for an aisle is to narrow. Yeah I didn't mention it, but the "long" sides of the layout are against the walls. I'll have to see, but I think your idea of 24" shelves sounds like a great idea. I just wonder though, is having an aisle space of 24" to cramped for more than one operator?