07-15-2023, 02:05 PM
After building a few posts, I thought I'd built a girder that runs between them (also included in the crane kit). I'll have to build enough girders to run between each post and the decide if I want to run stringers between posts in depth to support the first floor of the breaker. There's a lot of folding and cutting for each girder, but they do look pretty good when complete. Gravity mounted a girder between two posts, and I like the look. Vertical distance between the base of the posts and the underside of the girder is 3 inches, which is good clearance for almost all of my rolling stock. I'm probably going to build a small base under each post to add a little more verticality.
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