(10-02-2024, 01:33 AM)OBJack Wrote: Wow!! So impressed with the planning and the attention to detail.
If only I could go down that road it would have saved me a motza in dollars and time.
So neat and methodical I wonder if there is not an architect or engineer in there somewhere.
I await the progress with impatience.
Jack
Well...I would have enjoyed being an architect. My father was a civil engineer and my brother is a mechanical engineer so there may be one hiding deep inside!
I really like the vertical element that the underpass/creek adds and its contrast to the viaduct on the right. Now its time to do a little benchwork design to accomodate all these ideas.
The basic design for this belongs to Kieran Ryan from Australia
Transferred the design to one piece of the foamed PVC pieces and taped them together so I could cut them all out at the same time on my scroll saw. The compass in the picture is my Dad's from college so its older than I am.
After the scroll saw and including the cross members. This first attempt on the cross members didn't work out to well so it was back to the drawing board for those.
So basically I just laid out all the cross members on a single sheet to make sure that the notches would all line up properly.
And here we go. A full benchwork kit!
No knee knockin' or foot bashing on that layout! That's a really good benchwork design. Again, once you do it in miniture, it's going to be much easier making the plan into the real deal.
(10-02-2024, 05:03 PM)TMo Wrote: No knee knockin' or foot bashing on that layout! That's a really good benchwork design. Again, once you do it in miniture, it's going to be much easier making the plan into the real deal.
I'm certainly hoping that it will make things a little easier. Knowing where a problem can creep in should make it much more enjoyable experience.
This one is going to be free standing. It needs to be a layout that I can take down and put away. If I was going to mount it to a wall I would use two french cleats, one at the top and one at the bottom. Each module is 4' long and 27" tall so my thought, at least right now, are four sets of independent legs maybe using some type of speaker stand.
Now to take all these pieces and put them together. I noticed my first mistake pretty quickly. I cut the notches in the supports to wide. Not a big deal here but would certainly be a deal breaker if I was cutting plywood.
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So despite trying to keep everything nice and square I managed to torque the viaduct side out of alignment. The PVC sheet is flexible enough that its not a big deal on the model it would be a huge deal on the real thing. Fortunately I can build this in my shop and keep everything nice and square throughout the build. The one thing I think I need to add is another cross member on the back near the top. That area seems to be way to flexible for my liking.
10-05-2024, 07:14 AM (This post was last modified: 10-05-2024, 07:19 AM by zzrguy.)
(10-04-2024, 08:46 AM)Porthos63 Wrote: This one is going to be free standing. It needs to be a layout that I can take down and put away. If I was going to mount it to a wall I would use two french cleats, one at the top and one at the bottom. Each module is 4' long and 27" tall so my thought, at least right now, are four sets of independent legs maybe using some type of speaker stand.
You could get away with just a single French Cleat up top and one or two set screws for the lower.
Here's a link to the legs I made for my NTraks module.
