24 inch radius track alignment in 11 x 12 room w a 4 x 6 closets.
It always helps to think in terms of the space, not just a monolith of plywood benchwork. The good old "Waterwings" dogbone often helps...
in "spare" bedroom
10 x 12 foot Room oprientation #1
These are shots of the train room ready for sheet rock. I put a separate circuit just for the trains and spaced outlets every 4'. The room is 18'...
Scratchbuilt interior for the office, including reception desk and couch, and small amenities room.
Layout room workbench, far left = shelves under helix. Main left = work area for soldering, with shelves behind/below for tool storage. Right =...
Looking around the room on 24 February 2008, here's where I've gotten to. Staging has framework, sections, fascia, framing wiring. No section...
Wiring for the staging deck's permanent framing completed. Including plugs which will go onto sectional modules when they're in place. View from...
Shelving and Framing where wiring (and layout) will go; view from the room door.
Rearranged bookshelves. Lowest shelf (above fan) contains 2.1m of general fiction and is exactly the same height as the staging deck. Shelf above...
A mockup of the helix space to check space usage and clearances. Supports are about the right height and have the toe at the right point. Real...
Clamped some timber 12" from the wall at staging deck height to test head-impact and chair-impact. Note the yellow tape-measure marking the...
Testing a probable helix-exit+yard-ladder arrangement; and how that overhangs the workbench. Worse colour balance with flash, removes the shading...
Testing a probable helix-exit+yard-ladder arrangement; and how that overhangs the workbench. Better colour balance with no flash, shows the...
