Watash, Thanks for the Layout suggestions. All the others who responded. The reason I had decided to use the door as a base for my first layout is that I have three of them in my garage collecting dust. They are not new, previously damage by my over actively children. I had not put a lot of thought into the benchwork as this was going to be my trial and error layout to see how well I am at things first such as track/roadbed laying, etc. I can design anything on paper but when it comes to actual construction I am all thumbs. Well I have to go now. Happy Railroading. Dwyane
I got eleven of your thumbs, so I suggest you measure and decide how you are going to drillall the way through the top, into the hollow core door, then through the other side. OK that will work. Now fish a #28 wire through. Ah HA! Well, I had to carefully slip a good putty knife between the door "skin" and the door edge (solid wood for hinges), and separate the skin off one side. There is probably nothing, or maybe some paper partition between the two skins. Now you can reach to mount turnout control motors etc easier. Save the skin that is off, and use it for other things. Rotts of Ruck Pilgrim!! Keep tootlin' along, your doin' fine! The only favor I ask, is hit your own thumb, not one of mine! P.S. One way to run wires through an uncut door, is to glue a soda straw into a hole, and run wires through it. ------------------ Watash #982 [This message has been edited by watash (edited 27 January 2001).]
Dwyane, most of us draw up what we want first, and not all are cabinet makers, or even pattern makers. In a pattern shop, drawings are either made on the wood, or on paper, then sprayed with glue, and pasted onto the wood. Then when a band saw is used to cut along the lines, you end up with the shape piece you had drawn. You can locate holes the same way. The cardboard back of a pencil tablet is about the thickness the band saw blade cuts out. Cut some strips of cardboard, clamp the piece between the cut off parts, then turn it on its side, lay the side view drawings on, and again cut along the lines. When you take it all apart, your piece is almost finished. See? Experiment, but be careful, you can lose fingers with any kind of saw. Just use your head, and plan your moves out in advanvce, and take your time. ------------------ Watash #982 "See you in the Pit"
