{"id":158,"date":"2001-03-04T10:13:25","date_gmt":"2001-03-04T09:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/?p=158"},"modified":"2014-11-22T10:19:55","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T09:19:55","slug":"dock-module-benchwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/dock-module-benchwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Dock Module: Benchwork"},"content":{"rendered":"

I built the module out of 3\/8″ plywood; Iain Rice suggests that 1\/4″ plywood is sufficient; however I had a few sheets of 3\/8″ lying around.<\/p>\n

I constructed four L-girders using 3″ and 1 1\/2″ strips of plywood. Cross pieces were 3″ strips of plywood and use an overlapping joint system with the L-girders. The subroadbed is 3\/8″ plywood with 1\/2″ Homasote on top. All joints are glued together with white glue; no nails or other fasteners were used.<\/p>\n

The benchwork is supported by a robust two-track shelving system that I purchased at Lee Valley Tools. The shelving standards are lag-bolted to the wall studs using 1\/4″ by 2 1\/2″ lag bolts. The brackets come in different lengths; I’m using the 11″ and 14″ brackets. I’ve installed the brackets on 16″ intervals using an electronic water level to get them all at the same height.<\/p>\n

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The track is 54″ inches from the floor. It’s a nice height for viewing; I have a footstool available to work on the layout. I’ve also added some shelving under the module for magazines, etc. <\/p>\n

I used an utility knife to bevel the sides the Homasote to a 1:1.5 angle. I then painted all the cut edges of Homasote with a ground coloured flat paint to seal it.<\/p>\n

Finally, I added the side and back pieces of plywood to the module. This creates the display box look for each module and will support the backdrop. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I built the module out of 3\/8″ plywood; Iain Rice suggests that 1\/4″ plywood is sufficient; however I had a few sheets of 3\/8″ lying around. I constructed four L-girders using 3″ and 1 1\/2″ strips of plywood. Cross pieces were 3″ strips of plywood and use an overlapping joint system with the L-girders. The … Continue reading “Dock Module: Benchwork”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pmtco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/trains\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}