Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 2) Started 2/25/17

[deemery]

I'm really intrigued by that t-track system you have. Went to Rockler's website and watched some of the videos. That's really cool! I'll have to scroll back through your thread to see if you have any pix of it in action that I may have overlooked. 👍🏻

If you look at that photo of my (terribly messy) workbench with the T-Tracks, you can see I mounted the modeler's table saw and drill press to pieces of MDF, and that's what gets clamped down.  I'm using the long T-Track clamps, you should look for some of those.  They allow you to hold a piece farther away from the track itself. 


dave

[S&S RR]

I just learned Rockler has a brick-and-mortar store about 30 minutes from home.    I'll make sure you get any commissions!

We also have one near my house.  Fun store to visit but your wallet will be lighter when you leave. I buy most of my stuff through their on line outlet.

[S&S RR]

I should mention that I was originally going to build a t-track system into my rolling workbench but after I priced out all the components it was much cheaper to buy the table top with the t-slots already installed. I was concerned about the size of the clamps etc. for HO scale stuff - but I'm finding they work great.

[S&S RR]

My workbench looks much better with a kit build underway.

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This project  expanded this morning.  We have some serious mission creep. I will post some pictures this evening.

[S&S RR]

Here is a picture of the location where Threadwells is going on my layout. Once I established the location and orientation I need to establish the height.  The river that feeds the backwaters for the Threadwells dam flows across the layout and then will feed the backwaters for the Salyes Mill. I needed to establish these to sites to complete the design for this entire area.
Once these two locations were frozen it was time to get out the sawzall to prepare the space and design the baseboards for both the Threadwell and Salyes Mills. The next few pictures will describe the process.

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Salyes Mill location.

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This picture shows both locations and the relationship between them.  The river will run at the base of the rock work.  The track in this location will be moved about 6 inches towards the front of the layout to make room for the river.  There will be some white water, and water falls - it is about an 18 inch drop from one backward pond to the other.

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Once you decide what you want to do - George Sellios has taught us to just get out the saw.

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Before: Salyes Mill Site.

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After: Salyes Mill site.

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Safety Note:  Using red sawzall blades to cut though plaster can be hard on your heart. Work was halted while all appendages where accounted for.

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The Salyes Mill site.  A few small additions will be made to the baseboard to fill in the holes. I want to complete as much of the scenery as possible on the workbench.  This diorama will be designed to be lifted out if necessary to work on the layout in this area.