Gary, First off kudos for using plastic storage containers for your trains. One of the worst things to happen is something breaks whether it be a water pipe or errant coffee cup and the liquids ruin some of your stuff plus, you may not be aware of it until some time later. Also if your prone to allergies those cardboard boxes harbor mold in damp environments, not to mention the smell.
One of our Houston S Gaugers does have a layout about your size that's been under construction for many years--truly under constructed LOL. Anyway it is located in a garage so the layout is able to be stored vertically against the garage wall. He uses a garage door spring arrangement to facilitate that. His is plywood deck with typical 1 x 4 bracing I think. I've only seen it briefly a couple of times so I can't give you more details. Bob Werre BobWphoto.com Gary Chidester wrote: > > > So two weeks ago I woke up to find three inches of water in my basement. > > I am thinking of something light enough to suspend from the ceiling > with folding legs to rest on when down from the ceiling and we are > running trains. Has anyone done this? Suggestions? The layout is > 14'x6' so I would love to hear from those that have suggestions and > ideas for me. I am thinking a frame around the entire layout of 2x4, > but then crossbracing of 1x1 or maybe even smaller? Keeping the 2" of > blue foam as the base on the framework and some folding adjustable > legs. One or two sets of legs on each end and two on the long sides of > the layout. > > I want it strong enough to hold together, but light enough to raise to > the ceiling with 2-3 people. > > I hope I have explained this well enough to make it clearer than mud! > Thoughts and suggestions are welcome and appreciated! > > Gary > > > Rep <mailto:[email protected]?subject=new%20table?> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
