Most participants in model railroading, as with any leisure pursuit, are looking for a casual creative outlet, a break from the everyday without any overriding compulsion to be a master at it. This is as it should be and I point it out without any condescension. I enjoy surfing and playing basketball and can say in […]
Category: Los Angeles Junction Railway
Floating Bench Work Wrap Up
After the initial false start, I finally wrapped up the floating bench work construction. Often, the impact of our layout environment rarely reaches the level of conscious awareness. However, a clean execution of the bench work and room environment sets a tone that enhances the entire experience of interacting with a layout. It makes us want […]
Floating Shelf Fascia
For the fascia I needed something that was both stiff and hard but also relatively light. Styrene is too dimensionally unstable, traditional molding or MDF was too heavy. A trip through The Home Depots molding aisle turned up what I needed, 2 1/2 inch by 1/4 inch thick “lattice”. After carefully cutting it to […]
Floating Bench Work
Occam’s Law can be summed up with the adage K.I.S.S. In other words, the best solution is typically the simplest. Simple doesn’t mean easy to design. Often the opposite is the case. It takes a fair amount of thought to come up with the cleanest approach. Whenever I find myself using the proverbial duct […]
Floating Bench Work
Following my last post on floating bench work, I received a number of emails wondering if the torque imparted on the hollow wall anchor would rip it out of the wall. The design of the Hillman anchor takes this into account. That, in combination with a large washer screwed tightly against the front face of […]