Benchwork

Due to the free flowing design of the layout, and that it will be permanent, we chose to use the "L" girder bench design method. This design goes together quickly and is very flexible in accomadating changes later on.


The most imporatnt tool for building bench work, is a large collection of clamps! Here we have clamped some legs to the front "L" girder and a couple of joists which tie it to the wall mounted "L" girder. Th ebench will run along the wall with an island reaching out to the floor area and wraps around the jack pole there.


A couple of hours later, the "L" girders are screwed in place and addtional joists are installed. The layout is starting to take shape. We've now reached the jack pole on the right with the bench work to be built around it. The steel pole will help to stablize the island also.



Now you can see how the track will circle the jack pole on the island and the various elevations are apparent.