Getting off the carpet a 4'x8' block at a time

That looks nice.

Very nice looking! It reminds me of some of the 50's dealer tables that I have seen in here. Very impressive.

I've been inspired by the folks at TW Trainworxs and their re-creations of Lionel display layouts from the 1950's but knew they were beyond my budget. So I set about designing and building in the media I know best, steel.

 I was gong to ask if the table was metal, but then there are forum members who have excellent wood making skills. Just didn't want to embarrass myself .  Looking forward to seeing your work when your finished.

Nice work!

If you made that yourself, you should consider making them to sell.  I would buy something like that if it were affordable.

 

Richie

Looks great!

Very nice table, from the color to your welding you did a great job.  I agree with others, if you make some more you would have no problem selling them. RED would also look great for a color. Nick

The table system was designed with the intent to sell to the masses. There are no visible welds anywhere on this table. It is a completely bolt together system and the largest part is 45" x 33" x 1 1/2". If there is any significant interest in this system, future product will be powder coated. I think red, green, and satin black will be the colors. In my opinion, I have to stay competitive with the tinker toy brand pricing. There will be significant value added over and beyond what those folks offer though.

I love the frame as well. You definitely have something.

That frame is great.

Nice concept and result!

 

Seeing the bolt heads made me think of this Fascia Started for some extra detail on the legs. Painting the bolt heads would be a nice touch.

 

How's the weight and size? I am thinking packaging and avoiding freight shipping if possible.

Ryan,

I really like your metal bench work.  I agree with others, I think this is defiantly a marketable product.  It appears that you could sell them at a modest price and have a lot of interest!  I'm interested!

Packaging to avoid the high freight charge, marketing, and powder coating are my last obstacles. I will be discussing advertising with OGR shortly. The idea of the fastener was to make it resemble a rivet. Bolts painted to match would look pretty good and I will look into it.

Thanks,

Ryan

Ryan,

You have it. It does look like a rivet.

 

Then I drifted, thinking of a flat post and extra center supports to put multiple units together.

 

Any thoughts for feet? Lots of hardwood and laminate trainroom floors out there.

 

You have a nice idea. have fun and good luck.

 

PS I like the pre-war colors.

The legs are set up to accept leveling feet. I'm still shopping for the best bang for the buck there. When I first started designing this table, I toyed with the idea of incorporating splice plates with "rivets" either formed into the plates or more prolific use of rivet looking fasteners. I opted for a streamlined approach to reduce part count, keep with only one type fastener, and ultimate cost.

Ryan

I will try to calculate the weight tonight. It is under 100 pounds.

It looks really terrific, but some of us prefer to use under-layout space for shelves or storage area. Or you could build another complete layout under there! ... like halfway down.