L Girder Benchwork?

Once you get the braces on, and then some roadbed down, it will be plenty sturdy. What did you use? 1x2s, 1x3s, 1x4s, ???

I used 1X2, 1X4, and 2X2's, I am only concerned because I am not the greatest carpenter in the world if I built a bird house it would get condemned.

L-Girder depends on the cross-leg bracing for rigidity. Until it's installed there will be a considerable amount of wobble.

 

 

Okay I will repost Saturday after I finish installing the braces

You'll want a minimum of six legs for a 5 x 10 table.  Brace all the legs at least two ways.

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Dennis

There was a fairly lengthy and informative post about 'L' Girder awhile back. A search should find it. Great method...

 

https://ogrforum.com/t...f-l-girder-benchwork

 

The braces are what makes everything sturdy.  Any structure is like a house of cards until some shear (preventing lateral movement) bracing is applied. Put a few on and be amazed by geometry.

Thank you I feel much better about my work now. I will defonetly post pictures of the finished product. I used the Greemfrog instructional video on how to do a L girder table.

Yeah but what we have here so far isn't "L" girder.  By the way, these tables are even stronger if you tie together a room full of them.   

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Dennis

L Girder is the best way to go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am in the process of building a new layout after a move. The train room bench work is a mix of old and new benchwork styles. I found that a new method I use works out real well. As shown in the picture below the basic section is made up of two 2x4s sandwiched between two 1x4. I have the sections sized so that when I connect two sections with a 1x4 I get slightly less than a 4x4 square. using this technique all screws can be driven straight in. No need for pocket holes or driving screws at an angle.

Joe

 

L-girder is especially good for building benchwork with irregular shapes such as kidney shape or any kind of curving benchwork.    You just vary the length of the cross members.   I am talking about building benchwork that is not square or rectangular.   

 

If you are building a flat table top layout, "open-grid" is is probably easiest.    Just frame it like you would a window.     However, if you want scenery below track level, valleys and ravines etc., L-girder makes it much easier even for square shaped layouts.

Dennis, that's a heck of an idea, but I don't think the "officer on deck" would go

for it, L O L .  .  .  .  .

 

     Hoppy