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Glad to see you finally have the benchwork. As RTR12 said, once you get started it comes together pretty quickly. As I have mentioned I am very happy with it.  Also Mianne was great with phone support if you have any questions with the assembly process. By the way those LED lights you installed in my NYC passenger cars look great.

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That stinks about the shipping damage John. Seems anymore that there is ALWAYS shipping damage and its not getting any better. Its almost like when you thought you'd seen it all, guess again, here comes some other kind of damaged stuff in.

I hope that they get you the replacement stuff in quick(which shouldn't be long). Can't wait to see what you post here next.  

gunrunnerjohn posted:

 

This is the whole basement plan.  The red is where the current layout will go, and it will also fill that back cavity, too lazy to draw that shape.   The green is what I'm going to add for a yard, so I'll move the liftgate over about 4 feet to keep out of the way.  The white triangle is also bench for the tracks to the yard.

John,

What did you use to model your basement like that?  Is that some kind of architecture tool?

The back side of the Masonite was framed like picture frame matting  with 2 1/2" strips of 1/4"  multi-ply plywood.

The contribution above was an attempt to show the  slot idea.  Photos above  were for a traveling module.

There was also a sturdy corner brace to retain an even curve, otherwise the curve tends to flair out at the top on module mounted curved corners:

Mounting Rex 001Mounting Rex 002

For Mianne bench work you could fashion a filler insert panel  to provide a flush flat background mounting surface.

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Tom has a tendency to make complex woodworking look easy.   It looks like he has more clamps on that corner than I own!

I try to make electronics look easy, but I'm not capable of making complex woodworking look easy. 

Dave Zucal posted:

GRJ, If it's possible to slide the bench work out away from the wall, you can always fasten 1/8" tempered board to the backside of it. Then paint that or use it for mounting back drop poster. That way you don't have to mess up those nice walls and it will also strengthen the bench work. It's about 9 bucks a sheet w/tax. Just a thought.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ha...in-832777/202189720?

 Interesting thought Dave, that would be easy.  The benchwork will slide right now, it's not that heavy and all the legs have levelers with nice smooth pads on them.

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