My home slot racing center, work in progress

[vins123]

pm sent

[demether]

[demether]

:mrgreen:


The only thing missing is my tablehockey game :lol:

I finished my wood parts list, tommorow I'll go shopping :dance:

By the way, the final layout size is 14'x6'

[demether]

[demether]

;)

I'll probably start tommorow afternoon !

I first have to make 2 straight parts and 2 turns parts. The straights are 255cm long, and my wood sheets are 240cms. So I will need to extend them. The widht is just perfect (40cms - a 4lanes artin track + border is 37cms).

For the turns, again, since I'm using wood (and not plywood), I'm limited to what I found (240x50cms). So I will need to make them in 3 square parts assembled together.

It would be cool if the assembly would be done this week end, so monday I could cut the turns inner and outer curves, and start working in the support feet.

For this I'll use these common wood foldable feet. I've got a ton of them. I will seperate them in 2 parts, and buid some kind of H shaped feet assembly, and screw the 2 straights and 2 turns on them.

Finally, I'll assemble the 2 straight and 2 turns together, and put these nice MDF borders all around (inner and outer of the track support). Then, after a paint shot (to protect the plain wood from moisture especially) it will be time to install and pre-wire the track on this.


That's the theory at least.

[demether]

[demether]

Thanks !
I still hope to keep my deadline, finishing the whole table before the week end. Then, it will be the painting and track installing, and finally, the BOOOORRRRRRRINNNNNNG wiring process.

[dreinecke]

VERY cool! I really like the way this is shaping up! And I still want a Lego table. I saw the Lego Movie and loved the basement scenes - totally what any Lego kid wants!

[demether]

My lego train layout filled 2 things I wanted : a electric train layout, and play with lego again ! ;)

Concerning the oval, I cant wait to complete it. Then it will be time to move the HO track downstair. I hope everything will be ready before september.

[demether]

[demether]

[vins123]

Hi Dimitri
looking good and going really fast...
Sylvain

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[Florida_Slotter]

demether,

You originally said you were going to build the oval on a foldable table. Is this still true? If so, how are you going to affix the track to the table so it stays in place when folded?

BTW - if that were my man cave, I don't think I'd ever leave.

Awesome setup.

[demether]

Thanks a lot !

@florida slotter : As I explained a few pages before (not your fault, I'm too wordy, this info is probably embedded in 5000lines of more or less useless text ;) ) it will not be foldable. The track is huge (especially now I'm building the table...Huge for a room like this, truly), and the plasterboards would not have support this weight. I would had to make a very complex (and pricey) structure.

Here's the room footprint, it will be simplier to understand :