Reply to "1x4 lumber for benchwork"

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D500 posted:
If your layout requires that you walk around on it, you have the wrong design, room or scale. Really. Never mind the lumber. Even - or especially - with layouts, Less is often More.
Inconvenience is the enemy of enjoying a layout, and climbing around on the layout has to top the inconvenience list.
Better to go to HO or S is it helps you access everything.

I totally disagree. Our layout was not all that large, however by using 1"X4" lumber, with a 1"X 2" glued on the top in the "L girder" configuration, up to 5 BIG adults could be up on top of the layout (on hands & knees) laying track, soldering wire feeds, ballasting and doing scenery. The layout was fee-standing and not connected to anything, yet it never moved at all, even if you bumped into a corner.

10/10/183:23 PM

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