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This point is when the build got interesting.  A good friend is a long term CEO of several children’s museums.  She was discussing the hypocrisy of children’s museums teaching kids how to play and be creative with repurposed items laying around the house, but at the same time spending large amounts of money on having professional displays built for their museums.  Our conversation turned into a challenge.  Build a layout with items easily found in a Habitat for Humanity Re-store.

After searching through my house and the local Re-Store, I built the layout table out of repurposed porch columns, 4x4 replaced deck railing, plywood scraps, and old doors.   Also found a couple of drawer cabinets from an old office to act as storage and support for the layout.  Leg levelers were added to all the legs to allow final adjustment.  Due to the size of the legs compared to the 30” and 36” doors, I straddled two or more doors with each column.

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Because of the rigidity of the doors, the plywood was not as necessary to support the top, but gave rigidity to the legs, by providing aprons to attach each leg.  Most of the plywood had reliefs cut in them to provide wire access and support for the wire runs.  Each tables was added and secured together with a few screws.

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3ea 30”x80” and 2ea 36”x80” tables created a layout that was within an inch of Ken’s design.  The table size provided 24” hallway access on one side and 36” access on the other.

Next, I positioned the full scale paper template and traced the layout edge on the new table for final trimming.  The outside curves were cut and repositioned on the inside to provide the curved support for the inner loop.  There was no door material wasted in the construction.

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Next step is to install homasote to the top to help with sound and give something to attach  scenery.

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