20/20 Hindsight about Benchwork ...
I designed and built my 15x19-feet L-shaped layout with hollow-core doors (extended by one foot) covered with green patio carpeting and perimeter fascia. The platforms are supported by SKIL plastic sawhorses. The three doors (plus a half-length door) worked for me, except ...
Now 82 years young, I'm thinking about what to do with the layout after I board the Finale Express for a one-way trip to Celestial Station. The layout platforms are clamped together in alignment (no bolts), but the tracks and underneath wiring paths cross all the joints. So taking it apart for delivery to the next owner and subsequent re-installation will be a challenge.
Which explains 20/20 hindsight. I should have purchased and installed Mianne Benchwork. When necessary, it's easy to separate, transport, and re-configure. At Joints in the tabletop, one could install terminal strips underneath at the boundaries for convenient disconnection and re-connection of wire paths at the new location.
When building a layout, probably the last thing on one's mind is ... what will happen to it after ...
Mike M. LCCA 12394
