Mark- Take Elliot's approach. Post progress to your thread and then copy the updates to this one once a month. If its all in your thread it will not get lost among all the Gi-raffe and flamingo chatter 
Pretty cool finding a piece of your old train table. We all have one of those lumber piles in our houses. never know when you need a piece of wood.
Bob
Mike, good seeing the pouring of the concrete. Your layout officially started with the first concrete coming down the chute. Mark, this topic has got to be the longest running with so many posting everyday. That is a good thing in my opinion. As to your question about where to post progress I would say both places. One, it is a topic you started and quite possibly it is a layout, size wise, that others in the same situation will keep an eye on. On the what did you do on your layout today there are others who have posted twice like you. Nothing wrong with that. This topic seems to have the most people following it and posting themselves here too. So I think exposure is more on here. Reusing lumber sure does say money for other layout things. For the first time I was able to use old lumber. A friend of mine was helping his son take out a bathroom in the basement and he called me to say they had a pile of 2X4's and wondered if I would like them. I said how much and he said nothing. He even brought them to the house. I spent the next day cutting them to the size I wanted for table legs. Yesterday and today that is what I have been using on the latest table. I got the cross braces cut and screwed in place and while I was at it where I have the lift out bridge I replaced the temporary legs with permanent ones. Now I have to start dinner but while that is cooking I'll go down and paint the sides of the table and braces and legs and that will be done. Pics...............Paul
I haven't been downstairs yet today. I'd like to get some more ballasting done. Patrick is coming over tomorrow.
Yesterday, I finished gluing the last bits in this section. I still need to climb in there and paint a short section of rail, on the mains, at the far end, behind the fan. Then, in order to ballast, I need to get some foam or something to prevent the ballast from falling off the back edge, into the hidden yard below.
I spread and glued both mains around this curve between Newport and Cottage Grove.
Made a quick Menards run and bought another sheet of plywood. Should be the very last one! Also got a few 2x4's. Those should also be the last. Spray paint, literally in rainbow colors. Some caulk, and three gallons of white glue. The ones in the photo aren't them. Those are the previous jugs, that I now fill with ballasting mix. I cut it 3 to 1 with water.
I ballasted about 15' of mains going past the Northtown bowl tracks, and then got on the ladder and started in the yard. It'll be fun connecting the dots, as it were, because the other side of the aisle, the upper deck is mostly done.
Over at Hiawatha, the glue was dry in the yard,so I did a final cleaning on the rails.
After I finished cleaning, I moved the cars back,so I could start the next section. I also started working on the next street.
I spent a little while studying this spot on Google Earth. There are four different grain facilities in this three block section. Three are still active. My brother-in-law just got a new drone. We've been talking about flying along the corridor above the tracks, among other train related places. The temperature has to be above 14F, so it might be a while before we can get out.
Gotta keep pounding away at this thing. They want to take photos at the end of the month for the National Narrow Gauge Convention in September.
paul 2 posted:
Frankly, I'm digging the vintage linoleum squares here. 
Mitch
Mark great story as always!! Talk about repurposing!!!! Good job!
Paul you are reminding me of what I need to be doing!! Painting bench work!
Elliot reminds us all. KEEP CHUGGING!! Thank you!
Jim
Still aint heard from MikeG??
Mitch, vintage is the right word to use. It is an old house. Built in 1912. The basement was originally dirt. Sometime in the past they added a cement floor. In fact the walls were first there and the floor poured around them. Tiles we're there when we bought the house. 50's deco for sure.....Paul
I turned on the lights, walked in and managed not to fall over any of the stuff on the floor, and located the 3 passenger cars that I was looking for today!
I'm going to chalk that up as a successful venture.
With dinner in the oven I went down and put a coat of black on the table edge, legs and braces. I don't paint the entire brace because they will be under the tongue and groove shelves. I only paint the outside of the braces that can be seen. So I'll let this coat dry and then apply a second coat. Pics................Paul
Mike, looking good. 
How long before you can start to put walls up........Paul
Unfortunately, the vintage tile squares are most likely asbestos, most of them were.
paul 2 posted:Mike, looking good.
I don't know, I have never poured concrete before. This is a first for me, I was thinking a week. Maybe someone here knows! LOL
From my experience as a general contractor, the concrete should cure in
a day or so
beardog posted:From my experience as a general contractor, the concrete should cure in
a day or so
I had a builder here tell me that some crews started framing on fresh pours the next day!! ( I wouldn't) Then he started talking about pre-tensioned cable instead of rebar.
Jim
mike g. posted:paul 2 posted:Mike, looking good.
I don't know, I have never poured concrete before. This is a first for me, I was thinking a week. Maybe someone here knows! LOL
Well, the timing is good as it's supposed to be sunny tomorrow and only a little rainy off and on through next week. Sure is better than the previous uber-wet weather we had bene having.
carsntrains posted:beardog posted:From my experience as a general contractor, the concrete should cure in
a day or so
I had a builder here tell me that some crews started framing on fresh pours the next day!! ( I wouldn't) Then he started talking about pre-tensioned cable instead of rebar.
Jim
To be honest I think I will wait a week before I start framing!
mike g. posted:carsntrains posted:beardog posted:From my experience as a general contractor, the concrete should cure in
a day or so
I had a builder here tell me that some crews started framing on fresh pours the next day!! ( I wouldn't) Then he started talking about pre-tensioned cable instead of rebar.
Jim
To be honest I think I will wait a week before I start framing!
It looks great Mike!!! I would start laying things out tomorrow. Knowing how I am I might would even go ahead and build the walls and set them aside until I was satisfied that the concrete was ready to build on lol I wish you were nearby. I have a framing nailer (round head) and enjoy building stuff!!! 
carsntrains posted:mike g. posted:carsntrains posted:beardog posted:From my experience as a general contractor, the concrete should cure in
a day or so
I had a builder here tell me that some crews started framing on fresh pours the next day!! ( I wouldn't) Then he started talking about pre-tensioned cable instead of rebar.
Jim
To be honest I think I will wait a week before I start framing!
It looks great Mike!!! I would start laying things out tomorrow. Knowing how I am I might would even go ahead and build the walls and set them aside until I was satisfied that the concrete was ready to build on lol I wish you were nearby. I have a framing nailer (round head) and enjoy building stuff!!!
To be honest, I think I am going to take tomorrow off! This was enough for this guy for the weekend! But I might have a beer or 2! That's about as much lifting I want to do!
Mike the project pictured. I went and got the supplies on a Thursday, built the walls on Friday, put the floor joists up on Saturday. Took Sunday off other than picking up the 4x8 floor panels. Then Monday put the floor down. : ) I think I'm a bit younger than you though. 52.
Jim
That loft is 20x25! That's in our shop. It would make a GREAT train room lol
carsntrains posted:Mike the project pictured. I went and got the supplies on a Thursday, built the walls on Friday, put the floor joists up on Saturday. Took Sunday off other than picking up the 4x8 floor panels. Then Monday put the floor down. : ) I think I'm a bit younger than you though. 52.
Jim
That loft is 20x25! That's in our shop. It would make a GREAT train room lol
LOL Thanks for the input Jim, you are 2 years younger then me, But the big "C" took a lot out of me! I still do what I did before, just takes me longer. But I am still here!
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