01-10-2009, 01:51 PM
Lynn,
Andrew's idea has the top of the layout up against the wall, and the staging has been moved to the right side of the layout, workable from the outside of the pit.
Andrew,
I like your idea alot. The only part of it that is not really doable is moving the benchwork to the wall at the top of the layout. There is a circuit panel and a window sitting too low to make that doable. I am working on 2 new designs. 1 has the staging in the area that you moved it to, which is a great idea. The other has the staging running down a 2.5% grade to 2 staging yards beneath the main level. I am also mulling over the helix to a universal staging yard. I really don't want to build and maintain a helix though. So that will probably never be more than conceptual.
Can anyone tell me the formula for figuring grades so I know how long the staging lead needs to be? Better yet (since I am old, lazy and not the brightest tool on the cake) a grade calculator?
Matt
Andrew's idea has the top of the layout up against the wall, and the staging has been moved to the right side of the layout, workable from the outside of the pit.
Andrew,
I like your idea alot. The only part of it that is not really doable is moving the benchwork to the wall at the top of the layout. There is a circuit panel and a window sitting too low to make that doable. I am working on 2 new designs. 1 has the staging in the area that you moved it to, which is a great idea. The other has the staging running down a 2.5% grade to 2 staging yards beneath the main level. I am also mulling over the helix to a universal staging yard. I really don't want to build and maintain a helix though. So that will probably never be more than conceptual.
Can anyone tell me the formula for figuring grades so I know how long the staging lead needs to be? Better yet (since I am old, lazy and not the brightest tool on the cake) a grade calculator?
Matt
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