Well construction has started. Yesterday a friend came by with his truck and we carted the unsalvageable remains of the old layout away. Then we dropped by the lumberyard:
We picked up one sheet of 3/4" fir plywood, two sheets of 1/2" fir plywood and 8, 8' 2X2's. Grand total, 172$ Canadian. The 3/4 is to be ripped into 3" strips for framing and the 1/2 will be for roadbed and the layout surface. The 2X2's are the new legs as I have agreed not to attach the layout to the walls.
This is the pile of Salvaged material that I have. I already used a fair amount when this picture was taken. Yesterday I also made a trip to a local pawn shop and found an almost new Ryobi circular saw for 30$. It's cheap but does the job. It's not like I'm building a house with it.
With the salvaged material I was pretty much able to frame the one end part. This it about 3 1/2' X 7' . I still have to add some more cross braces but it's already pretty strong. I also had enough to build almost half of the other end as well.
Next I have to rip some 3" lengths out of the 3/4" plywood sheet that I got yesterday be fore I can continue with the framing.
We picked up one sheet of 3/4" fir plywood, two sheets of 1/2" fir plywood and 8, 8' 2X2's. Grand total, 172$ Canadian. The 3/4 is to be ripped into 3" strips for framing and the 1/2 will be for roadbed and the layout surface. The 2X2's are the new legs as I have agreed not to attach the layout to the walls.
This is the pile of Salvaged material that I have. I already used a fair amount when this picture was taken. Yesterday I also made a trip to a local pawn shop and found an almost new Ryobi circular saw for 30$. It's cheap but does the job. It's not like I'm building a house with it.
With the salvaged material I was pretty much able to frame the one end part. This it about 3 1/2' X 7' . I still have to add some more cross braces but it's already pretty strong. I also had enough to build almost half of the other end as well.
Next I have to rip some 3" lengths out of the 3/4" plywood sheet that I got yesterday be fore I can continue with the framing.