Building A 4x8 Train Table

1 box of deck screws 2 inches long.

Building a 4x8 train table. A miter or chop saw works best for this but you can. If you are covering the table with scenery you probably won t see the osb. It first seems logical building a table underneath a sheet of plywood hollow core. Giving your trains a permanent home starts with building a train table.

Materials lumber units dimensions length. The first step in creating a model railroad layout is to build a quality train table. 1 4 8 sheet of 1 2 plywoodor osb. Make legs using the 1x4 s screwing them together to make a l shape.

Instructions cut all of the lumber for your platform and shelf frames to length. In ho scale a 4 foot x 8 foot table is wide enough to use curves of 18 inch and 22 inch radius the two most common sizes. Build a box around the edge of the 4x8 sheet of plywood using the 1x4 s. This video series hosted by michael gross will teach you the simple how to workshop techniques you need to know to take an ho scale electric train set and.

Put cross braces across the inside of the box every 24. Attach the legs to the box structure on the underside of the layout i usually do it on one of the sets of cross braces. 4 x 3 carriage bolts nuts washers. The size of the train table will depend on the scale used.

Space six of the crosspieces you ve just cut. Two 8 foot 1x4s make the front and back sides of each. Modelers have been using these methods for a long time. Simple 4x8 train table.

For example a door is an easy way to get a layout up and running but a train layout table do have many advantages. Simply cut the two 2x4s. 027 the scale of lionel trains may also fit on a 4x8 because the curves in this scale are proportionally much tighter. 7 2 3 boards 8 feet long.

4 1 x 2 8 long 5 1 x 4 8 long 1 4 x 8 plywood thick 4 scraps for gussets plywood thick. A basic freestanding table is the first layout for many if not most model railroaders. Regarding material selection osb costs about 50 less than plywood but plywood will give a better appearance. There are two popular construction types.