LIDS for table

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GW - 30 Dec 2003 21:04 GMT

Is it easy to have a lid designed for your base board which will allow you
to covet the entire track and protect it when not in use?

The lid would need to have walls I suppose to give it the height needed.

Thanks again,

Gary.

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MartinS - 30 Dec 2003 21:41 GMT

> Is it easy to have a lid designed for your base board which will
> allow you to covet the entire track and protect it when not in use?
>
> The lid would need to have walls I suppose to give it the height
> needed.

Shouldn't be too difficult. You need to have somewhere to stow the lid
when it is open or removed.

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John Bishop - 31 Dec 2003 00:51 GMT

>> Is it easy to have a lid designed for your base board which will
>> allow you to covet the entire track and protect it when not in use?
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>Shouldn't be too difficult. You need to have somewhere to stow the lid
>when it is open or removed.

We have a lid on High Gables (club layout about 4ft x 2ft). "Walls" are
softwood, top is very thin ply. We bolt through the walls into the
baseboard for transportation and storage. The layout (purporting to be
Hoch Giebeln) is at the St Albans show on 10th & 11th January, if anyone
wants to see how its done.

But there must be a limiting size to lids. I think it is with one
person attempting to replace the lid. The width is wrist to wrist, the
length is the ability to control the moment of the lid.

Personally I think 6ft x 4ft would be too large for one man replacement.
Another option is an open frame covered by a redundant bedsheet.

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LIDS for table