Buy your track paint/primer in quarts. Smaller sizes for the lane/slot colors if you are gonna brush paint them, but I would recommend spray paint for that. Brushing the slots is not fun at all.
Finally got time this weekend to work on the table some more. I added the two foot extentions to either side of the fold up table. It is now 14ft x 8ft. Now I just need to add legs on the extentions so I can get to work on the track itself!!!!! I am off August 1st - 6th so I may be able to get some track work done during that time?????
Look at the old video above to see the table fold in action.
Here is the 14x8 Foldable table! I need to add a 2x3 length to the edge of the last 2x8 leaf. But right now it is good. I will do that while I am routing out the track.
Well, you've done the (relatively) easy part*. I'm having a REALLY hard time imagining how you'll get a routed track of any kind, let alone one with elevations, to fold up while not having massive gaps between the pieces once unfolded. I'm sure you've thought about that already, so I'm looking forward to learning how you resolve that.
*Not actually easy, but the other part seems so much harder, that the table seems easy by comparison.
...I'm having a REALLY hard time imagining how you'll get a routed track of any kind, let alone one with elevations, to fold up while not having massive gaps between the pieces once unfolded. I'm sure you've thought about that already, so I'm looking forward to learning how you resolve that....
It's not "gaps" that will be the real challenge....it's getting the pieces of lane to match up vertically that will be hard!
Thanks David for all the hours you assisted me today!!!! ....We have all three lanes routed!!!!! Center lane is a little over 51 ft 8 inches. I need to buy braid so I can then route the gains but all the pieces line up and the gaps are minimal. Cars go through smoothly!!!! Vertical slot alignment will be accomplished with very small shims. Will post a few pics tomorrow.
Lane 1 51' 8 5/8"
Lane 2 51' 8 1/8"
Lane 3 51' 8 5/8"
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Thanks David for all the hours you assisted me today!!!! ....We have all three lanes routed!!!!! Center lane is a little over 58 ft. I need to buy braid so I can then route the gains but all the pieces line up and the gaps are minimal. Cars go through smoothly!!!! Vertical slot alignment will be accomplished with very small shims. Will post a few pics tomorrow
Hey, my pleasure! It was all your prep work that allowed us to plow through all the routing! Based on what we routed, and what I saw afterwards, I think you're really going to like the track when you're done!
Here are the pics from today!!!! Could not wait to get it set on the table. Still need to cut out the elevations, route gains etc....
Pic one is getting ready for David
Pic two is again setting up
Pic three is part way through routing (Blocks are tying the boards together at the seams, however the darn nail heads on these darn things kept cutting us up! Eventual blood bath for David)
Pic four is "Slave Labor" J/K David
Pic five is a sample of a fold seam with my finger as a comparison for width.
Pic six is the cars coming out of the inside banked turn. (not yet banked)
Pic seven is the eventual Pits (Purchased from Downtown Deco F1 Monaco Track) (White car on main straight Red car in pits with blue car coming into center banked turn)
Pic eight is almost the whole table.
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Well, you've done the (relatively) easy part*. I'm having a REALLY hard time imagining how you'll get a routed track of any kind, let alone one with elevations, to fold up while not having massive gaps between the pieces once unfolded. I'm sure you've thought about that already, so I'm looking forward to learning how you resolve that.
*Not actually easy, but the other part seems so much harder, that the table seems easy by comparison.
Hey Mr.Flippant... Well part of the solution to the gaps you refer to is that the table top is not what is being routed. So even though the table may have at most a 1/4" gap, the MDF is laid down on top of the table and is lined up to possibly fill in that gap. The hinges are mounted on top of 2x4's laying on their side to give extra clearance in the fold. When the table folds up, the 4x8 sides actually pull away and up instead of just folding straight up. The elevation changes only occur from each 4x8 section to the outer 2x8 sections where the seam for those folds backwards. I will take another video when it is done to explain how it all works. I am no engineer by any means. Although looking back, I wish I had gone that route in my carear. Thanks for your interest. Hope this helped. Check out SD 396's fold down track that is on this forum in the link below. He gave some pretty good pictures of his for me to look at in December when I was developing my fold up table idea.
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...so, that explains it....
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