Aluminum Clips
Fresh from the mill, these are pieces of the clips I will be using to keep the top of the sections of the Bronx Terminal in line.
-Tim
starting to look like something.
Managed to get all the boxes completed this weekend and get the layout standing. Still more to do before I can move on, but at least it is finally up! Preparing accurate CAD drawings in advance really paid off, all the pieces fit together very well without a lot of effort, I simply cut all the parts carefully to the drawings and assembled it all. It was quite surprising how well it went, typically I would design and build at the same time, and always end up with difficulties along they way. Doing all the design carefully before cutting any wood made the process of construction much easier, leaving me time to focus on the quality of the work.
The sections fit together well although I definitely need the alignment clamps to keep the surface flat.
The surface of the water is 2″ below ground level, about 14 1/2′. This is a complete guess based on some prototype images. If it is too low, then its low tide, too high, then its high tide. That should solve that issue.
When I had the sections cut for the plywood top cut I also had the track plan drawn onto the sections to help with lining up all the trackwork. The lines on this section are a bit faint, but still work well to get the track in the right location relative to the rest of the terminal.
Our dog Bryn giving the benchwork a test. He barked, which I am going to interpret as good review.
On to Next Section
-Tim
Two weeks ago we had a pretty good dump of snow which made for some interesting pictures. This was taken about half way through the snowfall late in the evening.
-Tim
