Completing the Top
Trimming and banding.
Once the laminate (Masonite) was adhered to the top it needed to be trimmed flush with the edges of the plywood. A laminate trimmer makes short, but dusty work of this.
all these images are clickable for a larger version….
This job creates a HUGE amount of dust!
I am going to add a 1″ thick edge banding to the edge of the top. This was made from MDF that had the edges rounded over with a router. It will be glued and screwed to the top and since the location of the screws will be visible I made a drill jig that hooks over the top of the trim. This will ensure the holes are spaced an equal 6″ apart.
This finishes off the edges of the top nicely.
Adding more drawers
This is an ideal location for some storage for paints. I decided to add a couple drawers near the spray booth and ended up spending an entire day building them! I find drawers are the hardest things to build as any inaccuracies anywhere will show up in the finished work.
For these I decided to build them as a separate unit and bolt it into place on the bottom of the bench. This allowed me to work in comfort at a bench. The drawer slides were salvaged from an old photocopier and were not exactly designed to be used this way. A bit of grinding and cursing and they fit right in!
Seems plenty strong, holds this jar of paint very nicely.
A sheet of 1/4″ tempered Masonite is placed on the floor to protect it from the inevitable paint spillage.
Thats it so far. Back to work tomorrow, holidays over. I had hoped to get this finished and all my stuff unpacked but it looks like it isn’t going to happen this week.
-Tim
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I'm your host, Tim Warris, a product developer in Port Dover, Ontario. Since March of 2007 I have been documenting the construction of the former CNJ Bronx Terminal in HO scale. For my day job, I design track building tools for Fast Tracks, a small company I own and operate. Fast Tracks makes it fast and easy to hand lay your own trackwork. Stop by our website to learn more!
Posted by: Tim | 11-25-2007 | 11:11 PM
Posted in: Latest Posts | Work Bench
I’ve enjoyed watching the progress on the layout room (and the layout). You may be building perhaps the finest workbench known to the hobby! Easily the finest workbench ever built in a barn! 😉
Most people I know are happy to be working on some cast-off folding table.
Thanks for posting!
Tim, lots of great progress. I had been checking your site about once a week and quit checking about a month ago and then all the sudden a flurry of progress. Can’t wait to see the bronx terminal work continue again.