Switchers
World's Benchwork
Main box
The wooden module for The
Switchers World consists of 11mm plywood for the horicontal plate and
19mm plywood for the vertical plates. All parts are skrewed together.
The complete size is 125cm x 26cm (49.2" x 10.2").
Figure 1: Sketch of the module
Extensions
Perhaps the one or the other reader thought that with a track length of
one box car one the left and right end of The Switchers World it is not
possible do any switching operation. Correct, absolutely correct.
Therefore I build my so called Switching
Extensions which can be put on The Switchers World to be able to
do
some switching. These Switching
Extensions are double L-shaped wooden pieces with the length for
a GP-7
Figure 2: Sketch of the Switching
Extension
On the horicontal plywood a layer of corkbed will be laid. On the
corkbed a straight track including ballast will be laid. One problem
with the Switching Extensions is
that the width of a locomotive or freight car is nearly the same. This
means that a PUNCH from the side may let a locomotive fall down to the
ground. To avoid this I will provide vertical plexi glass 2...4cm
height.
The Switching Extensions
itself will be VERSCHRAUBT with the module with 6mm screws in 8mm holes.
Feets
The feets are fir rods
screwed H-shaped together. They are connected to the module box through
6mm screws in 8mm holes to allow a basic alignment in the height to correct
uneveness in the floor.
Pratical experience after building: the idea is good but something went
wrong while BOHREN the holes in the feets - these and the holes in the
module are a little bit misaligned (just 1..2mm). But this limits the
alignment possibilities to, lets say and think positive, a
minimum... But the module stands GERADE so I don't need to VERBESSERN
something - good luck.
Screws
I use normal screws for connecting the wooden pieces. Nothing special.
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