Flipping Train coffee table(different from all the others)

[Waldraff]

Waldraff
Not sure what you mean by fidgeting and handwork,

Not to butt in on Robert, but I think he, as I, wondered how the train is staged, and how it gets to the layout, and does it include picking up the train, one car at a time, and putting it back together again on the layout.

It seems like you have this all worked out, even with the helix! Yes, we’d love to see the details!

Mike.

Mike,

This is the one criteria I had when wanted to build this. I did not want to remove and reset the trains back on the track every time I wanted to show it off. I will be releasing a video in the next two weeks. A quick answer, there is a outer loop and the inner helix and loop. The train will cross over a 1/16 gap from outer to inner when it is flipped.

Subscribe to my video, you will then know when I upload it.

Thanks

[ATLANTIC_CENTRAL]

ATLANTIC CENTRAL

Pete, very nice work.

This thread has taught me one important lesson, I will not be posting any videos of my upcoming layout construction…

I work with tools most everyday, for most of 45 years now, I am 61. I do carpentry, plumbing, electrical and more. I have built houses, restored (not renovated) ones over 100 years old, and done every sort of renovation. I also have extensive experiance working on/restoring autos.

I still have all my fingers, toes, eyes, etc…

My humble opinion, there are times for specific safety gear, and times when the safety gear IS the hazard.

In Pete’s videos, one time he is pushing a wide piece of material thru the table saw, another time a very small piece. I would NEVER use a push stick on that large piece, and I would ALWAYS use a push stick on the small piece.

Eye protection is great, as long as it does not restrict your vision…

Safety gear will never replace care and common sense, and I have seen safety gear cause injury, by restricting movement or vision.

I should stop right here…

Sheldon

PS - I might also mention much of my electrical and plumbing experiance when I was younger was in industrial/commercial construction, not just residential work…so I know all about “safety gear”…

I do agree with every thing you said. Yes, I should use saftey glasses, very bad habbit of mine. How do keep the glasses from fogging ?

For the work you are doing, use the kind that are like regular eye glasses with side protectors, not the enclosed "g

[Waldraff]

Hi everyone, I made another video, this time focussing on the layout and a closer look at how it works. Why is it not easier to upload pictures, still tring to figure it out?? Hope you enjoy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIeHMmSaMvM

[mbinsewi]

Great job Pete! Nice video of the build. A drill battery! Who knew! By the time I’m done with my cordless drill batteries, they are shot, and so old, I can’t find replacements, or the aftermarket batteries are more than I paid for the tool. [(-D]

It forces me to upgrade! I love it.

Great job!

Mike.