Does anyone remember a company that advertises prefab. benchwork? My wife is out of action for awhile with arthritis and I recently had rotator cuff surgery so we have to go the prefab route.
Thanks.
I don’t remember a place, but if you have local hardware home depot, outside of there is a lot of workers, I bet some of them have building experience. Buy the wood at the depot, and let them build it. Should cost a whole lot less. Or you can have bigger layout for same price. [:D][:D][:D]
Tim
I’ve seen a ad for Sievers Benchwork PO Box 100 Washington Island WI 54246 Phone 920-847-2264. www.sieversbenchwork.com. Havent tried this but I have seen them at the train shows. Joe A.
Try this site,
www.miannebenchwork.com
bill
That pre-fab stuff is nice, but way to expensive!!!
All you have to do is sit down and figure out how much space you have and design a rough track plan. Take of the dimensions and make a list and take it to your neighborhood lumber yard and see how they will charge to cut the lumber for you.
It will be much cheaper and a lot easier to transport and then you can order pizza and invite a couple of buddies over and with some Elmer’s glue, a cordless screwdriver, a level, and a little work (Fun), you’ll have your benchwork up in no time with a lot of money leftover to buy some more RR stuff!!!
Good luck,
gtirr
I just completed the installation of my Sievers benchwork on top of heavy duty shelf brackets and I love it! It wasn’t cheap but everything screws and bolts together cleanly, I can move sections around at will because all holes are standard and line up, the wood is superior to the quality that I can purchase at my local home store and all the tedious work is already completed. All that is needed is a philips screwdriver (or drill driver bit) and a 7/16" open end or socket wrench.
So instead of spending days in a cold garage in the Detroit suburbs in the middle of winter I completed the assembly of the benchwork in a matter of hours. And now I’m ready to install the foam and shortly after that, begin laying track.
I’m using Sievers benchwork on my first layout and I love it. It is more expensive but if I factor in absolutely no woodworking skills with having to buy several power tools, it was worth every nickel. Plus if I ever have to tear a section out or move, the modular effect will make it much easier to dismantle with minimal damage. Sievers is very cooperative. They even made custom-length legs for me so that a module I’m building will meet NMRA standard height and there was no extra charge.
I agree that modeling the benchwork is not a recognized hobby. Give me prefab stuff anytime.
Look thorugh the Moled RailRoad Mags. there,s a lot of adds for pre fab bench work
Yea, what koots said!
Hey, Many thanks everyone. That was what I was looking for as my woodworking skills are pretty grim. My Elementary and Junior High shop teachers promissed me all “A’s” if I promised not to touch anything.