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... --- N Scale Roundhouse Turntable Deck ---

This is the deck for the turntable and consists of 4 parts. The inner 2 hold the track and have locator tabs on their bottoms. You will glue two of these together. Then there are 2 outer decks. One has a single platform on it for a ladder that will go down into the pit on the same this side of the table. It attaches to one side of the previously glued together pieces. There is also a deck that glues onto the other side. It also has a ladder platform but also has a platform for a small control building that I call the 'Shack'.

These four pieces can be glued together after being printed. I would not glue these to the bridge at this point. Wait until they have at least been prepared for paint or have been painted. Also you will probably need to make holes or channels for any wiring to the 'Shack' or to overhead wiring if you are going to have any. I plan on a light in the 'Shack' and also for an overhead flashing light that will come on when the table is turning. Both controlled by …..

…. the hand controller. There will also be overhead lighting that comes on any time there is track power to the table.

I feel the pictures below are pretty self-explanatory, it not get a hold of me.

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You can decide if you want to use a center deck between the rails or not.

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I threw this last picture in of the 'Shack' on the table to show that a filament printer can produce some pretty amazing detail. Note that the building in the picture if you are viewing this on a computer monitor is quite a bit larger than viewing the real thing from 12 inches or so. I just bought an AnyCubic Photon Mono and look forward to seeing how it prints the building. I'm sure it should be better but the downside is that it isn't large enough to print the turntable itself. If I wanted a resin printer that could print the table I'd be up in the $800-$900 range.

The Ender 3 Pro is under $250 and will remain my go-to printer. Since I designed these parts the first prints weren't the final ones. I've printed the bridge a couple times and the table parts 2-4 times each and this building twice and the roof 4 times and still might change some of the items. I could do all of this with the printer a couple feet from the computer in the living area of the house with no smell and no cleanup after each print. I'd keep that in mind if you are considering buying a printer and want to get into design work. If you will only be downloading finished objects from the internet and won't be going through the design process and what you want fits the build area of a smaller resin printer then that might be the type of printer that will work for you.

The print files for the bridge decking are on my thingiverse.com account ( HERE ).

You can find all the turntable files on my thingiverse.com account ( HERE ).

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