.................................. Return to Sumner's Home Page....

Return to N Scale RR Main Menu........... Return to Building UP's Canyon Division Menu

=========================================

...............Previous Page.............................Next Page If There Is One

=========================================

… ….......................-- Elevator Section Part 6 ---

============================================

Time to move the track elevator into the layout. This took a day (my days are now 4-6 hours max).

.

.

To clarify the picture above a little. I needed to know how long to make the legs under the elevator housing (houses the part of the elevator that rises and descends). I put the track surface on top of the stops that had been made that positioned the top of the track surface at the same height as the foam board on the lower level of the layout (the elevator track surface doesn't get foam board).

I moved the complete elevator (housing and elevator section) under the track surface that was positioned above it on the layout. I measured from the elevator top to the bottom of the 1 X 2 bracing under the track surface plywood. The measurement was 16 ¾ inches. I subtracted ½ inch and came up with a total length of a leg of 16 ¼ inch. I subtracted the ½ inch to make sure the track surface and the attached elevator would be resting on the stops and not the bottom of the elevator housing.

You can find the details on how I first made these legs ( HERE ).

.

Cutting the legs to length, making the one leg like the other three and attaching them to the bottom of the elevator housing went by quickly and in an hour or so I was ready to slide the elevator under the layout.

After the track surface is attached to the elevator section it will pull the elevator section up ½ inch and the weight of the track surface and the elevator section will be resting on the stops and not the bottom of the elevator housing. This will allow the final position of the track surface in respect to the layout surface to be done with different thickness stops if needed.

.

.

.

To be continued …..........

=========================================

...........................On..............e.........Next Page If There Is One