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i'm new to this hobby also, but after thinking about the layout which is in a 12x14 room that i had to pay a premium price for a 4x8 corner of from my wife, it is her crafts and sewing room, am building the lay out on a 4x8 platform 1x3 pine and 1x4" mdf covered with 2"foam board the frame leg is built from pine with long appliance rollers underneath and a track with rollers mounted onthe wall on the other end so the layout can be rolled out 18" to access three sides it works smoothly on the carpet and locks into place when against the wall so i can construct a shelf unit and leave the main 4x8 layout without using a helix, i"m building switchbacks on tall tressels simalar to the tressalls at Georgetown to Silverton Colorado. my workbench is a modified computer desk with casters that rolls under the layout when not in use. hope this might help with figureing how to use a layout in tight spaces.
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