Links to Lift Out, Drop down or Lift up sections

[cudaken]

 Think about making my bench into around the garage layout. Does anyone have links handy?

 Any opinions to which is easier to make?

          Cuda Ken 

[Driline]

 I have a shelf layout and it looks and operates well in my small 11X8 space. You should have ample room in your garage for a nice shelf layout. I agree, you should probably start all over. I would begin with completley cleaning out your garage....a full douche, then painting, installing some valance lighting and build some nice benchwork with fascia. You have the experience now to make a layout worthy of MR. And more importantly NO MORE Grass Mat

[cudaken]

Driline

full douche

 

 Gee thanks for the kind wording there!  No Driline, I am not planning on getting 10,000 gallons of Water and Vinegar tanker pulling up to my garage door and doing a full douche. I am doing a douche in sections.

 Many may not like the looks of my bench and I am one of them. But it runs great.

 Thanks you for you kind words, Ken 

[Colorado_Mac]

I would be interested in similar info, as my around the office shelf layout has to pass two doors and I'm not big on ducking since I got out of the army. That fish should make a nice centerpiece for the layout. I had a 1973 'cuda 340 but drive a '68 Barracuda coupe now.

[Blind Bruce]

Ken, you forgot one other type of access, the swing out section. I have a lift up section on my layout and it is very reliable, but I built it very strong. I used a 4 1/2 inch brass door hinge on one end and a locating pin on the other to ensure good track alignment. Flex wires on the hinge end supply track power. My new layout will have a swing out section with large hinges top and bottom for even greater track alignment.

[tomikawaTT]

Ken, I'm surprised at you!

If you enter any one of those pairs (in quotes) in the Search Community block you'll get a full evening's reading, including lots of neat tips and photos of examples.

My original half-a-garage layout was going to have a bascule-design access bridge.  When my wife ceded me her half, the need went away.

Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - in a double garage)

[retsignalmtr]

The guy must be from Germany!

[CSXDixieLine]

I have a detailed HOWTO page on how I built my dropdown gate:

http://csxdixieline.blogspot.com/2009/01/howto-install-dropdown-gate.html

The pieces:

The finished dropdown gate:

 

Jamie

[cudaken]

  Chuck, last time I used the sites search engine it pulled ever post that had the word Road and Dirt. Something like 60 pages.

 Jamie, thank you for the link! 

 Any others? 

         Ken

[gandydancer19]

 Here is mine.  I have four lift bridges.  All are a little different but the principals are the same.

http://mysite.verizon.net/vzescsbb/HO_MRR/Room%20Access%20Lift%20Bridges.pdf

[CSX Robert]

I like the one that Nashville N-Trak uses, they call it a "Geezer Gate."(They show it operate at around 1:30 into the video)

[wm3798]

 Did you try doing a search of the forum?  I know I've personally answered this kind of question at least a half a dozen times.  I'm getting blisters on my fingers...

Lee

[Johnnny_reb]

Very fine examples. But the in the geezer link the picture does not come up.

[CSX Robert]

Johnnny_reb

But the in the geezer link the picture does not come up.

It comes up fine for me. It's a YouTube video and here is a link to it on the YouTube site if you want to try it. If you still can't get it to come up, it is a pneumatically operated section. It lifts straight up high enough to walk under.

[cudaken]

  Johnny, some times you have to shut down your firewall to get U Tube to work.

 Thanks for all the kind answers as well. Last few days I have been busy and just now got back to this post.

  If I where to do this, I will have 4 lines on the bridge so it going to be a little bigger than most. Plus, I will have to anchor it to my floor. It will have to be free standing.

      Thanks again, Ken

[cleo3]

Here is another U Tube video on making a lift bridge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvInjBVhxLI

[gmcrail]

Hey, Ken!

I made a swing bridge for my layout - click on the link in my signature and click on Swing Gate. Pics and howto. It could certainly be applied to a 4-track bridge.

How long does this bridge have to be - as wide as a car? if so, you might want to consider a straight lift-up, with both ends going up. A bit tricky, though, to lift it all the way up, if you have an overhead door on the garage... For a long swing bridge, you would need a leg on the end away from the hinge, to avoid too much stress on the hinge while it's open......