Sliding vertical wall brackets for model train board?
I am building a model train layout and want to fix the base board to the wall at one end with free standing legs at the other. The length of the board is about 5ft which would mean I'd have to fix the bracket about 2ft up from the ground. This is obviously to low so I am looking for brackets that are on a sliding vertical track. I could slide them right down to pack the board away or fold down the board and slide the brackets up to table height to play with the trains. Has anyone seen a bracket that fits the description? Thanks
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- you may have to go to a metel shop and have what you want made if your local hardwear store don't have it .
- I haven't seen a STOCK bracket like that at my local hardware store... BUT you could use any number of available products. One thing I'M thinking, having built 3 dozen RR's now is: Are you including in your planning, DEPTH for your buildings ?? You'll either need to build a vertical BOX for the layout to fit into, or (much harder) a recessed area between wall-studs. IF you were to build a vertical box (1"x 6" frame), you could insert metal pegs in the base-board, and route grooves into the frame. The pegs would slide in the grooves and then rest in "niches" in the grooves at "storage" and "usage" levels. Ah, the engineering-joys of trying to fit a layout into your space. ALWAYS remember to MEASURE Trice, CUT Once !!
- The first thing that came to me was garage door rails. They are designed to allow for vertical movement with very little room. Contact a door company and see if they will let you have a couple of scrap pieces.
- If you mount the pivot about 2 feet from the wall on the side with a diagonal brace from near the floor to the middle and a folding leg there as well as a leg on the near edge, when you lift the front edge, the back edge will go down until it hits the diagonal, then you can fold up the box and the legs. Maybe this sketch will help http://www.flickr.com/photos/9672970@N08/2323975761/ You may find it is easier to put folding legs like used on church dinner tables and slide the table out from the wall, tip it back on its edge and fold the legs. This will also let you work around the "table" for repairs.
