Alignment keys
To hold the legs of my upper staging deck into an exact position, I made alignment keys from thin wood. The wood is 3/16" thick in 1" x 12" strips given away by hardware stores to stir house paint. The support legs for my upper staging deck are 3/4 thick and mostly 6" long. I place the upper deck exactly where it needs to be and cut the wood strips to fit the location and trap the legs into place. Two strips fastened down by carpenter's glue and wood screws will keep the legs from wandering, and I only need to make alignment keys for three legs at the corners of the big unit and one key for the smaller unit.
The track in the photo is part of my current eastbound staging and will be relocated to the new upper deck. Three "mouseholes" visible in this shot are for the switch machine control wires from the upper deck through the main layout sections.
Alignment keys
To hold the legs of my upper staging deck into an exact position, I made alignment keys from thin wood. The wood is 3/16" thick in 1" x 12" strips given away by hardware stores to stir house paint. The support legs for my upper staging deck are 3/4 thick and mostly 6" long. I place the upper deck exactly where it needs to be and cut the wood strips to fit the location and trap the legs into place. Two strips fastened down by carpenter's glue and wood screws will keep the legs from wandering, and I only need to make alignment keys for three legs at the corners of the big unit and one key for the smaller unit.
The track in the photo is part of my current eastbound staging and will be relocated to the new upper deck. Three "mouseholes" visible in this shot are for the switch machine control wires from the upper deck through the main layout sections.