Trying to get the frame level

Hi all, this may have been done already.

Dealing with uneven floors, I use 2x1 planed timber joined and glued and screwed to make L-girder legs for my base board frame.

Now I have never had the luck to get an even floor.

So with your L-girder leg attached to the baseboard frame, You may find its airborn at the bottom when it should be on the floor.

So a simple method is to take a short-piece of L-girder wood, slip it into the inside of the main leg and slide it down to make floor contact. when happy all is level and the leg is now supporting the main frame, screw the shortpiece to the main leg.

Now L-Girders are very strong so I find a simple method to avoid a load of cross bracing say halfway down the legs. Is to use a block of wood at the base of the L-Girder leg screwed to the floor and the leg this gives a very rigid frame.regards, Derek

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Thats a very good solution to an uneven floor there

doofer also did a very good solution using a cam set up to adjust baseboard height fixed to walls i cant hink where the thread is at the moment

Brian

Try this for the cam
http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=6213&forum_id=5

work your way down the thread.

I too use L girders for my open frame baseboards. Immensely strong, I've crawled over the top of my layout before now.

My height adjustment is done by fitting screw threaded furniture stoppers into the 2" x 2" legs. I wouldn't do it that way again as the screw thread tends to bind in the wood.

Thanks for the replies, Marty I came up with my cheap quick solution because I am building a home layout with long modules, Also any screw fittings are pre-drilled into the side of the legs once height and support is achieved to stop wood split problems. This fix is of course for permanent home layouts.I love the L-Girder frames myself, Great strength and light weight. regards, Derek

.. and flexible in design too.

Do you use risers and spline roadbeds too? I find the spline roadbeds great for making those sweeping transitional curves and giving room to model the landscape both above and below the line.

Hi Marty, I will be using risers, could you define spline for me please some terms I am not familiar with, thanks.

Derek

Marty may well be some time replying to your question as he is probably now getting ready to get on a plane in Perth to fly to the UK for the show

Brian

Thanks Brian!. A word of warning to anyone trying this method, The small block of wood screwed to the floor.
If you have a partner, They may not be impressed if you do this to their best inlaid oak floor. Happy modeling, Derek