Train Stuff: I had a Randolph Hearst Moment. . .

If you have ever been to the Hearst Castle, North of San Luis Obispo, you'll will have been amazed by the number of times that Randolph Hearst had construction compelted on a section of his "castle" and then decided to tear it all down. He did this many times becuase he changed his mind regarding the final design of a room, garden, etc.

I had my own Hearst moment today. I did not like the leg cross bracing on section number 1 of the bench work. It was half baked and not well thought through. I really did not feel like installing cross bracing on the legs at all - too much stooping over, angled cuts on the braces and it just was not fun. I was fortunate though; Jasmine was eager to work on the layout today so I put her to work pulling out the old bracing and installing new braces on all of the legs. Now that's fun for me and her! Below is a picture of Jasmine installing the legs. . .

Here is an example of the completed braces. . .

I was feeling ambitions so I decided to link all three sections together. This resulted in a very sturdy and stable final assembly. Now I just have to level the whole thing. for some reason, I'm not looking forward to that. I just have that uneasy feeling that once I get one part of the benchwork level, another section will go out and it will take an incredible amount of time to dial in. I just have to remember to be patient.