I love the precision, quality and strength of the build. Very impressive. It is something for the rest of us to aspire to.

How in the world does this not have a zillion views. Thank you so much for sharing these type of videos make the difference between something you've built and something you love.

Wow, that’s impressive, I tip my hat to you sir.

Have watched all your videos!!! Extremely informative and helpful, today felt confident enough to go buy lumber and start building bench work for my basement layout!! Thanks again

Wow! I got so many great tips just from this one video. You have some great techniques and you build quality benchwork. Thanks for sharing.

I love it. This may just be the style of benchwork i need to build my 10'x10' layout that has to be an island, has to be modular, but I still would like double decked for operation length, and to be able to model an entire sub of my prototype in such limited space. Thank you for this. Subbed!

Never seen one being built. Really cool. Thanks.

I love the quality and craftsmanship!

I love this design. Now to go borrow my dads table saw.

Very nice, thanks for sharing!

Great work. You have this down to a science.

Can’t believe that was all from plywood! I’ve always imagined freestanding layouts to require 2x4s or 1x2s

Very nice!

great tutorial

Interesting idea for dual level bench work, question why pocket hole vs face drilling screws

Many years ago I built C shelving for a N scale model railroad to be mounted to the wall. The only difference is that I found a small curved corner cut at the back of the C, top and bottom, seemed stronger than a sharp 90 degree cut corner. If someone used a cheap plywood, leaned on the lower section, it could crack at the 90 degree cut corner. A curved cut seemed to provide some additional strength. You could test this idea out, but you are using quality plywood. But thanks for reminding us of of this layout benchwork construction. Oh! You should demonstrate building a corner module in this style. That N scale layout I am mulling over in my mind measures out to two sections 65.5" L x 18" D on the short shelf and 78.5" L x 18" D on the long shelf. I might add on another section 65.5" L x 24" D as I have found another small plan that would expand operations. I could employ the C style benchwork you have shown here. Storage is a consideration. i will probably get some scorn from the wife as I am already building an On30 layout in the man cave. So, I am considering designing it portable and on a rolling rack. Three sections stacked above each other on the rack for storage. One section could be bolted to the top of rack. I could roll this into any room. Pull out each of the other two sections from the rack, bolt those to the top section, still supported by the rack, employ removable legs to support those while in use. The backdrops could be stored on the opposite side of the rack somewhat vertical and held in place by bolts or rare earth magnets when in use. When done remove the backdrops, unbolt the two sections, store everything away in the rack to roll it back to where I would store it. It would have to be narrow enough to pass through any interior door, yet sturdy. Thanks for the Fraction Calculator. Got it installed on my iPhone and tested it out.

Cool video. Enjoyed watching it. I came up with a very similar arrangement for a few areas of the layout I've just started building. My method uses more wood for the same result, but it's quicker and doesn't require such expensive tools.

Great video! I can't find the bracket grid you mention on the website. Could you give a detailed link?

Can you hang these modules on a wall? Or do you still need legs? And are they 3/4” plywood?

Love to see how you did the 1-2-3 block. Wondering if it can be made of wood.

Do you only build for HO ? Do you build for O gauge ? and take into account the extra weight ?

This is the concept I'm going to use for my new layout. (I'll be speaking with you in the months ahead) I'm going to stay away from the permanent - double deck layout - attached to wall studs - this time around. The concept shown in the video provides places to mount a backdrop, upper valance to hide lighting, and lower fascia - all in one modular unit. Everything is going to be portable. It took me months to rip out my basement sized, double deck layout when we moved. The waste of track and wood was epic. The only question I'd have... I don't want to have long runs of straight modules end to end. Are you able to put, say, a 30 degree angle on the ends of two modules in order to get them to take a different path than straight?

Can I buy just the top and can it be custom....15" deep

Can (or will) you build these as a ready to assemble flat pack?

at 10:00 of the video when you start cutting "back and forth and sideways" on these 4 u-shaped pieces -is a router not a good option as well?