I'm a GC by day, but an AFOL by night. I'm getting ready to finally
finish our basement at the house and I've dedicated about 400 sq/ft for LEGO.
I'm going to bastardize a lighting system that ties in what I currently use
and what Popsicle mentioned in his posts recently, but this still leaves the
sorting/packing table.
The table itself will be be the standard 4x8 size with a 1/4 inch lip all the
way around the perimeter. Each side will also have a gate that folds under so
that parts can be slid off in to bags/bins/etc. There will be a sloped trench
that will collect the parts and align them as they're slid off the table
and then channeled in to bags or bins.
Are there any other features you wish you had?
When it comes to the table surface itself I have a wide variety of extra material,
but which is less abrasive to lego? Tempered glass, acrylic, steel, hardwood
(maple, acacia, walnut)?
Part of me thing the tempered glass with a white underlay would be best and help
the colors pop a little better, but would white acrylic accomplish the same thing
without risk of scratching/scuffing?
I'm a GC by day, but an AFOL by night. I'm getting ready to finally
finish our basement at the house and I've dedicated about 400 sq/ft for LEGO.
I'm going to bastardize a lighting system that ties in what I currently use
and what Popsicle mentioned in his posts recently, but this still leaves the
sorting/packing table.
The table itself will be be the standard 4x8 size with a 1/4 inch lip all the
way around the perimeter. Each side will also have a gate that folds under so
that parts can be slid off in to bags/bins/etc. There will be a sloped trench
that will collect the parts and align them as they're slid off the table
and then channeled in to bags or bins.
Are there any other features you wish you had?
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When it comes to the table surface itself I have a wide variety of extra material,
but which is less abrasive to lego? Tempered glass, acrylic, steel, hardwood
(maple, acacia, walnut)?
Part of me thing the tempered glass with a white underlay would be best and help
the colors pop a little better, but would white acrylic accomplish the same thing
without risk of scratching/scuffing?
I'm a GC by day, but an AFOL by night. I'm getting ready to finally
finish our basement at the house and I've dedicated about 400 sq/ft for LEGO.
I'm going to bastardize a lighting system that ties in what I currently use
and what Popsicle mentioned in his posts recently, but this still leaves the
sorting/packing table.
The table itself will be be the standard 4x8 size with a 1/4 inch lip all the
way around the perimeter. Each side will also have a gate that folds under so
that parts can be slid off in to bags/bins/etc. There will be a sloped trench
that will collect the parts and align them as they're slid off the table
and then channeled in to bags or bins.
Are there any other features you wish you had?
When it comes to the table surface itself I have a wide variety of extra material,
but which is less abrasive to lego? Tempered glass, acrylic, steel, hardwood
(maple, acacia, walnut)?
Part of me thing the tempered glass with a white underlay would be best and help
the colors pop a little better, but would white acrylic accomplish the same thing
without risk of scratching/scuffing?
I'm a GC by day, but an AFOL by night. I'm getting ready to finally
finish our basement at the house and I've dedicated about 400 sq/ft for LEGO.
I'm going to bastardize a lighting system that ties in what I currently use
and what Popsicle mentioned in his posts recently, but this still leaves the
sorting/packing table.
The table itself will be be the standard 4x8 size with a 1/4 inch lip all the
way around the perimeter. Each side will also have a gate that folds under so
that parts can be slid off in to bags/bins/etc. There will be a sloped trench
that will collect the parts and align them as they're slid off the table
and then channeled in to bags or bins.
Are there any other features you wish you had?
When it comes to the table surface itself I have a wide variety of extra material,
but which is less abrasive to lego? Tempered glass, acrylic, steel, hardwood
(maple, acacia, walnut)?
Part of me thing the tempered glass with a white underlay would be best and help
the colors pop a little better, but would white acrylic accomplish the same thing
without risk of scratching/scuffing?
I'm a GC by day, but an AFOL by night. I'm getting ready to finally
finish our basement at the house and I've dedicated about 400 sq/ft for LEGO.
I'm going to bastardize a lighting system that ties in what I currently use
and what Popsicle mentioned in his posts recently, but this still leaves the
sorting/packing table.
The table itself will be be the standard 4x8 size with a 1/4 inch lip all the
way around the perimeter. Each side will also have a gate that folds under so
that parts can be slid off in to bags/bins/etc. There will be a sloped trench
that will collect the parts and align them as they're slid off the table
and then channeled in to bags or bins.
Are there any other features you wish you had?
When it comes to the table surface itself I have a wide variety of extra material,
but which is less abrasive to lego? Tempered glass, acrylic, steel, hardwood
(maple, acacia, walnut)?
Part of me thing the tempered glass with a white underlay would be best and help
the colors pop a little better, but would white acrylic accomplish the same thing
without risk of scratching/scuffing?
We just finished our basement. We used pine tables from Ikea. We use a cotton
sheet on our sorting table. It is easy to wash and put away when not needed.
I bought a smallish plastic dustpan from a dollar store to scoop the pieces up
with, it makes getting the pieces into bags very easy.
We added a 40" wall mounted flat screen tv for obvious reasons.
We also had a set of French doors installed to keep the cats out! I even bought
a new cat tree so they can watch me through the doors and be comfortable while
they do.
[…]
We use a cotton
sheet on our sorting table. It is easy to wash and put away when not needed.
Yep:
1. sort parts in nice small stacks,
2. need the table,
3. grab the four corners of the sheet to put it away,
4. uh-oh!
Yes, we have done that a couple times but now we have 15 of these tables, well
9 of them are in the center waiting for the city to be constructed, so no need
to move it anymore.
Processing LEGO (sorting, parting-out or order pulling) is an intensely visual
activity. So, we’ve never incorporated a television in the LEGO space of our
homes. Music, podcasts or your own thoughts with silence, often combined with
a good beverage (usually coffee or beer depending on the time of day) to combat
the tedium.
I don't have a TV in the room with me, but I have home pod minis streaming
the sound from another tv somewhere in the house. it's generally Frasier
or The Simpsons seasons 4-9 "reruns". I've seen them so many times
I can just listen to the audio and visualize the rest.
I'm a GC by day, but an AFOL by night. I'm getting ready to finally
finish our basement at the house and I've dedicated about 400 sq/ft for LEGO.
I'm going to bastardize a lighting system that ties in what I currently use
and what Popsicle mentioned in his posts recently, but this still leaves the
sorting/packing table.
The table itself will be be the standard 4x8 size with a 1/4 inch lip all the
way around the perimeter. Each side will also have a gate that folds under so
that parts can be slid off in to bags/bins/etc. There will be a sloped trench
that will collect the parts and align them as they're slid off the table
and then channeled in to bags or bins.
Are there any other features you wish you had?
When it comes to the table surface itself I have a wide variety of extra material,
but which is less abrasive to lego? Tempered glass, acrylic, steel, hardwood
(maple, acacia, walnut)?
We use a plastic surface
Part of me thing the tempered glass with a white underlay would be best and help
the colors pop a little better, but would white acrylic accomplish the same thing
without risk of scratching/scuffing?
Some good ideas, in reading through the thread. Though there are some that seem
to enjoy having a large television in that space too? I don’t get that At least
from my perspective with my limited ability to concentrate or multitask
Processing LEGO (sorting, parting-out or order pulling) is an intensely visual
activity. So, we’ve never incorporated a television in the LEGO space of our
homes. Music, podcasts or your own thoughts with silence, often combined with
a good beverage (usually coffee or beer depending on the time of day) to combat
the tedium.
-popsicle
For us the TV makes sense so we can listen to any number of music channels, we
do not have a radio / stereo in our home or listen to the news if the weather
gets bad or watch a You Tube video if we need to find something Lego related.
For us the TV makes sense so we can listen to any number of music channels, we
do not have a radio / stereo in our home or listen to the news if the weather
gets bad or watch a You Tube video if we need to find something Lego related.
For us the TV makes sense so we can listen to any number of music channels, we
do not have a radio / stereo in our home or listen to the news if the weather
gets bad or watch a You Tube video if we need to find something Lego related.
That would be more for actual "sorting" of bulk lots IMO.
I'm talking about parting out sets where you segregate bricks, plates, tiles
and all that gobbledygook then slide them off the table in to the bags/bins.
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