{"id":355,"date":"2014-05-11T13:44:49","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T18:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/?p=355"},"modified":"2019-01-31T12:44:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T18:44:00","slug":"sneaking-into-monterey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2014\/05\/11\/sneaking-into-monterey\/","title":{"rendered":"Sneaking Into Monterey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One can now sneak into Monterey via a\u00a0subterranean entrance.\u00a0 I completed the lift-up section this weekend.\u00a0 Now I&#8217;ve got reasonable access back to the tail track of the wye and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Benchwork-Access_Popup-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-353\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Benchwork-Access_Popup-01.jpg\" alt=\"Lift-up section - closed\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Benchwork-Access_Popup-01.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Benchwork-Access_Popup-01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Benchwork-Access_Popup-01-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Above: Here&#8217;s the lift-up in the closed position.\u00a0 The seams are very tight (merely the thickness of a jigsaw blade).\u00a0 The wye will be to the right of the lift-up.<\/p>\n<p>Below: And here&#8217;s the view of the lift-up in the raised position.\u00a0 The center cross brace is about 3&#8243; above my head.\u00a0 I can comfortably reach the corner over to the right now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Benchwork-Access_Popup-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-354\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Benchwork-Access_Popup-02.jpg\" alt=\"Lift-up section - open\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Benchwork-Access_Popup-02.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Benchwork-Access_Popup-02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Benchwork-Access_Popup-02-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>The drawer slides I used have release latches in them and it&#8217;s easy to lift the hatch and support legs completely out of the hole.\u00a0 After setting the assembly aside, the area all around the hole is completely unobstructed.\u00a0 I also can then stand on a stool if need be to enable an even further reach into the corner and to get my tired old eyes closer to the work.\u00a0 That might be useful when scenery work begins.\u00a0 There are a few more photos you can view <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/tech_pages\/tech-benchwork-liftup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> on the main website.<\/p>\n<p>The lift-up works quite well, is easy to operate, and I&#8217;m very pleased with it.<\/p>\n<p><em>-Jack<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One can now sneak into Monterey via a\u00a0subterranean entrance.\u00a0 I completed the lift-up section this weekend.\u00a0 Now I&#8217;ve got reasonable access back to the tail track of the wye and the surrounding area. Above: Here&#8217;s the lift-up in the closed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2014\/05\/11\/sneaking-into-monterey\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc-layout-constr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1564,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions\/1564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}