The layout is basically a giant helix with a fifty feet long circumference. This is the equivalent of about a circle with a fifteen feet diameter. Each lap around increases the track elevation by four inches and results in an average grade of 0.67%.
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This is the dining room overview and is pretty much self
explanatory. The layout is designed to go around the outside of the
room on a shelf about 13 inches wide. Thus, the dining room can be
occasionally used for its intended purpose. The first test of this hypothesis was Thanksgiving, 2000. The earlier 6 X 10 layout as seen in the photograph on the Home page used to sit on the dining room table.
The layout is basically a giant helix with a fifty feet long circumference. This is the equivalent of about a circle with a fifteen feet diameter. Each lap around increases the track elevation by four inches and results in an average grade of 0.67%. |
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| This is dining room in the Spring of 1986. The clutter on the table is in preparation for filling out tax forms. |
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| The dining room converted to a much higher use - the layout room from roughly the same view. Photo taken in the Summer, 2001. |
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| The room remains multi-use, however. With the shelves only thirteen inches wide, the dining room can serve its original use. Fortunately, this is only on fairly rare occasions or once or twice per year. |