Thanks for the specs STLBrian... I think I’ve seen your IG account.
I looked at all the IKEA stuff, and almost pulled the trigger, But then our local IKEA was out of everything I wanted, and there were a few things I didn’t love, So I went the custom route.
24 inches deep, 8 feet long, just high enough to fit three-3 drawer sterlite containers underneath. Three-quarter inch particleboard covered with melamine, 1 1/4 inch angle iron around the 3 edges, and 1 inch square tube legs all welded together. I attached 2 inch angle To the concrete wall with tapcons to support the back side.
The angle iron around the edges serves two purposes. The first is that it makes the table stiff enough with minimal legs to maximize the storage area. The other purpose is that it sticks up above the surface of the table about a quarter inch. I did that on our old build table, and it’s super convenient to keep things from sliding off the edge.
I was going to build the city table at the same time, but then I realized I need to do a lot of prototyping to decide what’s gonna work and how we want to construct the city. So for now just the build table and a folding table for experiments.
I started a time lapse video. If it turns out ok I’ll post it.