MODELLING TIMBER

[tramcar trev]

I take it you are reffering to western red cedar? Thuja plicata is the "botanical" name......
It has great durabilty but is very soft. Murray River Redgum is good but you have to visit the sawmills to get it then cut it to smaller sections yourself but it lasts 100's of years.

 

[robsmorgan]

Thanks for the info Ross....trust the parcels will be labelled with the correct Latin variety
just the job for my to-be-built-one-day trestle
Regards
Rob

 

[trammayo]

When I had to buy timber, occassionally I got requests for cedar for cladding. The timber merchant used to say that the timber had to rest after sawing (before it was put through the thicknesser) as the fibres stood up and needed to settle down. Was this a case of bull droppings or true?

 

[tramcar trev]

Thanks for the info Ross....trust the parcels will be labelled with the correct Latin variety
just the job for my to-be-built-one-day trestle
Regards
Rob

Its the 10BA nuts and bolts to hold your trestle together that will be the real problem......

 

[robsmorgan]

Wonder if stitching the sections together with fishing line and finishing with weatherable* plastic nuts & bolts would work? probably best to stick to stainless steel

*weatherable.... may not appear in the Ox Eng dictionary yet but intended to imply 'capable of being weathered'

Regards
Rob