Compression Bridge and Trestle Contruction Photos
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| Jim's Garden Railroad Compression Bridge and Trestle Contruction Photos |
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| This Compress Bridge and Double Trestle Bents were built from Garden-Texture plans. They are GREAT plans and easy to use. I was glad that I had a table saw. I had to purchase a very expensive blade because I cut my own redwood. All were cut from some new and some very seasoned redwood fencing. Redwood is great to work with especially with a new blade! It cut that redwood like it was warm butter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A copy of the pattern was tacked to a scrape piece of blue insulation board. All pieces are nailed and glued with exterior water proof Elmers Glue. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Temporary footings include bricks, bathroom tiles (they are flat, slender and strong) and blocks of redwood. The whole bridge ties to a 6 foot long trestle on a down hill slope. It is very strong, even in this temporary condition. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| All bents will be buried in gravel later after all of the leading trestles are in and finished. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operational - so it was time to play. I will stain it and seal it later... I did. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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