4. Stage 1-January 2020 G Starting the High Trestle

To drop the upper level down to the same as the lower I decided to use a trestle bridge.

I spent some time over Christmas making the bents;

• using 12mm garden stakes for the piles and top cap

• some left over Merbau (an Australian Hardwood) for the braces 

 The braces were cut/ripped on my "Triton" table saw and the pile trimmed to length using a slide/drop saw.

Template of the bents

Jig used to form the bents

The garden stakes used for the bent piles

The garden stakes and Merbau plank

Decking timber cut for bracing

Decking timber cut for bracing

Bent assembly (without bracing timbers)

First Bent on railway (showing bracing timbers)

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