Anyone ever tried landscape timbers...?
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 6:52 am
...or railroad ties for the press frame?
As long as they are re-enforced w/ steel in some way. There's quite of few presses that use wood but you have to have some steel to keep it from blowing apart. Don't use landscape timbers w/ big knots, weak points.
Landscape timbers typically are not straight and square because they are usually low grade pine and pressure treated. So I guess I'm saying I wouldn't use them for that reason. You're better off using LVL or guelams, but still need steel to hold it together.
I wouldn't use RR ties.