I fancied fabricating a representation of a girder / metal bridge so I assembled a few bits n bobs. The green bits are garden edging with slug guards (spikey bits hanging down from what will become the parapet) and the grey bits are leftovers from a disused dish washer.
The ground spikes were cut off the garden edging and a wooden sub-base cut to size with a plywood top.
On top of the plywood I cut a piece of all weather gypsum fibre-board (left over from the house extension - used as a firebreak above the car port. I used this because a groove on the ex dish washer parts was a tight push fit onto the board making construction a bit easier.
I needed spacers to fit on the rear of the garden edging so found some old pieces of polyethylene and cut them to size.
The rear of the bridge assembled. I screwed the garden edging to the wood (through the spacers) but decided it looked unsightly and resolved to glue the other side.
The ground spikes were cut off the garden edging and a wooden sub-base cut to size with a plywood top.
On top of the plywood I cut a piece of all weather gypsum fibre-board (left over from the house extension - used as a firebreak above the car port. I used this because a groove on the ex dish washer parts was a tight push fit onto the board making construction a bit easier.
I needed spacers to fit on the rear of the garden edging so found some old pieces of polyethylene and cut them to size.
The rear of the bridge assembled. I screwed the garden edging to the wood (through the spacers) but decided it looked unsightly and resolved to glue the other side.
