How to build a "thick post" for the patio railing?

[Larsa]

Why not like knock on wood writes but with 50x150 sawn timber. Glue-screw together and plug the screw holes, then plane everything.

 

[Alko]

50x150, then you should just put together three pieces, it would be a shame to plane down 200 to 120...

Is it core side to core side and outside to outside that is recommended, to reduce the risk of warp?

Time to start looking around now then!

/A

 

[Finndjävel]

Thanks for the tips! I hadn't considered the difference between spruce and pine regarding the under-treatment. Now I'm using a solvent-based system (Alcro Classic) so I do oil, but they shouldn't have to stand in oil overnight as is sometimes done on panels and fence slats, etc...

Interesting approach to join 45x70 in that way, but I'll have to plane or saw (before screwing ) anyway due to the chamfer in the construction timber (or just ignore it....). And then you're down to 110x110. The post placement is given with little margin so preferably 120x120.

Why don't you just buy a regular sawn 125x125 post and plane it down if you have access to a planer?

 

[Larsa]

50x150, then you just need to join three pieces, it would be a shame to plane down 200 to 120...

It's core side to core side and outside to outside that applies, right, to reduce the risk of warping?

Just need to look around now then!

/A

Oops, I read that poorly. I thought it was still about a 200x200 post, but now it was just 120.

 

[Johan Gunverth]

Why don't you buy a regular sawn 125x125 post and plane it down if you have access to a planer?

Feels a bit like this was what the OP had done without satisfaction. :|
https://www.byggahus.se/forum/threa...olpe-till-altan-staketet.151119/#post-2403231

 

[Finndjävel]

Feels a bit like this was what TS had done without satisfaction. :|
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I read the first post a bit poorly there

Three 45x120 pieces that you plane off 5mm to remove the rounding maybe?

 

[Alko]

Feels a bit like this is what TS had done without satisfaction. :| [link]

Yes, exactly. Or TK (trådkaparen ) then.

But sure, if I end up having to plane down (I know a couple of more precise planing mills) maybe you might as well buy a 125x125 solid post and start from there. Significantly cheaper than laminated wood, where the smallest I've found is a 2.9-meter piece 150x150 for 995 at Bauhaus... However, I'm not sure if 125-125-posts are particularly "common". It was in search of such that I contacted this sawmill which wasn’t exactly a model of precision, if you know what I mean

Anyone know where one might find cheaper posts (need 3 pieces under a meter) to make 120x120??

/A

 

[nino]

A bit late now after 4 years
But at sawmills, they usually have spars that are 125x125 that are used to place packages on, to free the forks on the truck.