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For round "log" looking timbers I use dowel material. For square "rough sawn" look timbers I purchase my "lumber" from The Lumber Yard. It is a small Mom (Ev) & Pop (Dave) Shop and they provide VERY good service and low prices. http://www.dlumberyard.com/ They offer both sheets and cut strips. To explain the entire process for scratch building a trestle bridge here on the forum is not possible. I do trestle bridges basically the same as cwclark. A couple exceptions are; 1. I draw my plan on a piece of white paper then tack the paper to the base working board. I use a piece of basswood vice plywood for the base working board because I use pins to hold the pieces in place rather than gluing spacers to the base board. Then I cover the drawing with wax paper. Wood glue won't stick to the wax paper and it keeps your drawing clean so it can be used again. 2. I prefer using basswood vice balsa wood to build the bridge, I feel that basswood takes stain better. I use a dark walnut stain for finishing. Do not use an oil base stain and stain the pieces before you glue. Stain will not penatrate nor cover Polyvinyl Acetate glues (wood glue, white glue, etc) once they are dry. I have some templates I've used for building bents. I don't have them on my website so if you'd like copies please e-mail me.
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