How to unwarp Pine sleeper?

[J-P]

I have treated pine garden bed (around 5-7 yrs old) running alone the perimeter of the house. They have been capped with 75mm sleeper on top and some of them have warped over time. I see the that the capping has been secured by nails. Would I be able to straighten the capping by screwing batten screws? The timber has warped atleast by 5-10 cm in certain places.

[EricL]

Hi @Noyade 

Sorry to hear that the experiment did not work. I was hopeful that the cut would allow you to untwist the sleeper. But I'm afraid the fibres in the tree are just too tough. 

Eric

[Noyade]

Hi again @J-P 

"Hi Noyade - Now that’s how an engineer would like to fix it and I wish I am in my 20s and have a lot of throw away time and curiosity."

I'm no engineer.

I'm not young.

But I do have time on my hands. 👍

And I do like to utilise "free" products where I can, so I've decided I'm gonna use these sleepers. My project is to raise a Berlin Wall and wage a war against those black birds with orange beaks who shot-put bark over the present barricade. I'm gonna fabricate my own steel supports and whip those sleepers into alignment - even if it kills me! 😁 And paint.

[J-P]

Reduce reuse recycle is the way to go. I live in a suburb that is still building and on a walk every now and then I find strip of nails, screws and pipes that I put to reuse.

curious to see how you reused it.

[Noyade]

Morning @J-P 

Agree about recycling - especially steel.

I don't want to derail your thread any further - so I'll start another one at some point showing what happens - success or failure.

I'm thinking "Building a Better Bird Bark Barrier."

Cheers!

[Noyade]

"I have treated pine garden bed (around 5-7 yrs old) running alone the perimeter of the house."

I went to Bunnings this morning to look at hardware for my 'Bird Wall" and saw these sleepers - I think they're 300 x100mm.

You may take some solace @J-P in these photos, proof that warped/deteriorating sleepers happens to the best.

This is part of the Bunnings delivery area - which must have been built circa 2010.

Australia's environment is cruel and harsh.

[J-P]

Yup agree that it is natural process for any wood. Did you manage to shoo the brown with yellow beak birds?

[Noyade]

Hi @J-P 

I'm working on it...

https://www.workshop.bunnings.com.au/t5/Outdoor/How-to-extend-the-height-of-garden-bed/m-p/163565#M2...

[Noyade]

I saw this one on clearance at Bunnings this morning - it's been there a few weeks. No takers yet. Only $5....

Now there's a challenge...

[J-P]

It is waiting for creative creators from this group

@Noyade @EricL @MitchellMc @JacobZ @Dave-1 

[JacobZ]

Hi @J-P & @Noyade,

She's a bit of a banana, I'd probably avoid using that one if I'm honest.

You could in theory bend it back by steaming it and clamping it straight, but it's likely that it would bend back because of the tension inherent in the timber.

I'd probably look to find a curved garden bed or something along those lines to put it to use, or you could mill it down using a table saw and turn it into smaller timbers for other uses.

An interesting thought though, how can this kind of thing be best put to use?

Jacob