4-Board Fence my Norwood Built.

[Planman1954]

You're spose to be lookin' at the fence...not the shadows! ;D

[Planman1954]

Ok...so here's the finished product:


 
I'm happy.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Very NICE! Looks like a western TV show coming on. 

[thecfarm]

I would be happy too.

[Sixacresand]

One of the things my wife wanted built when I bought my mill was a wooden fence next to the driveway.  After five years she says her fence is still dropping acorns in the woods.  Good job on yours, Planman.

[H.O.D.]

Outstanding fence start to finish. A good eye matching the plane of the fence to the land contour. I have seen folks add a copper or tin cap to the top plate but maybe not worth the effort. I use exterior screws on everything also...always glad later.

[Planman1954]

Thanks for the comments. It is kind of hard to get a perspective of all the fence at once due to land slope and trees in the way. We ran a string along the top rail as far as possible to achieve a more consistent look to the eye. It is about 5'-6" high overall so my sisters horses can't jump over it. I've seen them jump a 4' fence. I used screws. They won't let go like nails do over time. It also will make it easier to replace rotten boards in the years to come. We pre painted all the railings before installing. The posts were painted in place after being set plumb. I used the caps to prevent premature rot on the joint vertical board, which you can't see...it's on the other side of the fence. It was a lot of effort, but looks great across the field.

[pineywoods]

Gary is quite the woodworker. He builds a fence like it's a piece of furniture. Now if I could just get him started on a sawshed  :( Pore ole norwood still sits out in the rain.. Did you get the head lift cable fixed ? or you need my tractor with fel ?

[Planman1954]

It has the cover on now. You got on me for leaving it off last time, so I remembered this time.
Yep, I got it fixed. I got a guy here that works on garage doors and he had it tensioned in five minutes! Got some new wood mixer blades. Nice to cut logs like butter again!

[Planman1954]

I had a fellow paint the fence I've posted about and replace a number of rotten boards. Thought you might like to see it.

 

[Sawmill Man]

Thats a nice fence. How have the post held up and what type of preservative did you use ?

[Planman1954]

I used white oak and post oak for the posts...no preservative. The rails are painted pine. I had recycled quite a number of old boards originally, and some rotted or did not hold up to the horses. Now that the weaker boards are replaced, the entire thing is new again. The posts should last longer than me!

[Peter Drouin]

Very nice, 

[IMERC]

very nice...
how did you st the post in what kind of soil?...

[Planman1954]

I think the posts were about nine feet long...don't remember...but we dug holes about three feet deep and plumbed each post. I may have put a shovel full of gravel in the bottom first...I think we did. Anyway, we just put dirt and packed it as we filled them, using a string to keep them in a straight line.