Mortise And Tenon Fence Post

How to mortise and tenon a fence post best selling ideas.

Mortise and tenon fence post.

Fastenmaster prostar brad morse of uncarved block demonstrates cutting a traditional pegged mortise and tenon joint. During the 80 s i decided to build a mortised post and rail fence along my road frontage. Often used in timber framing this tech. Laid on their sides the mortices are drilled two at a time with the post moving a little such that each mortice is a compact row of 3 holes.

A qualified engineer with trail bridge design experience must approve the use of these standard trail bridge plans for each trail bridge project. Pt post and rail is available in 2 3 and 4 rail systems where rails are secured with ring shank nails or lags. The fence posts are about 5 x 5 x 64. Just outside my village bkb manufacturing is a mill producing split western red cedar products.

Getting paid by the hour to do it his way. I would qtr 14 16 trees. I wanted hefty posts not these skinny cedar posts you buy at the local home improvement store. Again since there s no way to mark out the angle inside the uncut mortise kevin just tries to angle the chisel properly as he cuts out the wood and frequently tests the mortise with the tenon of a test brace.

I live in southern indiana so went out looking for local trees that make good posts like white oak sassafras erc and locust. The standard depth for a mortise is 3 and the standard width for a tenon is 2.