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Mortise and tenon fence posts * 1
    #26246402 - 10/12/19 01:18 AM (4 years, 3 months ago)

Posted this in the pub, but I got banned, so I'll put it here.

I have been wondering how to make rustic looking professional fences.

I finally figured out how to do it.

I fell a tree, cut it to length, and then split the length in half with wedges. After that a take a bowl adze and start digging where I want the mortise (hole in the fence post) to be. I then do the other side and finally I take my chainsaw and push it through. Alternatively, one could finish going through with a hand auger a couple times, but that is definitely more work.

This was my first one.

I am moving to a ranch in Maine and so I will be doing tons of these. I would like to close in my entire property with these.

Also, if you can make em look pretty, people make loads of cash from these.



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Re: Mortise and tenon fence posts [Re: XUL] * 1
    #26264977 - 10/20/19 09:02 AM (4 years, 3 months ago)

Been using a chisel to shape up the mortise in the vertical half pole.

The tenons are easy. I take them from the woods 76 inches long by hand saw. I use a bearded hatchet or normal axe to shape up the tips.




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Re: Mortise and tenon fence posts [Re: XUL]
    #26265588 - 10/20/19 02:37 PM (4 years, 3 months ago)

Yep,u can definitely make $ doing fences,also the railing systems around decks using naturally shaped branches debarked and sanded down
Also look into handy man,caretaking for ppls cabins when they close them up for the winter


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Re: Mortise and tenon fence posts [Re: XUL]
    #26265659 - 10/20/19 03:05 PM (4 years, 3 months ago)

Looks good. A buddy of mine did this awhile back, he used a soft wood and it rotted pretty quickly. I have been thinking about doing something similar in cedar.


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Re: Mortise and tenon fence posts [Re: Antigov]
    #26294269 - 11/02/19 02:00 PM (4 years, 2 months ago)

Nice work.  I just take 8'ish saplings and plane (draw shave) squareish, then chisel (I do this while the wood still has a bit of moisture in it).  Super quick and super easy.  Nothing like finishing a M&T fence.  Yessir.


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