Mortise And Tenon Fence Post

I live in southern indiana so went out looking for local trees that make good posts like white oak sassafras erc and locust.

Mortise and tenon fence post.

Pt post and rail is available in 2 3 and 4 rail systems where rails are secured with ring shank nails or lags. Getting paid by the hour to do it his way. Just outside my village bkb manufacturing is a mill producing split western red cedar products. A qualified engineer with trail bridge design experience must approve the use of these standard trail bridge plans for each trail bridge project.

I wanted hefty posts not these skinny cedar posts you buy at the local home improvement store. Client wants a convex 4 wooden fence built on site with mortise and tenon joinery. 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. 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.

Fastenmaster prostar brad morse of uncarved block demonstrates cutting a traditional pegged mortise and tenon joint. Often used in timber framing this tech. The standard depth for a mortise is 3 and the standard width for a tenon is 2. A pt dowelled rail fence though more expensive offers more aesthetic value with the mortise and tenon rail system.

I would qtr 14 16 trees. The fence posts are about 5 x 5 x 64.