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Stour Valley Dream - Post and wire fencing

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I wanted to make some fencing to start defining the field boundaries. The fencing I choose was concrete posts and wire.  I felt the route of the fence should include the side of the old track down to the now disused loading dock, there will be a gate at the top of the track where it meets the minor road.

 

I chose to make the posts on the laser cutter out of 1.5mm MDF.

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These were painted with humbrol enamel Matt 121 to give a suitable concrete colour. I found I had to blow on the posts to  ensure that no paint blocked the holes the wires were going to pass through. The posts with the slightly large spacing are intended to be used as 45 degree bracing for the end of the fence runs.

 

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The first attempt  I had worked ok, I drilled holes in the ground to take the posts and then spend an agonizing couple of hours trying to feed EZ-line through the holes. It was a complete pain! The end of the EZ-line would want to go anywhere except through the hole in the post. I managed it  in the end but decided there had to be a better way.

 

For the second length I tried something different. I thought it was worth trying to thread the Ez-line through the holes while the posts were still on the laser cut sprue. This worked out to be much easier as I could use tweezers and a lamp at what ever angle was easiest.

 

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The second run of fencing then took about 1/10th the time to install as the first! I'm very pleased with the results, I think once I get some long grass along the bottom of the fence and some small shrubs and bushes it should look pretty good.

 

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Thanks to Middlepeak for the EZ-line!

 

David

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Dave Holt

David.

Very convincing, indeed. I had wondered about representing the wire in this type of fencing, but your Ez-line looks very good. Have you thought about how to cross base board joints, or doesn't the fence cross any? Or perhaps the joints are now permanent?

Dave.

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6 hours ago, Dave Holt said:

David.

Very convincing, indeed. I had wondered about representing the wire in this type of fencing, but your Ez-line looks very good. Have you thought about how to cross base board joints, or doesn't the fence cross any? Or perhaps the joints are now permanent?

Dave.

Thanks David

Baseboard joints are always a necessary evil. I'm afraid I'm going to cheat and break the fence with a large bush at that point. I think I can avoid it looking too contrived.

 

David

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